Ken Osmond

Ken Osmond

Acting
1943-06-07
Glendale, California, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kenneth Charles Osmond (June 7, 1943 – May 18, 2020) was an American actor and policeman. Beginning a prolific career as a child actor at the age of four, Osmond is best known for his iconic role as Eddie Haskell on the 1950s television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver, and for having reprised it on the 1980s revival series The New Leave It to Beaver. Typecast by the role, he found it hard to get other acting work and became a Los Angeles policeman. After retiring from police work, he resumed his acting career.

Known For & Full Filmography27 Titles

#1Lassie

Drama Series - 1954, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
Action & AdventureDramaFamily

Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.

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#2Lassie

Drama Series - 1954, 16 episodes as Motorcyclist

6.3 / 10
Action & AdventureDramaFamily

Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.

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#3Wagon Train

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes as Tommy Jenkins

6.6 / 10
WesternDramaFamily

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.

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#4Happy Days

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.6 / 10
Comedy

In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.

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#5Petticoat Junction

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes as Harold Boggs

5.9 / 10
ComedyFamily

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

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#6Leave It to Beaver

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes as Eddie Haskell

6.9 / 10
ComedyFamily

An inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.

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#7Telephone Time

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.5 / 10
Drama

Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.

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#8The Munsters

Drama Series - 1964, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.9 / 10
ComedySci-Fi & FantasyFamily

A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

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#9Parker Lewis Can't Lose

Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes as Eddie Haskell

7.4 / 10
Comedy

Parker Lewis is a teenager who apparently can't lose. He's cool, cute, popular, hip – and seems to get away with anything. That's not to say he's got no problems. His two primary nemeses are school principal Grace Musso, whose goal is getting Parker expelled; and his little sister Shelly, whose sole purpose seems to be tattling on Parker. However, with best friends Mikey and Jerry, Parker takes on the world and makes the best of high school.

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#10Clash of the Champions

Drama Series - 1988, 16 episodes as Ken Osmond (Ringside Judge)

8.8 / 10
Action & Adventure

At a time when matches between big-name Superstars are usually only seen on pay-per-view, WCW presents Clash of the Champions on free TV.

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#11Annie Oakley

Drama Series - 1954, 16 episodes as Scotty

5.5 / 10
WesternDrama

Annie Oakley was an American Western television series that fictionalized the life of famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley. It ran from January 1954 to February 1957 in syndication, for a total of 81 black and white episodes, each 25 minutes long. ABC showed reruns on Saturday and Sunday daytime from 1959 to 1960 and from 1964 to 1965.

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#12Screen Director's Playhouse

Drama Series - 1955, 16 episodes as Henry Raglund

7.0 / 10
ComedyDrama

Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.

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#13The New Leave It to Beaver

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Eddie Haskell

6.6 / 10
Comedy

The New Leave It to Beaver is an American sitcom sequel to the 1950s and '60s series, Leave It to Beaver. The New Leave It to Beaver began with the 1983 CBS TV movie Still the Beaver, and was picked up in 1984 as a Disney Channel series with the same name; however, it only lasted one season. It was then picked up by TBS in 1986 and renamed The New Leave It to Beaver. The series, also syndicated in the late 1980s, lasted until June 1989. It is one of the rare examples of a television series revival sequel that revolves around the characters from the original series. Other examples of this would be The New WKRP in Cincinnati, The Brady Brides, What's Happening Now!! and the 2012 version of Dallas. The New Leave It to Beaver is the second longest running of any series revival in television history.

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#14Official Detective

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.5 / 10
Mystery

An American anthology television series which aired in syndication from 1957 to March 19, 1958. The series was hosted by veteran film actor Everett Sloane.

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#15The Walter Winchell File

Drama Series - 1957, 16 episodes as Joel Marisch

7.5 / 10

The Walter Winchell File is the title of a television crime drama series that initially aired from 1957 to 1958, dramatizing cases from the New York City Police Department that were covered in the New York Daily Mirror. The series featured columnist and announcer Walter Winchell, John Larch, George Cisar, Robert Anderson, Robert Brubaker, Dolores Donlon, and Gene Barry, a year before he was cast in the lead of NBC's Bat Masterson. Thirty-nine episodes were produced; the first twenty-six aired on ABC during the 1957-1958 season, and the final thirteen were seen in syndication in 1959. Among the guest stars was the child actor Dennis Holmes, who played 7-year-old Allie Marisch in the 1957 episode "Thou Shalt Not Kill."

