The Beavers 1950's?

Question

What was Ward Cleavers actual job?

Answer 1

Again, the produces decided to keep this one a secret too. Ward works in downtown Mayfield. Ward’s main job seems to be writing a lot of reports. He has a secretary, and sometimes records into a dictating machine. Ward mentions the "the Thompson deal" and "the Miller audits". There is a branch office in Mexico City, and a main office in New York. Ward attends sales meeting and works with the company’s marketing department. Occasional, Ward travels to a company conference.

Some speculate Ward is was an Accountant. This would be a logical deduction, but certainly not foolproof.

A LITB fan wrote to me: " I believe he was an executive in either a construction or an architectural firm, .... first, he was in the SeeBee's, so he would have had a background in construction, second, in one episode before being interrupted by a call from June he was heard reading the riot act on the telephone to what seemed to be a contractor (project was behind schedule), third, in an episode during which Ward was looking at old pictures from his service days he commented on one of the guys: "Would you believe he's now the best architect in Chicago?" .... now while that could be interpreted as rhetorical, an argument could be made that Ward would know how good the guy was because he had a knowledge of the business .... while individually these clues are not overly compelling, I believe together they provide a reasonably good argument"

Answer 2

Good question. He was always at the office. Doing what?

Answer 3

I'm not for sure but for some reason I'm thinking he was in Insurance sales????

Answer 4

good question, i watch that show every morning before work.

Answer 5

husband/father and bread EATER. They never say . . .