![]() ![]() In Leave It To Beaver’s original 1957 pilot, which resurfaced three decades later, the Haskell-type character was named Frankie and was played by future SNL, The Simpsons and This Is Spinal Tap actor Harry Shearer.Įrik Pedersen and Greg Evans contributed to this report. (Cooper, whose birth name is Vincent Furnier, would later be photographed wearing a t-shirt reading “No, I’m Not Eddie Haskell”.) In the 1970s, Osmond become the subject of a widely-circulated urban legend: That he had taken on a new persona as the rock star Alice Cooper. ![]() The series, though, would go on to be a syndication favorite and a generational touchstone. Former England back-row James Haskell has labelled the RFUs decision to sack Eddie Jones as 'utter madness', saying it was forced by 'grumpy media and miserable fans. It aired in six time slots on four different nights during its six seasons, moving from CBS to ABC after its first season. The series never made the year-end top 30 among primetime programs in the three-network era. Ken Osmond, who on TVs '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. Leave It to Beaver was not a big hit during its initial 1957-63 run. He was my uncles partner and we have been working to get him a Star on Hollywood Boulevard. Police Museum, which remembered him with a Hi Scott, I wanted to share the news that Former TV star and Decorated LAPD Officer Ken Osmond who played Eddie Haskell on Leave it to Beaver passed away last night. The actor went on to become an LAPD cop and served for 18 years, according to the L.A. Osmond also guested on such popular series as Happy Days, Lassie, Petticoat Junction and The Munsters. The actor revisited his most famous role frequently over the years in the many subsequent iterations of the show, most notably Still the Beaver, which ran from 1983-89. Cleaver, then adding a butter-wouldn’t-melt rejoinder, “My mother says it looks as though you never do any work in here.” “Gee, your kitchen always looks so clean,” he might say to Mrs. Rude and threatening to the younger kids - the Beaver and friends like Larry and Whitey - Eddie was pure smarm when adults entered his vicinity. Hugh Beaumont and Barbara Billingsley played the parents of Wally and the Beav. The Haskell character was a troublemaking friend of Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow), the older brother of Theodore, aka the Beaver (Jerry Mathers). Notable Hollywood & Entertainment Industry Deaths In 2020: Photo Gallery
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