Max Showalter
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Max Showalter (June 2, 1917 - July 30, 2000) was a film and television actor. He was many times credited as Casey Adams. While there were a few leading roles, notably as Jean Peters' husband in Niagara (1953) and as a cop in The Indestructible Man (1956), for the most part Showalter's film career was confined to mostly film and television character parts.
The actor, an early television actor, was cast as Ward Cleaver in the original Leave It to Beaver (1957) pilot. The show would be resubmitted later with Hugh Beaumont as Ward Cleaver.
