# Leave it to Beaver

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-to-beaver/37951>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 23, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-to-beaver/37951 "2000-10-23T06:16:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sevy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sevy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevy)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-to-beaver/37951/1 "2000-10-23T06:16:14Z")

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I just hate asking you people for these answers, but what did Ward Cleaver do for a living, as his TV character?

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**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-to-beaver/37951/2 "2000-10-23T06:20:16Z")

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I don’t recall, even though I watch this show at work a lot. I don’t even know if they ever specified what exactly he did. He just “Went to the office”.

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**Author:** ![Sevy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sevy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevy)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-to-beaver/37951/3 "2000-10-23T06:25:44Z")

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Again I go to the best place for answers…Robert

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**Author:** ![Sevy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@Sevy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevy)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-to-beaver/37951/4 "2000-10-23T06:28:09Z")

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should’ve used a comma, I’m sorry

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**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-to-beaver/37951/5 "2000-10-23T06:34:13Z")

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According to _The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows_, he was an accountant.

“The locale was the suburban town of Mayfield where Ward worked for Mr. Rutherford (Lumpy’s father) as an accountant.”

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**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-it-to-beaver/37951/6 "2000-10-23T06:43:36Z")

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Well, look [here]([http://www.geocities.com/~timmbbo/character\_descs.htm#Ward](http://www.geocities.com/~timmbbo/character_descs.htm#Ward) Cleaver). They don’t really know but it does give you some clues and it does mention that Ward served in WWII as an engineer in the Seabees.