He was in the episode "The Genghis Keane Story", as Harold Boggs. Osmond made a guest appearance, in 1964, on Petticoat Junction. John Doucette was cast as the bounty hunter Lou Gore, and Bing Russell portrayed Jed Coy in the episode. In 1959, Osmond played 16-year-old "Tommy" in the episode "Dead Aim" of the ABC/ Warner Brothers western series Colt. He also appeared in 1958 on the series Official Detective as Henry in the episode "The Deserted House". He continued to appear 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. He had his first speaking part at age 9, a small role in the film So Big starring Jane Wyman and Sterling Hayden. The first he remembered was an appearance in the film Plymouth Adventure with Spencer Tracy and Gene Tierney. Osmond began in feature films working as an extra. His mother took her sons to acting classes every day after school he eventually studied dance, drama, diction, dialects, martial arts, and equestrian riding. Osmond began going on professional auditions at the age of four, and began working in commercials. His 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. Osmond was born in Glendale, California, the son of Pearl (Hand) and Thurman Osmond. After retiring from police work, he resumed his acting career. Typecast by the role, he found it hard to get other acting work and became a Los Angeles police officer. Beginning a career as a child actor at the age of four, Osmond played the role of Eddie Haskell on the late 1950s to early 1960s television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver and reprised it on the 1980s revival series The New Leave It to Beaver. Kenneth Charles Osmond (June 7, 1943 – May 18, 2020) was an American actor and police officer.
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