UPDATE: Tony Dow is on his deathbed, his family told media outlets on Tuesday after it was incorrectly reported by the 77-year-old Leave It to Beaver star's management team that he had died.

Dow enjoyed a decades-long career as an actor and director. He was best known as Leave It to Beaver's Wally Cleaver — the All-American big brother not only to "Beaver" Ward Cleaver (Jerry ...