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Donny Osmond Chasing His Sister With Live Animals

American histrion and police officeholder

Ken Osmond
Osmond in 2014
Built-in	Kenneth Charles Osmond (1943-06-07)June vii, 1943 Glendale, California, U.S.
Died	May 18, 2022(2022-05-eighteen) (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, U.South.
Occupation	Player, police officer
Years active	1952–2016 (histrion) 1970–1988 (police officeholder)
Spouse(due south)	Sandra Purdy ​ (yard. 1969)​
Children	2

Kenneth Charles Osmond (June 7, 1943 – May 18, 2022) was an American actor and police officeholder. Start a career as a child thespian at the age of iv, Osmond played the role of Eddie Haskell on the late 1950s to early 1960s television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver and reprised information technology on the 1980s revival series The New Leave It to Beaver . Typecast by the role, he plant it hard to become other acting work and became a Los Angeles police officer. Afterwards retiring from police work, he resumed his acting career.

Early life [ edit ]

Osmond was born in Glendale, California, the son of Pearl (Mitt) and Thurman Osmond. ^{[2] [3]} His begetter was a carpenter and propmaker and his female parent, whom he described as "a typical pic mother," had ambitions to get him and his blood brother, Dayton, into acting. ^{[2] [4]} Osmond began going on professional person auditions at the age of four, and began working in commercials. ^[2] His mother took her sons to acting classes every twenty-four hour period after school; he somewhen studied dance, drama, diction, dialects, martial arts, and equestrian riding. ^[2]

Career [ edit ]

Early years [ edit ]

Osmond began in feature films working as an extra. The outset he remembered was an appearance in the film Plymouth Adventure with Spencer Tracy and Factor Tierney. ^[2] He had his first speaking part at historic period ix, a small role in the film So Big starring Jane Wyman and Sterling Hayden. ^[two]

He connected to announced in small roles in feature films such every bit Good Morning Miss Dove , and Everything Simply the Truth , and made numerous guest-starring appearances on television set serial, including Lassie , The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet , Wagon Railroad train , Fury , Circus Male child , and The Loretta Young Show . ^{[2] [four]} He also appeared in 1958 on the serial Official Detective as Henry in the episode "The Deserted House".

In 1959, Osmond played 16-year-old "Tommy" in the episode "Dead Aim" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston. John Doucette was bandage as the bounty hunter Lou Gore, and Bing Russell portrayed Jed Coy in the episode.

Osmond fabricated a guest appearance, in 1964, on Petticoat Junction . He was in the episode "The Genghis Keane Story", as Harold Boggs. ^[v]

Exit It to Beaver [ edit ]

In the fall of 1957, 14-twelvemonth-one-time Osmond was called into a typical "cattle phone call" audition to read for the role for which he became well-nigh identified, that of Wally Cleaver's all-time (and worst) friend, Eddie Haskell, on the family sitcom Leave It to Beaver . ^{[ii] [four]} Afterward a serial of call-backs to narrow downwardly the field, Osmond eventually landed the role. ^[2] The character of Eddie was originally intended to be a "one shot" guest appearance, but those involved with the show were impressed with Osmond'south portrayal, and Eddie Haskell somewhen became a memorable character on the series throughout its entire six-season run. ^{[2] [four]} He appeared in 97 of the series' 235 episodes.

Osmond'southward portrayal of Eddie Haskell became a cultural reference and archetype for the "behind-your-back" insubordinate. Teenager Eddie Haskell was polite and obsequious to grownups, just derided adults' social conventions behind their backs. He was constantly trying to involve his friends in activities that would get them into trouble. Parents similar Ward and June Cleaver hoped Eddie wouldn't be a model to their children but rather someone to betoken out as an example of what not to do. Even today, the term "Eddie Haskell" is known to refer to an insincere flatterer or a sycophant. ^[6]

During the final years of the show, Osmond was in the U.S. Regular army Reserve as an armorer and was granted leave to picture episodes in return for personal appearances for the Army's Special Services. ^[7]

Typecast [ edit ]

Afterwards Leave It to Beaver ended in 1963, Osmond connected to make occasional appearances on such television series as CBS's Petticoat Junction , The Munsters , and a final return advent on Lassie in the episode "A Matter of Seconds" (1967) as a motorcycle commitment man who offers the hitchhiking collie a lift in his sidecar. He was cast in the feature films C'mon Permit'southward Live a Petty (1967) and With Vi You lot Get Eggroll (1968). Even so, he found himself typecast as Eddie Haskell and had difficulty finding steady piece of work. ^{[2] [4]} In 2008, Osmond told radio host Stu Shostak in a radio interview, "I was very much typecast. It'south a death sentence. In Hollywood you get typecast. I'm non complaining because Eddie's been too adept to me, but I institute work hard to come by. In 1968, I bought my get-go house, in '69 I got married, and we were going to start a family and I needed a task, then I went out and signed upward for the LAPD." ^[2]

