Editing Leave It to Beaver (section)

===Main characters===
* [[Barbara Billingsley]] as [[June Cleaver]]: Billingsley has said that June Cleaver's wardrobe was more than a fashion statement.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}} The pearl necklace hid a hollow (caused by a surgical scar) in her neck that would have caused shadows<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=49750&cl=4369353&ch=61492&src=news |title=GMA Time Machine - "Leave It to Beaver" is 50 (5 min. 36 sec. video clip)|publisher=ABC News |date=October 4, 2007}}</ref> and [[high-heeled shoe]]s were employed to offset the boys' growing height.
* [[Hugh Beaumont]] as [[Ward Cleaver]]: Before he made Ward Cleaver his acting trademark, Beaumont sometimes played villains in film and television. He directed a number of ''Leave It to Beaver'' episodes in the last two seasons, including the final one, the retrospective "[[Family Scrapbook]]".
* [[Tony Dow]] as [[Wally Cleaver]]
* [[Jerry Mathers]] as [[Theodore Cleaver|Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver]]: The casting directors noticed that Mathers was uneasy at the auditions and asked him where he would rather be. Mathers replied that he would rather be at his [[Cub Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)|Cub Scout]] den meeting, where he was going after the audition. That boyish innocence got Mathers the part of Beaver.<ref name="Mathers PARADE"/>