Posted on 06/02/2021 11:37:28 AM PDT by mylife
Jerry Mathers was born on June 2, 1948 in Sioux City, Iowa to Norm and Marilyn Mathers. His father was the principal of a high school and later became a school district executive in Los Angeles. Mathers grew up in Rock Rapids near Los Angeles, California. He has a younger sister, Susie Mathers McSweeney, and a younger brother Jimmy Mathers, who were both child actors.
Mathers did a commercial for a department store when he was a two-year-old. He also acted in a PET milk commercial with comedian Ed Wynn. This opened up opportunities for him to get roles in TV series and films.
Jerry Mathers debuted in films when he was four. In 1952, he appeared in the film ‘Son of Paleface’ and in 1954, he was seen in ‘Men of the Fighting Lady’ and ‘This Is My Love.’ He appeared in ‘The Seven Little Foys’ and Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Trouble with Harry’ in 1955. He played Norman Taylor in the 1956 film ‘That Certain Feeling’. In that year, he also played Freddie in the film ‘Bigger Than Life’.
While in high school he joined the United States Air Force Reserve and continued to serve there even after he graduated from high school in 1967. Later he rose to the rank of sergeant. In 1973, he attended the University of California, Berkeley and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy. After he graduated, he joined a bank as a commercial loan officer. He also started a real estate business with the royalty money he used to get every week. In 1978, he returned to show business and was featured in a comedy play ‘Boeing, Boeing’ in Kansas City. In 1981, he joined KEZY-AM radio in Anaheim, California as a disc jockey.
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Good for you! Yes, many of the earlier tv programs and movies were far better and more entertaining than a lot of the recent Hollywood krap. The earlier stuff is definitely worth preserving!!
It sure brings back memories of good times watching Gun Smoke especially and my kids and grandkids watching the old Disney movies. Frasier was for my warped sense of humor....I thought that show was funny as heck even though they could have cut back on the sexual aspect quiet a bit to my way of thinking. The actors were so funny and did their roles perfectly.
Hi. Cant say we ever saw Fraser but yes, there were some great shows and even the less then great ones could still be entertaining back then. We don’t watch modern boob toob shows
We don’t watch modern boob toob shows
We don’t either as far as situation comedy or what’s supposed to be comedy these days. We do watch Mountain Men, Ax Men, Deadliest Catch, Life Below Zero, the Last Alaskans.....you know, the reality shows that make you think they’re real? We like the characters though....;)
the only tv channel we watch carries some of the old shows like Rifleman, Beaver Eagon Train and Carol Burnett.
once in awhile we watch a NOVA science show on PBS, otherwise we don’t tune that station either.
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