Law enforcement [ edit ]

In 1970, Osmond joined the Los Angeles Law Department (LAPD) and grew a mustache in an try to remain relatively bearding among average citizens, although not his co-workers. ^{[2] [8] [nine]} He worked as a motorbike officer. ^{[10] [11]}

On September 20, 1980, Osmond was struck by three bullets while in a foot chase with a suspected car thief. ^{[four] [12] [xiii]} He was protected from two of the bullets by his bullet-resistant vest, with the third bullet ricocheting off his belt buckle. ^{[four] [12] [13] [fourteen]} The shooting was later dramatized in a November 1992 episode of the CBS series Top Cops . ^[15] Osmond applied for a disability pension in 1984, but afterward an evidentiary hearing in 1986, the Los Angeles Board of Pension Commissioners denied his request by a 4–2 vote. ^[16] Osmond appealed the determination to the Superior Court and in 1988 a gauge overturned the Board's denial and awarded Osmond a lifetime pension, and he retired from the strength. ^[17]

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In the early on 1970s, a story was widely reported that Osmond had become rock star Alice Cooper. ^[6] According to Cooper, the rumor began when a college newspaper editor asked him what kind of child he was, to which Cooper replied, "I was obnoxious, disgusting, a real Eddie Haskell." However, the story ended up reporting that Cooper was the existent Eddie Haskell. ^{[half dozen]} Cooper would later tell the New Times , "It was the biggest rumor that always came out nigh me. Finally, I got a T-shirt that said 'No, I am not Eddie Haskell.' But people withal believed information technology." ^[6]

Some other widely reported urban legend of the 1970s was that Osmond had grown up to become adult moving-picture show star John Holmes. ^{[eighteen] [nineteen] [twenty]} The story apparently began when fan magazines falsely reported that Osmond had embarked on such a career. ^[21] The rumor was dispelled when a Los Angeles movie house lit upward its marquee advertisement "Eddie Haskell of Television in ' Behind the Green Door '  – Ten-rated", prompting Osmond himself, then an LAPD officer, to go to the theater to request that the manager remove his character's proper name from the marquee. ^[21] Osmond testified at his disability hearing in 1986 that in 1971 he was called into LAPD Internal Affairs and asked to disrobe to prove he was not John Holmes. ^[sixteen]

In the early 1980s, Osmond sued an developed bookstore in Los Angeles called "Le Sex activity Shoppe", which was selling an adult video starring Holmes. The video advertised that the film featured "'Piffling Eddie Haskell' from 'Go out it to Beaver.'" Osmond claimed that the film's advertizing defamed him, merely the trial courtroom dismissed the case and Osmond appealed to the California Court of Appeals, which likewise ruled confronting him, stating that there was no evidence that the owner of the bookstore was aware of the defamatory linguistic communication on the packaging and therefore had not acted with "malice" in selling the video. ^[22]

Return to acting [ edit ]

In 1983, Osmond appeared as a game show participant and glory guest star on the Match Game-Hollywood Squares 60 minutes , along with Beaver co-stars Jerry Mathers, Richard Deacon and Jeri Weil. Osmond returned to acting in 1983 reprising his role as Eddie Haskell in the CBS fabricated-for-tv set movie Still the Beaver , which followed the adult Cleaver boys, their friends, and their families. ^{[iv] [nine] [23]} The television receiver movie was a success and led to the revival comedy serial The New Leave It to Beaver , which premiered the post-obit twelvemonth. ^{[ix] [24] [25]} The testify ran for iv seasons from 1984 to 1989, starting on The Disney Aqueduct, and later moving to WTBS. ^{[24] [26] [27]} On the show, Osmond played Eddie Haskell as a married man and father, while his character's 2 sons, Freddie Haskell and Edward "Bomber" Haskell Jr., were played past Osmond's two real-life sons, Eric Osmond and Christian Osmond. ^{[2] [26]}

