From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ken Osmond Born Kenneth Charles Osmond June 7, 1943 (age 74) Glendale, California U.S.A. Occupation Actor, police officer Years active 1953–1997 (actor) 1970–1988 (police officer) Kenneth Charles "Ken" Osmond (born June 7, 1943) is an American actor and retired policeman. Beginning a prolific career as a child actor at the age of four, Osmond is best known for his iconic role as Eddie Haskell on the 1950s television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver, and for reprising it on the 1980s revival series The New Leave It to Beaver. Typecast by the role, he found it hard to get other acting work and became a Los Angeles policeman. After retiring from the police, he resumed his acting career.