Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Frank Bank (April 12, 1942 – April 13, 2013) was an American actor, particularly known for his role as Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford on the 1957–1963 situation comedy television series Leave It to Beaver.
The Rutherfords live somewhere in the Cleaver neighborhood, which gives Lumpy the opportunity to bully the Cleaver boys on their way home from school. The boys plot Lumpy's comeuppance, but the plot backfires when Fred accidentally steps into the trap. Although a touch of the bully never leaves Lumpy, he eventually becomes Wally's friend.
Other series regulars included Wally's old friend Eddie Haskell , his wife Gert (Ellen Maxted) and their sons Freddie and Bomber (played by Osmond's two real-life sons), as well as "Lumpy" Rutherford and his daughter J.J., with Diane Brewster returning for four episodes to recreate her role as "Miss Canfield," Beaver's original grade school ...
Its reception led to a new first-run, made-for-cable series, The New Leave It to Beaver (1984–1989), with Beaver and Lumpy Rutherford running Ward's old firm (where Lumpy's pompous, demanding father — played by Richard Deacon in the original series — had been the senior partner), Wally as a practicing attorney and expectant father, June ...
June still lives in the same home (211 Pine Street) as the original series was set. She lives in the home with her son, Beaver (now a businessman and co-owner of the Cleaver and Rutherford Co. with Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford ) and two grandsons, Kip and Ollie.
Rutherford enjoys looking back on the show’s craziest moments, she said. “There were times when we would read the script in the morning and some people would go: ‘I would never say this, I ...
Stevens himself mentioned a third reason his career ended: he wanted to get out of the show to live a normal life as a normal kid. Stevens reprised his role of Larry Mondello in the 1983 reunion telemovie , Still the Beaver , and appeared in three episodes of the subsequent series The New Leave It To Beaver .
Osmond returned to acting in 1983 reprising his role as Eddie Haskell in the CBS made-for-television movie Still the Beaver, which followed the adult Cleaver boys, their friends, and their families. [4] [9] [18] The television movie was a success and led to the revival comedy series The New Leave It to Beaver, which premiered the following year.