Eimen died Friday at his home in Mukilteo, Washington, following a prostate cancer diagnosis he received in September, his family told The Hollywood Reporter.
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He remembered that his first Leave It to Beaver appearance came before the show had ever aired. Years later, he appeared in the episode “Long Distance Call” and recalled working alongside Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow, calling them “such genuinely nice guys.”
He appeared on Lassie, Fury, several westerns, and even worked with Frank Sinatra multiple times. And he became recognizable nationwide thanks to Carnation’s 1959 Instant Milk ad, which he noted was “the earliest (that I know of) model with a milk mustache.”
Eimen once seemed on the verge of a major career jump when he was cast as Jane Wyman’s son in Dr. Kate, a planned Desilu series. But Wyman withdrew from the project over a scheduling issue, and the show never went forward.
The pilot aired as part of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, and he joked that he still received occasional residual checks.
He also remembered fondly the adult actors who became mentors — including Jackie Coogan, whose childhood earnings helped lead to modern child labor laws. “He was especially nice to me, and I'll always remember his many kindnesses,” Eimen wrote.
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Why He Stepped Away From Acting
“The people in Theater Arts were such a talented bunch — there was Ed Begley, Jr…. And Michael Richards — Kramer!!! — I was in awe of him,” he wrote. Surrounded by performers he deeply admired, “I began to reconsider what I wanted to do.”
His musical life led to remarkable experiences — including backing up Sonny and Cher on New Year’s Eve at Don Drysdale’s club and, in high school, being in a garage band with Stanley Fafara (“Whitey” from Leave It to Beaver) that appeared in a Sugar Frosted Flakes commercial.
Eimen performed in supper clubs around Beverly Hills and West Hollywood before a blind date with a Japanese student changed everything. He traveled to Japan in 1974 intending to stay a month — and instead married Midori in a traditional Shinto ceremony and lived there for a decade.
When the family moved to Seattle in 1985, the transition was difficult. To support them, Eimen worked aboard factory trawlers in the Bering Sea — “heading and gutting fish, repairing the nets, offloading the finished product” — before deciding he needed a safer line of work.
“The most wonderful aspect of it,” he wrote, “has been that I've gone so many places on my days off with my family.”
“I’m so happy that wasn’t me!!!” he reflected.
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