During the last of August 2021, the actor Tony Dow was reportedly taken to hospital due to his difficulty with pneumonia, as per the recent reports from TMZ.
Though the rep for Tony immediately didn’t respond to the media outlets, his wife, Lauren, later told TMZ that it was nothing related to coronavirus as he already tested several times for it in which all of it came out as negative.
However, the coronavirus still affected him since the hospital was out of bed to treat the corona-effected patients first. Tony had to be in an emergency room bed for a total of 24 hours before getting into the regular hospital bed.
Nonetheless, he is now being treated properly for getting pneumonia. Lauren also said that Tony is currently “on the mend” and will soon be able to return home around a week as long as all things go well and he doesn’t catch any signs of the coronavirus. She added, “On behalf of Tony and myself, we thank you for your concern for him.”
Tony Dow Is Married Twice And Have A Child
Tony Dow has been married twice during his lifetime.
He met his first wife, Carol Marie Marlow, while Carol was working for an advertising agency. Shortly after, romance bloomed between them as they went on to marry on 14 June 1969. They welcomed a baby named Christopher whilst in their relationship in 1973. Unfortunately, their marriage didn’t last as they broke up and parted ways on 10 March 1980.
Not long after his first divorce, Tony moved on to have a mosaic artist, Lauren Shulkind as his second woman. The pair married on 16 June 1980, just three months after Tony’s first divorce.
And the pair have been living a sophisticated happy family life ever since. They reside in a self-transformed house in the Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles County, in the Santa Monica Mountains, together, which they found about 41 years ago. Their union brought upon a child, Christopher Dow, for the couple, and together they have passed several milestones, which have led them to be together for over four decades as of now.
Tony also reminisced a little about his marriage with Lauren as he took to Facebook to post a vintage snap of the couple together, captioning, “Our wedding day, Laguna Beach: June 16, 1980,” back in the August of 2019.
Tony was a victim of a depressive illness back in the late ‘80s and the early ‘90s. While talking during an interview back in 1993, Dow opened up about his suffering from depression. Well, as per his thoughts, his early exposure to society’s expectations when he played on the TV sitcom Leave it to Beaver was one of the causes of his depressive illness. He would often have the “feeling of worthlessness, of hopelessness,” which made it even worse for it as time went by.
However, gradually Tony coped up with those feelings and cast aside his depression which he thanks to the “Prozac-type medication,” but not exactly Prozac. He said of the medication to be able to “truly change your attitude from looking at everything in a very negative, hopeless way, to looking at things in a hopeful way and learning from it.”
Net Worth Of Tony Dow And His Career Details
With over the decades of works in the showbiz world, Tony has made a huge fortune of wealth for himself. According to CelebrityNetWorth, he has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
Tony initially had plans for presenting himself as a diver to the world and even won the Junior Olympics championship in diving at a very young age. However, everything took a slight turn, for better or for worse, when he started to shift his focus in the acting field. With almost no acting experience, Tony was immediately accepted for the role of Wally Cleaver in the TV sitcom Leave it to Beaver, which aired between 1957 and 1963. Moreover, his acting for the sitcom gained wide critical acclaim from its viewers.
Following the success, he went on to guest-star for several TV shows, including My Three Sons, Dr. Kildare, Never Too Young, The Greatest Show on Earth, and Mr. Novak. During his late ‘60s, the actor took a brief break as he went on to serve in the National Guard.
Afterward, he immediately returned for his career in acting, appearing in several projects, including Adam-12, Love American Style, The Hardy Boys, and Emergency, to name a few. Slowly, while stepping back in his acting career, Tony took on the studies for filmmaking and journalism upon returning to school in the mid-‘70s, which shifted his focus on directing and producing several filmography projects.
After his career in Leave it to Beaver, Dow has been featuring himself in some acting roles as well as directing, producing, and special effects in some projects of filmography. His recent entertainment work projects are credited in the filmographies such as Lucky Day, Suspense, Find Your Future Reality, Coach, Crusade, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Swamp, The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space, Babylon 5, Harry and the Hendersons, and much more.
Additionally, he has been currently indulging himself in the work of sculpting the modern arts, among which one of his sculptures was featured in the December 2008’s Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France, which was titled ‘Unarmed Warrior.’
Tony Dow Parents Details And Height
Tony Dow was born on 13 April 1945, in Hollywood, California, USA, to parents John Steven Dow, Jr. (1908-1987), a designer and general contractor, and Murial Virginia Dow (1906-2001), a stunt woman, as Anthony Lee Dow.
At a young age, Tony aspired to become a professional diver and went on to take part in The AAU Junior Olympic Games, which is organized annually by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). However, after making it to portraying Wally Cleaver in the 1957’s TV sitcom Leave it to Beaver, his career shifted to the showbiz world.
The 76-year-old actor/director-turned-sculptor stands at the height of 5 ft 8 in or 1.73 m. He has a decent weight with an average build. He currently has been living his blissful life with Lauren and their dog Poppy in Topanga Canyon and often gives a glimpse of it via his Instagram account.