RIP Ken Osmond, aka Eddie Haskell of "Leave it to Beaver"

[Bowie]

Good ol' Eddie, always ready with fawning flattery and mischievous plots.

Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell on 'Leave It to Beaver,' dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Osmond, who on TV’s “Leave It to Beaver,” played two-faced teenage scoundrel Eddie Haskell, a role so memorable it left him typecast and led to a second career as a police officer, died Monday...

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[carlomarx]

Too bad, Eddie Haskell was my favorite character on the show. Wasn't it an urban legend, not true, that he was John Holmes?

 

[warren]

I think of him more as as an honored copper. He grew into much more than an actor, a guy who simply mouthed script writers words. A decorated, shot in the line of duty cop. Rest in peace Officer Osmond, you did well.

 

[craig61a]

Too bad, Eddie Haskell was my favorite character on the show. Wasn't it an urban legend, not true, that he was John Holmes?

Yeah. Another was that he was Alice Cooper. And Beaver died in Vietnam, and Mr Rogers wore a sweater to cover up his Green Beret tattoos...