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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Tony Dow Biography (1945-)
Full name, Anthony Lee Dow; born April 13, 1945, in Hollywood, CA; son of John Stevens (a designer and general contractor) and Muriel Virginia (Montrose)Dow; married first wife, 1969 (divorced, 1978); married Laura Shulkind, June16, 1980; children: (first marriage) Christopher T. Addresses: Manager: Phil Gittelman, Phillip B. Gittelman Management, 1221 North Kings Rd., LosAngeles, CA 90019.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, director, producer
- Birth Details
- April 13, 1945
- Hollywood, California, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Wally Cleaver, Leave It to Beaver, CBS, 1957-58 , ABC, 1958-63
- Chet, Never Too Young, ABC, 1965-66
- Ross Jeanelle, General Hospital, ABC, 1975
- Wally Cleaver, Still the Beaver, The Disney Channel, 1985-86 , retitled The New Leave It to Beaver, TBS, 1986-89
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Movies
- Johnny, A Great American Tragedy (also known as A New AmericanTragedy), 1972
- Joey, Death Scream (also known as Streetkill and The Woman Who Cried Murder), 1975
- Dr. Russell, The Ordeal of Bill Carney, 1981
- Pete Kinney, High School, U.S.A., 1983
- Wally Cleaver, Still the Beaver, The Disney Channel, 1983
- The producer, The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space, Starz!, 1995
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Television Work
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Movies
- Producer (with Peter V. Ware) and special effects supervisor, The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space, Starz!, 1995
- Visual effects producer, Doctor Who (also known as Doctor Who and the Enemy Within and Doctor Who: Enemy Within), BBC and Fox, 1996
- Producer (with Roger Duchowny), It Came from Outer Space II, The Sci-Fi Channel, 1996
- Director, Over Here, BBC, 1996
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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The 12th Annual Circus of the Stars, 1987
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Television Work
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Specials
- Director (with others), The Coach Retrospective: Mary Hart Goes One-on-One with Coach, ABC, 1994
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Television Appearances
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Episodic
- Gilbert Thornbury, "Guest in the House," My Three Sons, ABC, 1964
- "Brushfire," Emergency!, NBC, 1972
- Ed Greene, "A Child's Christmas in Weemawee" (parts one and two), Square Pegs, CBS, 1982
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Mike Hammer (also known as Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer), CBS, 1984
- Gordon Rogers, "Crossed Up," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1987
- Preston, "Summer Together, Fall Apart," Charles in Charge, syndicated, 1990
- Johnny Travers, "Prime Cut," Freddy's Nightmares, syndicated,1990
- Johnny Travers, "Dust to Dust," Freddy's Nightmares, syndicated, 1990
- Donald Debono, "Trash TV," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1998
- Appeared in episodes of Good Morning America (also known as GMA), ABC; Knight Rider, NBC; The Love Boat, ABC; The MervGriffin Show, CBS; The Mod Squad, ABC; Quincy, M.E. (also known as Quincy), NBC; Simon and Simon, CBS; and Today, NBC.
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Television Work
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Director, Unless Otherwise Noted; Episodic
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The New Lassie, syndicated, 1989
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Nightingales, NBC, 1989
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Coach, ABC, various episodes from 1989-96
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Swamp Thing, USA Network, 1990
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Harry and the Hendersons, syndicated, 1991
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Murder Most Horrid, BBC-2, 1991
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Blue Heaven, \[Great Britain\], 1992
- (Producer) Ain't Misbehavin', BBC, 1994
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Babylon 5 (also known as B5), syndicated, five episodes in1997-98
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show, syndicated, various episodes beginning in 1997
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Roger Roger, BBC, various episodes beginning in 1998
- "The Memory of War," Crusade, TNT, 1999
- "Patterns of the Soul," Crusade, TNT, 1999
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Bob Martin, Carlton Television, various episodes beginning in 2000
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Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family, USA Network, various episodes beginning in 2000
- Directed episodes of other television series, including Get a Life, Fox; Just Act Normal, USA Network; The New Leave It to Beaver, TBS; and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (also known as DS9), syndicated.
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Pilots
- Director and producer, "The High Life," Comic Asides, BBC-2, 1994
- Director, Roger Roger, BBC, 1996
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Other Television Appearances
- Host of Weekday Heroes; also appeared in Four Feet in the Morning.
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Film Appearances
- Wally, The Kentucky Fried Movie, United Film, 1977
- Judge number one, Back to the Beach, Paramount, 1987
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Kill Crazy, Media Home Entertainment, 1990
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Film Work
- Director, U.F.O., PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1993
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Stage Appearances
- Appeared in Barefoot in the Park,
Come Blow Your Horn, andLovers and Other Strangers.
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Major Tours
- Toured in So Long, Stanley.
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WRITINGS
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Teleplays
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Episodic
- Wrote the teleplay "Slumber Party," an episode of Still the Beaver, The Disney Channel.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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People Weekly, May 20, 1996, p. 17.
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Shoot, October 8, 1999, Sarah Woodward, "Debbie Allen and Tony DowTake Aim at Commercials," p. 6.
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TV Guide, August 23, 1997, p. 32.
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