In 1987, Osmond was honored past the Young Creative person Foundation with its Former Kid Star "Lifetime Achievement" Accolade for his office equally Eddie Haskell. ^[28] He continued to brand boob tube appearances throughout the 1980s and 1990s on the shows Happy Days and Rags to Riches , and the tv movie High School UsA. , ^[29] as well as cameo appearances in his office as Eddie Haskell on such television shows as Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Hi Honey, I'm Abode! . In the 1997 feature film Go out Information technology to Beaver , Osmond played Eddie Haskell, Sr., and Adam Zolotin played his son Eddie Haskell, Jr. ^[2] He also had a flake part in the 2016 indie moving-picture show Characterz . ^[30]

Personal life [ edit ]

In 1969, Osmond married Sandra Purdy. ^{[2] [31]} They had two sons, Eric E. Osmond and Christian S. Osmond. ^{[two] [iv] [26]} Post-obit his retirement from the police force force, Osmond handled rental properties in Los Angeles County and made occasional personal appearances at motion picture festivals, collectors' shows, and nostalgia conventions.

On September xviii, 2007, Osmond filed a course activeness lawsuit against the Screen Actors Guild, alleging that SAG had collected $8 million in foreign residuals for U.South. actors but had not distributed them to the actors. ^{[32] [33] [34]}

In Baronial 2011, Osmond began appearing as a celebrity spokesman for St. Joseph Aspirin. ^[35]

Osmond was the co-author, forth with Christopher J. Lynch, of the book Eddie: The Life and Times of America's Preeminent Bad Boy, which was published in September 2014. The foreword was written by Jerry Mathers. ^[36]

Death [ edit ]

Osmond died at his home in Los Angeles on May xviii, 2022, at age 76, from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and peripheral artery affliction. ^{[3] [30] [37]} News of his death was first announced past his son Eric in a argument through Osmond's representative. ^[30]

Filmography [ edit ]

Films [ edit ]

• Plymouth Adventure (1952) – Child on Mayflower (uncredited)
• So Big (1953) – Immature Eugene (uncredited)
• Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955) – Tommy Baker – Age 9 (uncredited)
• Everything Just the Truth (1956) – Oren Cunningham (uncredited)
• C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967) – The Bristles
• With Six You lot Get Eggroll (1968) – Duke (uncredited)
• Expressionless Women in Lingerie (1991) – David
• Get out It to Beaver (1997) – Eddie Sr.
• Desperation Boulevard (1998) – Himself
• Characterz (2016) – Daniel (final motion-picture show role)

TV [ edit ]

• Screen Directors Playhouse (i episode, 1955) – Henry Raglund
• Lassie (2 episodes, 1955-1967) – Motorcyclist / Ralph / Delivery Boy
• Annie Oakley (i episode, 1956) – Scotty
• Circus Boy (1 episode, 1956) – Skinny
• Fury (1956-1957) – Kenny / Johnny
• Alphabetic character to Loretta (1 episode, 1957) – Peter
• The Walter Winchell File (1 episode, 1957) – Joel Marisch
• Official Detective (1 episode, 1957) – Henry (uncredited)
• Telephone Fourth dimension (1 episode, 1957) – Charlie Sharp
• Colt .45 (ane episode, 1957) – Tommy
• The Jack Benny Program (1 episode, 1957) – Paper Boy
• Go out It to Beaver (1957-1963) – Eddie Haskell
• Wagon Train (1 episode, 1958) – Tommy Jenkins
• Petticoat Junction (Flavor one/Episode 38; 1964) – Harold Boggs
• The Munsters (i episode; 1966) – John
• Still the Beaver (1983, TV Movie) – Eddie Haskell
• Happy Days (1 episode; 1983) – Freddie Bascomb
• High Schoolhouse U.Due south.A. (1984, Tv set Moving picture) – Baxter Franklin
• Rags to Riches (1 episode; 1983)
• Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1 episode; 1991) – Eddie Haskell
• How-do-you-do Dear, I'm Dwelling house (1 episode; 1992) – Eddie Haskell

References [ edit ]

