“The poster child for sneaky, rotten kids everywhere, he was the reference point for cautious mothers to warn their children about,” Mathers wrote of Haskell in the foreword to Osmond’s 2014 book, Eddie: The Life and Times of America’s Preeminent Bad Boy. Donaldson (Phyllis Coates of Lois Lane fame) gives the Beaver a peck on the cheek as thanks for bringing her flowers as a welcoming gift, Eddie gets the poor kid worried: “Suppose her husband finds out?” “Just look at the stuff that came in: No dogs, no cats, no fishing poles, no kids, just a crummy canary.” Then, after Mrs. “Boy, are you going to have creepy neighbors,” he tells Wally in his first scene.
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He stirred up trouble for the first of many times when he, Wally and Beaver spy the couple moving in next door to the Cleavers on the series’ fifth episode. Cleaver” - but was mean to Wally’s younger brother, Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver (Jerry Mathers). In 1980, a suspected car thief shot him three times, leaving him severely wounded and effectively ending his days on the job.Īs the best friend of Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow), Eddie was well-mannered and the epitome of polite when interacting with the adults of the show, especially Barbara Billingsley’s character - “My, you look lovely today, Mrs. In between the two programs, Osmond spent 18 years with the Los Angeles Police Department.
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When Leave It to Beaver returned with an updated version in 1983, he returned to acting, as well.
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Osmond was 14 in 1957 when he was hired for what was supposed to be a one-episode gig and went on to appear on 96 of the original series’ 234 installments over six seasons. “He had his family gathered around him when he passed. “He was an incredibly kind and wonderful father,” his son said Monday in a statement.
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Ken Osmond, the Leave It to Beaver actor known for his convincing portrayal of the weaselly Eddie Haskell on two iterations of the classic TV comedy, has died, according to his son Eric.