He was my coach, my mentor, my voice of reason, my best friend, my best man in my wedding ... He was best known as Leave It to Beaver's Wally Cleaver — the All-American big brother not only ...

According to Judy Twersky, a longtime friend of Dow’s ... “There went my life,” he said. Wally Cleaver, the straight-arrow teenage son, star athlete and Boy Scout, became inextricably ...