Talk:Tony Dow

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I removed this:

(although his mother, Muriel Montrose, had appeared in a number of Our Gang shorts)

..because it's not true. No actress named Muriel Montrose appeared in any Our Gang films. A competitor, perhaps (The Kiddie Troupers, Mickey McGuire, Baby Burlesks, etc., but not Our Gang) --b. Touch 07:05, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Tony Dow of Leave It To Beaver fame was an apartment manager, besides his work in construction, acting, directing, producing and being a sculptur. He appeared on The People's Court as a defendant. I believe this was either Judge Wapner or the former Mayor of NYC Ed Koch. Peter morin (talk) 12:00, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

This is Peter F. Morin: petermorin1949@g mail.Com. I have just submitted another bit of information about Tony Dow, a tidbit about his management of apartments and being summoned into The People's Court as a defendant. This was either the original Judge Wapner or former Mayor Ed Koch. Thank You. Peter morin (talk) 12:10, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Submitted a new article on Bea Benaderet in the The PI Series, 77 Sunset Strip. Thank You Peter F. Morin petermorin1949@gmail.com Peter morin (talk) 08:53, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Start in show Business

There 's a little more about him in general and his show biz entry in this WaPo article by Adam Bernstein </https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/07/27/tony-dow-leave-to-beaver-wally-dead/>

Didn't know he was my age. -- Steve -- (talk) 23:26, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Needs work...

Tony Dow needs some work...I'll see what I can dig up.

trezjr 00:11, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

He directed a lot of stuff, including episodes of Babylon 5. 20:31, 24 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gingermint (talk • contribs)

No homepage...

Many have asked why put anything in the "homepage" section of the actors' bio box if there is no official website?

Why not? 2 reasons.

First, it saves the user a lot of wasted time on search engines looking for one.

Second, it gives the impetus for these poeple to get an official website!

'Nuff said?

trezjr 22:23, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

"'Nuff said?" No 72.198.206.139 15:05, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

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Disambiguate

Is there another Tony Dow who customizes cars? 2600:8801:D802:FB00:F475:250:63C:4D34 (talk) 19:03, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Not really dead?

One source I checked said no.

There is no death date in the lede.

So should the text say he died?— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions •

Well, this is a problem. Fox News has what I believe the article should say at this point, but I have read that's no longer regarded as reliable.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:46, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Both Fox and CBS say he hasn't died yet, and that the FB post was in error and has since been taken down. - RaptorWiki (talk) 19:47, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

I like the change. I wasn't sure whether I should remove the tag saying the article was being heavily edited. Maybe we should propose a new tag for just this situation.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:38, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

TMZ retracted its report of Dow's death and attributed the mistake to an erroneous post (since removed) on what they say is Dow's "official" Facebook page. Ctill (talk) 21:03, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

By tomorrow morning, he'll be dead. So for all intents and purposes, he's dead, Jim. 2601:41:4200:5E80:0:0:0:6405 (talk) 02:57, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Truly an inappropriate and unhelpful comment. Moncrief (talk) 05:42, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Moncrief, you speak (with restraint) for me and I'm sure many others. I wonder if the IP editor from Philadelphia is trolling or just heartless. Stoarm (talk) 14:20, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 July 2022

Tony Dow isn't DEAD!!!! JaVizion2007 (talk) 19:56, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

The New York Post says he is. Artaxerxes (talk) 19:59, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

"There is consensus that the New York Post is generally unreliable for factual reporting..." WP:RSP Elizium23 (talk) 21:52, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: His death is well sourced. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 20:04, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Death Clarified

On July 26, 2022, Dow's representatives reported that he had died, so various reliable sources reported his death. It was retracted hours later when it turned out to be a misunderstanding with his wife, as Dow was in hospice near-death but not yet dead. The following day, July 27, 2022, he actually died. OCNative (talk) 20:24, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

All of that is reflected in the article, and was added in real time. But thanks for letting us know. Moncrief (talk) 21:28, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

I was clarifying for the sake of the discussion above, and my comment was also in real time at that point. You responded 3 days later. OCNative (talk) 22:06, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Christian

I believe he said he was a Christian? 70.26.26.187 (talk) 22:55, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

If you're requesting an edit to the article, we need a reliable source to verify it. Sundayclose (talk) 01:11, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Most Americans are nominally Christian in background. Not sure why we would need to include. At any rate, the first step is some kind of sourcing that we can look at to determine the relevance and significance. Moncrief (talk) 04:03, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Education

I haven't seen a single comment about Tony Dow's formal education, other than a casual line about training as a junior swimming champion. I should think mention of his high school would be appropriate as well as any post-secondary classwork he may have accomplished with or without a degree having been awarded.

If you can find reliable sources about that then you can add information about it to his article. Also, remember to sign your comments on talk pages with four tildes (Template:Tildes). PopoDameron (talk) 15:46, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/dow-tony-1945 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.239.117.30 (talk) 15:53, 2 September 2022 (UTC)