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6. Hugh Beaumont resented the show

Hugh Beaumont, who played patriarch Ward Cleaver, was a deeply religious man who was actually an ordained minister. He only started acting to supplement his income when he was assigned to be a pastor in a community that didn’t pay. He chose to live in Minnesota and commute for work on the show. His family had to drive out to LA once the pilot was picked up but, sadly, on the way they got in a car accident that killed his mother-in-law. He never got over the regret.

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