My deepest condolences to Frank’s family. He was a character and always kept us laughing. Prime's summary of the episode says it was created 'in cooperation with the U.S. UPDATE: On his Facebook page, Beaver star Jerry Mathers wrote, “I was so sad to hear today of the passing of my dear friend and business associate Frank Bank, who played Lumpy on Leave it to Beaver. The lost episode of Leave it to Beaver is free on Amazon Prime.It is sixteen minutes long and was intended as an educational film promoting savings bonds. His autobiography, Call Me Lumpy: My Leave It To Beaver Days and Other Wild Hollywood Life, was published in 2002 and was currently a bond broker in Los Angeles. In addition to Beaver, Bank appeared on several 1950s and 60s TV shows and also played comic book character Archie Andrews in the Life with Archie TV movie in 1962. He reprised his role as Wally Cleaver’s friend in the Still the Beaver TV movie and the 1980s sequel series, The New Leave It to Beaver, joining most of the original sitcom’s surviving cast.īank made a brief cameo in the 1997 film Leave It to Beaver as “Frank.” (The photo above, from Jerry Mathers’ Facebook page, was taken in June 2012 and shows co-stars Ken Osmond, Bank, Dow, and Mathers.)īank was primarily know for his role as Clarence “Lumpy” Rutherford on the Leave It to Beaver sitcom in the 1950s and 60s. Today is his friend and former co-star Tony Dow’s 68th birthday. The movie opens with a bakery truck driving down the street and Beaver (Cameron Finley) and Wally. Universal Pictures released the film on August 22, 1997. It features all the original regular characters, all played by new actors. Frank Banks story is a sometimes wild, sometimes bawdy, often poignant. Many in-jokes related to the series adapted from the film. Buy a cheap copy of Call Me Lumpy: My Leave It To Beaver. Actor Frank Bank died this morning, one day after he turned 71. Leave It to Beaver is a American 1997 comedy film adapted from the television series of the same name.

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