birth_place birth_date birthname image article_title name occupation
boston , massachusetts , usa 25 november 1948 robert `` rusty '' stevens b mondo01.jpg rusty stevens
 rusty stevens child to beaver '' actor : larry mondello on '' leave it
rusty stevens

robert `` rusty '' stevens -lrb- born november 25 , 1948 -rrb- is an american former child actor best remembered for his role as larry mondello , theodore `` beaver '' cleaver 's young friend , in the original `` leave it to beaver '' television series .
stevens appeared in 68 of the show 's 235 episodes , between 1957 and 1960 .
stevens was reported to have left the show in 1960 because his family moved from burbank to philadelphia , pennsylvania , although barbara billingsley , who played `` june cleaver '' on the series , said in a tv archive interview that stevens was dropped because his overbearing mother caused grief for the producers of the series .
tv legends after 1960 , stevens appeared in a handful of television episodes on other shows , including the nbc family drama `` national velvet '' .
he was also cast as a schoolboy bully on an episode of abc 's `` the rifleman '' .
stevens briefly returned to the screen when he reprised his role as larry mondello in the 1983 made-for-television reunion movie , `` still the beaver '' , and for three episodes of `` the new leave it to beaver '' .