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#16Letter to Loretta

Drama Series - 1953, 16 episodes as Peter

6.6 / 10
Drama

Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.

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#17Hi Honey, I'm Home!

Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

5.2 / 10

Hi Honey, I'm Home! is an American television sitcom that ran from July 19, 1991, to July 12, 1992 for 13 episodes. Each week, a new episode of the series aired on ABC as part of its Friday night TGIF lineup. The same episode would re-air Sunday night on Nickelodeon as part of the channel's Nick at Nite lineup. ABC stopped airing the series after the sixth episode of the first season. The show's second season only aired on Nick at Nite before being cancelled in July 1992. The series was taped before a live audience in Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios Florida.

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#18High School U.S.A.

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m as Baxter Franklin

5.5 / 10
TV MovieRomanceComedy

Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie between the two rivals in this light comedy.

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#19Leave It to Beaver

Movie - 1997, 2h 15m as Eddie Haskell Sr.

5.4 / 10
ComedyFamily

The Cleavers are an all-American family living in Ohio – wise father Ward, loving mother June, teenage son Wally, and 8-year-old Theodore, better known as 'Beaver'. Beaver hopes to get a bike as a gift from his father and to please him tries out for his school football team and he makes it, only to be embarrassed. The bike he gets is quickly stolen. Meanwhile, Wally is trying to help his friend Eddie Haskell to get the heart of pretty classmate Karen, but Karen seems to like Wally more, and that leads to tensions between the friends.

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#20With Six You Get Eggroll

Movie - 1968, 2h 15m as Duke (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
ComedyRomanceFamily

Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teenage daughter, begin dating and eventually decide to get married. But they're not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, who are not very excited about the new union between the two families.

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#21CHARACTERz

Movie - 2016, 2h 15m as Daniel

6.0 / 10
ComedyFamily

Life as a costumed mascot becomes a bizarre experience for a new recruit who joins an offbeat team of amusement park 'Characterz' for a summer job he'll never forget.

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#22Dead Women in Lingerie

Movie - 1991, 2h 15m as David

3.4 / 10
Thriller

A private detective is hired to catch a serial killer who makes immigrant garment workers his victims.

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#23High School U.S.A.

Movie - 1984, 2h 15m as Baxter Franklin

4.2 / 10
ComedyTV Movie

Principal of Excelsior High School deals with a rivalry between student groups and his own interest in the new counselor.

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#24Still the Beaver

Movie - 1983, 2h 15m as Eddie Haskell

5.5 / 10
ComedyTV Movie

This movie reunites most of the members of the Cleaver clan, Wally, June, and of course, the Beaver. Their father Ward has passed away. Wally's married to Mary Ellen and a successful lawyer and has everything to make his life complete except for a child. The Beaver is married but unfortunately is still the same which is why his wife threw him out. With nowhere else to go, he goes home. And he also decides that he wants to raise his children, in his hometown of Mayfield. His wife, who decides that she hasn't done anything in her life, decides to become a veterinarian, but she can only go to school out of the country, so she let's Beaver have the children. So he brings his sons there and they are not exactly impressed with Mayfield and feel that they were dumped there, and bond more with Wally than with their own father. They also have to deal with Eddie Haskell, who has gone from nasty to crooked. It's a good thing they still have their mom.

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#25Boy with a Knife

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Jerry's Little Brother

5.0 / 10

A boy on the wrong path finds a trusted mentor and group of friends to guide back on his way.

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#26NWA Clash of the Champions

Movie - 1988, 2h 15m as Ken Osmond (Ringside Judge)

8.8 / 10
Action

Clash of the Champions I took place on March 27, 1988 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. There were 6,000 people in attendance and the show drew a 5.6 rating on TBS. This was aired head to head with WWE WrestleMania IV.

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#27Desperation Boulevard

Movie - 1998, 2h 15m as Ken Osmond

4.7 / 10
Comedy

An ex-child star (Judy Tenuta) tries to reclaim her former fame.

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