Description
Frank Bank was an American actor, particularly known for his role as Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford on the 1957?1963 situation comedy television series Leave It to Beaver. Popular character actor Richard Deacon portrayed Lumpy's overbearing television father, Fred Rutherford. Veronica Cartwright was cast as Lumpy's sister, Violet, and Star Trek's Majel Barrett appeared as his mother, Gwen.
Bank was cast in fifty episodes of Leave It to Beaver between January 24, 1958, until the series finale on May 30, 1963. Thereafter, he was cast as Clarence Rutherford in 101 episodes of the series sequel, The New Leave It to Beaver, which aired on cable television from 1983 to 1989.
Beginning in 1973, Bank became a bond broker in his native Los Angeles, California. His autobiography, Call Me Lumpy: My Leave It To Beaver Days and Other Wild Hollywood Life, was published in 1997.
Bank died April 13, 2013, in Rancho Mirage, one day after his 71st birthday, from undisclosed causes. He was survived by his third wife, Rebecca, four daughters, and five grandchildren.
Born
April 12th, 1942 in Los Angeles / Died: Apr 13th, 2013
Last Changes
2023/01/29
New Scanned Autograph (TTM/Probably Authentic)
2023/01/29
A Scanned Autograph has been removed
2015/06/02
Address Removed: Available to members only