Leave it to Gilbert

Filmmaker and former child actor Stephen Talbot, who played Beaver’s friend Gilbert on Leave it to Beaver, tells the Backstory hosts what it was like growing up in the quintessential American family.

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Related Links

  • Read Stephen Talbot’s article, “Living Down Beaver”
  • Find out “Why Children Need Father Love and Mother Love,” by Glenn Stanton
  • Learn more about Steve Mintz’s “Family Images and Realities”