Kenneth Charles Osmond was an American actor and police officer.
24 Facts About Ken Osmond
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Ken Osmond was born in Glendale, California, the son of Pearl and Thurman Ken Osmond.
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Ken Osmond's father was a carpenter and propmaker and his mother, whom he described as "a typical movie mother," had ambitions to get him and his brother, Dayton, into acting.
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Ken Osmond began going on professional auditions at the age of four, and began working in commercials.
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Ken Osmond's mother took her sons to acting classes every day after school; he eventually studied dance, drama, diction, dialects, martial arts, and equestrian riding.
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Ken Osmond had his first speaking part at age 9, a small role in the film So Big starring Jane Wyman and Sterling Hayden.
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Ken Osmond has appeared in small roles in feature films such as Good Morning Miss Dove, and Everything But the Truth, and made numerous guest-starring appearances on television series, including Lassie, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Wagon Train, Fury, Circus Boy, and The Loretta Young Show.
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Ken Osmond appeared in 1958 on the series Official Detective as Henry in the episode "The Deserted House".
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Ken Osmond made a guest appearance, in 1964, on Petticoat Junction.
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Ken Osmond was in the episode "The Genghis Keane Story", as Harold Boggs.
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Ken Osmond appeared in 97 of the series' 235 episodes.
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Ken Osmond was constantly trying to involve his friends in activities that would get them into trouble.
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Ken Osmond was cast in the feature films C'mon Let's Live a Little and With Six You Get Eggroll.
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In 1970, Ken Osmond joined the Los Angeles Police Department and grew a mustache in an effort to remain relatively anonymous among average citizens, although not his co-workers.
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On September 20,1980, Ken Osmond was struck by three bullets while in a foot chase with a suspected car thief.
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Ken Osmond was protected from two of the bullets by his bullet-resistant vest, with the third bullet ricocheting off his belt buckle.
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Ken Osmond appealed the determination to the Superior Court and in 1988 a judge overturned the Board's denial and awarded Ken Osmond a lifetime pension, and he retired from the force.
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The story apparently began when fan magazines falsely reported that Ken Osmond had embarked on such a career.
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Ken 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.
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In 1983, Ken Osmond appeared as a game show participant and celebrity guest star on the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour, along with Beaver co-stars Jerry Mathers, Richard Deacon and Jeri Weil.
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Ken Osmond returned to acting in 1983 reprising his role as Eddie Haskell in the CBS made-for-television movie Still the Beaver, which followed the adult Cleaver boys, their friends, and their families.
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In 1987, Ken Osmond was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for his role as Eddie Haskell.
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Ken Osmond had a bit part in the 2016 indie movie Characterz.
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Ken Osmond died at his home in Los Angeles on May 18,2020, at age 76, from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and peripheral artery disease.