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} "Stu Shostak Interview with Ken Osmond & Frank Bank". The Stu Bear witness. March 5, 2008.
2. ^ ^{a b} Seelye, Katharine Q. (May 18, 2022). "Ken Osmond, Troublemaker Eddie Haskell on 'Beaver,' Dies at 76". The New York Times . Retrieved May 18, 2022.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} "'The Beaver' Is Returning". Herald-Journal. March 16, 1983.
4. ^ Pegg, Robert (October 5, 2015). Comical Co-Stars of Goggle box: From Ed Norton to Kramer . McFarland. p. 247. ISBN 9781476610245 .
5. ^ ^{a b c d} Alex Ben Cake (January 6, 1975). "Cooper's one-act mocks system". The Miami News. Archived from the original on Jan 24, 2013.
6. ^ Hixon, Michael (October 15, 2014). "Return of Eddie Haskell: Ken Osmond signs his memoir at Barnes & Noble Oct. eighteen". The Beach Reporter . Retrieved May xvi, 2015.
7. ^ "The O'Reilly Factor Flash". BillOReilly.com . Retrieved August 25, 2011.
8. ^ ^{a b c} "No pension for "Eddie"". The Milwaukee Journal. Nov vii, 1986. ^{[ expressionless link ]}
9. ^ "TV Series Altered Lives of 'Beaver' and Brother". The Victoria Advocate. August 3, 1977.
10. ^ "Wally & Beaver just glad to be working". The Deseret News. Feb 14, 1980.
11. ^ ^{a b} "Ex-Television receiver Role player Saved Past Bulletproof Vest". The New York Times. September 20, 1980.
12. ^ ^{a b} "Ken Osmond receives LAPD pension". Daily News of Los Angeles. June 8, 1988.
13. ^ Jery Buck (November 16, 1982). "'Exit it to Beaver' is 1980s cult show". The Miami News.
14. ^ Jon Burlingame (November eleven, 1992). "'Top Cops' delves entertaining officers". The Spokesman-Review.
15. ^ ^{a b} "Board Rejects Police Pension for Television set Actor – Los Angeles Times". webcache.googleusercontent.com.
16. ^ "NewsLibrary Search Results". nl.newsbank.com.
17. ^ Jim Tripoli (September 9, 1974). "John Holmes is Ken Osmond". Beaver County Times.
18. ^ James Dark-brown (May 21, 1980). "'Leave it to Beaver' casts shadow over actors". Anchorage Daily News.
19. ^ "Viewers all the same love 'Beaver'". Boca Raton News. June 15, 1982.
20. ^ ^{a b} Marilyn and Hy Gardner (Apr 24, 1977). "Glad Y'all Asked That!". Youngstown Vindicator.
21. ^ "Osmond v. EWAP, Inc. (1984)". Justia Constabulary.
22. ^ "Together Again". Observer-Reporter. Dec 13, 1982.
23. ^ ^{a b} "Disney Channel Brings Back Cleavers". Miami Herald. May 3, 1984.
24. ^ Kathy O'Malley (October 26, 1988). "Quondam Cast Is Family Once more". Chicago Tribune.
25. ^ ^{a b c} Ed Bawl (December ii, 1984). "Eddie Haskell'southward son best new (two) face on Disney's 'Beaver'". Dallas Forenoon News.
26. ^ Andrew J. Edelstein (July xiii, 1986). "Cablevision channels plan more comedy". Gadsden Times.
27. ^ "9th Annual Youth In Film's Special Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September eleven, 2011.
28. ^ Jerry Buck (October 16, 1983). "Quondam Child Stars Run into Young Dazzlers". Youngstown Vindicator.
29. ^ ^{a b c} Reed, Anika (May 18, 2022). "'Get out Information technology to Beaver' thespian Ken Osmond, known for office every bit Eddie Haskell, dies at 76". USA Today . Retrieved May xviii, 2022.
30. ^ "California Marriage Alphabetize 1960–1985 – Kenneth Charles Osmond". Ancestry.com . Retrieved September 11, 2011.
31. ^ "Ken Osmond sues SAG interview with Jamie Colby of FoxNews". YouTube.com. Archived from the original on Dec 12, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
32. ^ Leslie Simmons (September 19, 2007). "'Beaver' histrion sues SAG". The Hollywood Reporter.
33. ^ Dave McNary (August 24, 2011). "Thesps urge probe into SAG foreign tax revs". Variety.
34. ^ "St. Joseph Aspirin > Meet Ken Osmond". StJosephAspirin.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
35. ^ "KenOsmondBook". Genesis Creations Entertainment . Retrieved May 16, 2015.
36. ^ McNary, Dave (May 18, 2022). "Ken Osmond, 'Leave It to Beaver' Star Who Played Eddie Haskell, Dies at 76". Diverseness. Retrieved May eighteen, 2022.

Farther reading [ edit ]

• Osmond, Ken. Eddie: The Life and Times of America's Preeminent Bad Male child. 2014 (ISBN0990727300)

External links [ edit ]

• Ken Osmond at IMDb
• Ken Osmond at TVGuide.com
• Ken Osmond at TVLand.com

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Osmond