Background
Clois Lyn Osborn was born January 21 or 23, 1926 (Accounts differ) in Wichita Falls, Texas. At age 10, his mother enrolled him and his sister in a community theater group, which started his interest in performing.
Clois Lyn Osborn was born January 21 or 23, 1926 (Accounts differ) in Wichita Falls, Texas. At age 10, his mother enrolled him and his sister in a community theater group, which started his interest in performing.
He is best remembered as "Cadet Happy" on, and from his role in Invasion of the Saucer Men. He died following brain surgery at age 32. At age 3, his family moved to Michigan, living in Muskegeon and Lincoln Park.
He played clarinet, flute and piccolo in the high school band.
In 1943, Lyn joined the navy. He served as an aerial gunner and radar operator, and flew on Grumman Avengers.
The war ended before he went into combat
After the navy, Lyn held several jobs before hitchhiking to California, where he did more of the same. He enrolled at Pasedena Playhouse on the G.I. Bill for 3 years, and was in 15 plays there.
10 days before graduation, he got his big break as "Cadet Happy" on The series began as a daily 15 minute show.
Soon, half hour weekly shows were added. There was also a radio version. The series ran until 1955, after nearly 1,200 episodes were produced.
After, he appeared in several television and film projects, such as The Amazing Colossal Manitoba, The Adventures of Jim Bowie and Rod Serling"s acclaimed Requiem for a Heavyweight episode of Playhouse 90.
His most memorable appearance was in Invasion of the Saucer Men. He died following an operation for a brain tumor at University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, August 30, 1958 at the age of 32.
