Lyn Osborn (January 21, 1926 â€" August 30, 1958) was an American
actor, born Clois Lyn Osborn in Wichita Falls, Texas. He is best
remembered as "Cadet Happy" on Space Patrol, and from his role in
Invasion of the Saucer Men. He died following brain surgery at age
32.Clois Lyn Osborn was born January 21, 1926 in Wichita Falls, Texas.
At age 3, his family moved to Michigan, living in Muskegon and Lincoln
Park. At age 10, his mother enrolled him and his sister in a community
theater group, which started his interest in performing. He played
clarinet, flute and piccolo in the high school band. In 1943 after
graduating from Lincoln Park High School, where he was known by the
family nickname "Buddy", 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 combatAfter the navy, Lyn held several jobs before
hitchhiking to California, where he did more of the same. He enrolled
at the Pasadena Playhouse on the G.I. Bill for 3 years, and appeared
in 15 plays there. Ten days before graduation, he got his big break
cast as "Cadet Happy" on Space Patrol. The series began as a daily
live 15 minute show broadcast from Los Angeles. Soon, half-hour weekly
shows were added. There was also a live radio version that ran from
1952 to 1955. The television series ran until 1955, after nearly 1,200
episodes were produced.After Space Patrol, he appeared in several TV
and film projects, such as The Amazing Colossal Man, The Adventures of
Jim Bowie and Rod Serling's acclaimed Requiem for a Heavyweight
episode of Playhouse 90. On December 21st, 1954, Lyn appeared as
himself and in character as Space Patrol's Cadet Happy on the daytime
talk show, "The Betty White Show". His most memorable appearance was
in 1957's Invasion of the Saucer Men, playing the role of Artie, also
the narrator of the film.
actor, born Clois Lyn Osborn in Wichita Falls, Texas. He is best
remembered as "Cadet Happy" on Space Patrol, and from his role in
Invasion of the Saucer Men. He died following brain surgery at age
32.Clois Lyn Osborn was born January 21, 1926 in Wichita Falls, Texas.
At age 3, his family moved to Michigan, living in Muskegon and Lincoln
Park. At age 10, his mother enrolled him and his sister in a community
theater group, which started his interest in performing. He played
clarinet, flute and piccolo in the high school band. In 1943 after
graduating from Lincoln Park High School, where he was known by the
family nickname "Buddy", 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 combatAfter the navy, Lyn held several jobs before
hitchhiking to California, where he did more of the same. He enrolled
at the Pasadena Playhouse on the G.I. Bill for 3 years, and appeared
in 15 plays there. Ten days before graduation, he got his big break
cast as "Cadet Happy" on Space Patrol. The series began as a daily
live 15 minute show broadcast from Los Angeles. Soon, half-hour weekly
shows were added. There was also a live radio version that ran from
1952 to 1955. The television series ran until 1955, after nearly 1,200
episodes were produced.After Space Patrol, he appeared in several TV
and film projects, such as The Amazing Colossal Man, The Adventures of
Jim Bowie and Rod Serling's acclaimed Requiem for a Heavyweight
episode of Playhouse 90. On December 21st, 1954, Lyn appeared as
himself and in character as Space Patrol's Cadet Happy on the daytime
talk show, "The Betty White Show". His most memorable appearance was
in 1957's Invasion of the Saucer Men, playing the role of Artie, also
the narrator of the film.
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