Ken Osmond, ‘Leave It to Beaver’ star who played Eddie Haskell, dead at 76

Ken Osmond, best regarded for his purpose at the troublemaker Eddie Haskell on the tv comedy “Leave It to Beaver,” died on Monday early morning. He was seventy six.

Sources explain to Selection Osmond died at his Los Angeles house surrounded by family members members. The cause of demise is unidentified.

Henry Lane, Osmond’s former spouse at the Los Angeles Police Section, also verified the news and said he had endured from respiratory difficulties.

Just after “Leave it to Beaver” completed its run in 1963, Osmond returned for the telefilm “Still the Beaver” in 1983 and for the revival series “The New Leave it to Beaver.” His sons on the series had been played by his genuine-lifetime sons Eric and Christian. He returned to the purpose a final time in 1997’s aspect movie “Leave it to Beaver.”

Osmond, a indigenous of Glendale, Calif., began his career as a little one actor with his to start with speaking portion at age 9 in the movie “So Major,” starring Jane Wyman and Sterling Hayden, adopted by “Good Early morning Overlook Dove,” and “Everything But the Truth.” He also visitor-starred on tv series which includes “Lassie,” “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,” “Wagon Practice,” “Fury”  and “The Loretta Younger Exhibit.”

In 1957, Osmond auditioned for the Eddie Haskell purpose, which was initially meant to be a visitor look, but these included with the display had been so impressed with Osmond’s portrayal that the character grew to become a key element of the series all over its six-time run of 234 episodes.

Osmond portrayed Haskell as sycophantic to grownups when earning pleasurable of them behind their backs. He was a superior school friend of Wally Cleaver, older brother of Theodore “The Beaver” Cleaver, and consistently hoping to entice his mates into activities that would get them into difficulty.  During the final years of the display, Osmond was in the U.S. Military Reserve.

When the series finished, Osmond ongoing performing as an actor, appearing on “Petticoat Junction,” “The Munsters,” and a return look on “Lassie.” He appeared in aspect films “C’mon Let us Reside a Little” and “With Six You Get Eggroll” but discovered himself typecast as Eddie Haskell.

Osmond joined the Los Angeles Police Section in 1970 and grew a mustache to be considerably less recognizable. In 1980, Osmond was shot in a chase with a suspected auto thief, while he was saved by his bulletproof vest. He was set on disability and retired from the drive in 1988.

Osmond submitted a class-motion lawsuit in 2007 versus the Display Actors Guild, asserting that SAG had in excess of-stepped its authority in amassing foreign royalties without having disclosing the selection agreements until finally he and Jack Klugman threatened to file fit. The motion was settled in 2010.

He is survived by his spouse, Sandra, and two sons, Christian and Eric.