Jim Mathers
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James Mathers (born May 5, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) is a former child actor, who developed a career as a cinematographer
and director of photography. He is the younger brother of former child television star Jerry Mathers
of Leave It to Beaver
fame.
Mathers appeared under the name "Jimmy Mathers" in several TV and film productions between 1961 and 1968. His most memorable performance was in an episode of the TV comedy series Bewitched
in 1964, when he played the role of an introverted boy who is afraid to play on the baseball team because of his overprotective mother.
Mathers attended film school and held a variety of staff and freelance assignments in film production. He then specialized in cinematography and founded two film production companies, The Migrant FilmWorkers and Jim Mathers Film Company.
Mathers has been the director of photography on over 30 feature
and made-for-TV films and has been associated with six TV series from inception through the show’s first season.
He is the president and co-founder of the nonprofit educational cooperative "The Digital Cinema Society," a group dedicated to the industry's informed integration of new technology.
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
and director of photography. He is the younger brother of former child television star Jerry Mathers
Jerry Mathers
Gerald Patrick "Jerry" Mathers is an American television, film, and stage actor. Mathers is best known for his role in the television sitcom series Leave It to Beaver , in which he played Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, the younger son of archetypal suburban couple June and Ward Cleaver , and the brother...
of Leave It to Beaver
Leave It to Beaver
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive but often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood...
fame.
Mathers appeared under the name "Jimmy Mathers" in several TV and film productions between 1961 and 1968. His most memorable performance was in an episode of the TV comedy series Bewitched
Bewitched
Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York and Dick Sargent , Agnes Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who marries a mortal and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban...
in 1964, when he played the role of an introverted boy who is afraid to play on the baseball team because of his overprotective mother.
Mathers attended film school and held a variety of staff and freelance assignments in film production. He then specialized in cinematography and founded two film production companies, The Migrant FilmWorkers and Jim Mathers Film Company.
Mathers has been the director of photography on over 30 feature
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
and made-for-TV films and has been associated with six TV series from inception through the show’s first season.
He is the president and co-founder of the nonprofit educational cooperative "The Digital Cinema Society," a group dedicated to the industry's informed integration of new technology.
Resume for Jimmy Mathers
- "Adam-12" .... Jimmy Deangelo / ... (2 episodes, 1968)
- Log 61 (1968) TV episode .... Rick
- Log 161: And You Want Me to Get Married? (1968)
- TV episode (as Jim Mathers) .... Jimmy Deangelo
- "My Three Sons" .... Norman (1 episode, 1966)
- The State vs. Chip Douglas (1966) TV episode .... Norman
- "O.K. Crackerby!" .... Eddie Malone (1 episode, 1965)
- The Griffin Story (1965) TV episode .... Eddie Malone
- "The Munsters" .... The 2nd Boy (1 episode, 1965)
- Bats of a Feather (1965) TV episode .... The 2nd Boy
- "Bewitched" .... Marshall Burns (1 episode, 1964)
- Little Pitchers Have Big Fears (1964) TV episode .... Marshall Burns
- The New Interns (1964) .... Freddie
- Mail Order Bride (1964) .... Matt Boley
- Summer Magic (1963) .... Peter Carey
- "Ichabod and Me" .... Benjie Major (4 episodes, 1961–1962)
- Benjie's Pageant (1962) TV episode .... Benjie Major
- Benjie's Indian (1962) TV episode .... Benjie Major
- Teenage Journalist (1961) TV episode .... Benjie Major
- Benjie's Spots (1961) TV episode .... Benjie Major