Wow he was much younger than I would have thought. Leave It To Beaver was old time when I was an adolescent in the 1980’s.
1980’s? I didn’t realize it was on then.
I remember watching it in the ‘60’s.
Joined the cast in 1957, when he was only 14. Supposed to be a one-time shot, but the producers (Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher) liked his work, and Osmond wound up appearing in nearly half the series’ episode. His performance was so memorable it became the moniker for a psychological condition (Eddie Haskell Syndrome), used to describe two-faced, workplace bullies.
And as many know, after Osmond became type-cast and couldn’t find work as an actor, he became a member of the LAPD; served almost twenty years as a motorcycle patrol and vice officer. Retired from the force (on disability) in the late 80s, after being injured in a shootout with a suspect.