'Leave It to Beaver' actor to show at the Louvre

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Eat your heart out, Eddie Haskell.

Tony Dow, best known as the actor who portrayed The Beav's big brother, Wally, in the '50s TV series "Leave It to Beaver," will have one of his abstract sculptures on display at the Louvre. Several sculptors from the Karen Lynne Gallery -- including Dow -- will have their works shown at the historic art museum in Paris as part of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts exhibition.

"Having something shown at the Louvre is about as good as you can get," said Dow, who lives in Los Angeles, "especially when it's a juried show like this where there's a panel of judges who pick the pieces to be in the exhibition. I'm a little humbled by the whole thing but grateful nonetheless."

Dow, who has also worked as a director and visual effects producer on several TV shows, has been painting and sculpting since he was a teenager. The 63-year-old artist's sculpture that will be shown at the Louvre from Dec. 11 to Dec. 14 is titled "Unknown Warrior," and is a bronze figure of a woman holding a shield.

"Of course, I'm really proud of 'Leave It to Beaver' and my directing career in television," said Dow. "Those are great accomplishments. I'm really proud of them, but this is interesting because I don't think they know anything about that at the Louvre."

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I love Leave it to Beaver. And Wally...wish I had a brother like Wally.

Ward would be proud. And I bet June never went to Paris, now she has a reason to. And bring the Beav and his family too.

You know, all the time you read about an older kid star doing bad. And then 30 years later releasing a book about the bad stuff (Marcia, Marcia, Marcia, I cannot believe what Marcia has said she has done in her life, just to be able to release a new book every other year, what will she come up with next time).

This is a wonderful story.