Hugh Beaumont
Hugh Beaumont was born in Lawrence, Kansas, United States on February 16th, 1909 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 73, Hugh Beaumont biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Career
Beaumont began his career in show business in 1931 by appearing in theaters, nightclubs, and radio. In 1940, he began acting in motion pictures and appeared in over three dozen films. Many of those positions were bit parts and minor roles and were not credited. He often collaborated with actor William Bendix, and the two of them appeared in the 1946 film noir The Blue Dahlia, portraying the friends of actor Alan Ladd's character. Beaumont appeared in five films from 1946–47 as private detective Michael Shayne, assassinating Lloyd Nolan's role. He narrated the short film A Date with Your Family in 1950.
Beaumont gained television work in the early 1950s, most with guest appearances on programs such as Adventures of Superman, City Detective, Crossroads, Fireside Theatre, Ford Theatre, The Lone Ranger, The Millionaire, and the Schlitz Playhouse of Stars. He narrated the Reed Hadley series Racket Squad, based on the life of fictional detective Captain John Braddock in San Francisco from 1951 to 1953. Beaumont appeared in Hadley's second film, The Public Defender, in three episodes as Ed McGrath in 1954 and 1955. In the first two episodes shot as pilots for the new series, he also appeared in the Lassie episode "The Well." On the series Tales of Wells Fargo, he also portrayed a sympathetic characterization of the Western bandit Jesse James.
Beaumont was chosen to replace Max Showalter, the original pilot for the comedy "It's a Small World" in the role of wise small-town father Ward Cleaver in September 1957. The series went to ABC for its second season after initially airing to tepid ratings on CBS, where it received higher ratings. Beaumont also began directing several episodes, including the series's final episode, "Family Scrapbook," often regarded as the first traditional series finale. Ward Cleaver's portrayal on his list of the "50 Greatest TV Parents of All Time" was ranked at number 28 on TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" in 2014.
Beaumont's wife, son, and mother-in-law were driving from Minnesota to Hollywood in 1959, shortly before production of the third season of Leave It to Beaver began. Beaumont's involvement in the project was heavily affected by Jerry Mathers' participation, with Beaumont often "walking through" his role.
Beaumont appeared in several community theater productions and appeared on several television shows as Marcus Welby, M.D., after Leave It to Beaver came out in 1963. Mannix, Petticoat Junction, The Virginian, and the Wagon Train were all starring Robert Young, who also appeared on television father Robert Young. He made his second appearance on Lassie in February 1966, 11 years after his first. He continued to be a success as a writer, releasing numerous television screenplays and radio scripts, as well as short stories in numerous magazines. He gradually left the entertainment business and began a second career as a Christmas-tree farmer in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. After suffering a stroke in 1972, he officially resigned in 1972. He never fully recovered.