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Kenneth Charles Osmond (June 7, 1943 – May 18, 2020) was an American actor and 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.
Lumpy does learn the number of fish from Eddie, tells a girl he's trying to impress, and it "gets away from him". The pet store owner is then confronted by a crowd of children who all have the correct count. He fires Eddie. Beaver wins a "constellation" prize—a pair of goldfish. Beaver wonders why fish don't drown.
Wally and Beaver are excited that Eddie can do whatever he wants. Eddie tells the guys how he's being waited on by, and having parties with, the young female tenants of the rooming house. Eddie invites Wally and Lumpy over for dinner and then a sleepover. Mr. Haskell calls Ward and asks him to not let Wally go to Eddie's dinner.
Tony Dow (left) and Ken Osmond (as Eddie Haskell), on the set of Leave it to Beaver, 1957-63. Osmond’s two sons on the show, Freddie Haskell and Eddie Haskell Jr., were his two real-life sons ...
The show's playfully-bouncy theme tune, which became as much of a show trademark as Beaver's baseball cap or Eddie Haskell's false obsequiousness, was "The Toy Parade," composed by David Kahn, Melvyn Leonard, and Mort Greene. For the final season, however, the song was given a jazz-like arrangement by veteran composer/arranger Pete Rugolo.
Osmond, Ken. Eddie: The life and times of America's preeminent bad boy. 2014 (ISBN 0990727300) Bank, Frank. Call Me Lumpy: My Leave It To Beaver Days and Other Wild Hollywood life. Addax, 2002. ISBN 1886110298, ISBN 978-1886110298. Brooks, Tim and Earl Marsh. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 9th Ed.
Harry Shearer portrayed a character similar to Eddie Haskell, while Diane Brewster and Richard Deacon went on to play different roles in the original Leave it to Beaver series. The episode originally aired as part of the anthology series Heinz Studio 57 on April 23, 1957, but was subsequently lost until it was rediscovered in 1987.
Wally says the report is pretty crummy and Beaver explains that he read only 30 pages before he lost the book. Wally cautions Beaver to find the book. Eddie finds several overdue notices in Beaver's drawer and shows Wally. Wally cautions Beaver again; when he steps out of the room, Eddie says that Beaver will be thrown right in jail.