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Jay North
Actor
Born August 3, 1951Died April 6, 2025 (73 years)
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Jay Waverly North (August 3, 1951 – April 6, 2025) was an American actor. Beginning a career as a child actor at the age of six, he became a household name during the early 1960s for his role as the well-meaning but mischievous Dennis Mitchell on the CBS situation comedy Dennis the Menace, based on the comic strip created by Hank Ketcham.
As a teen, North had roles in two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature films Zebra in the Kitchen and Maya, as well as starring in the NBC television series adaptation of the latter film, also titled Maya. As an adult, he turned to voice acting work for animated television series, voicing the roles of Prince Turhan in the Arabian Knights segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour and a teenaged Bamm-Bamm Rubble on The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.
After leaving show business and disclosing the truth of a troubled childhood as a child actor, North began working with fellow former child star Paul Petersen and the organization A Minor Consideration, using his experiences as a child performer to counsel other children working within the entertainment industry.
Jay Waverly North (August 3, 1951 – April 6, 2025) was an American actor. Beginning a career as a child actor at the age of six, he became a household name during the early 1960s for his role as the well-meaning but mischievous Dennis Mitchell on the CBS situation comedy Dennis the Menace, based on the comic strip created by Hank Ketcham.
As a teen, North had roles in two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature films Zebra in the Kitchen and Maya, as well as starring in the NBC television series adaptation of the latter film, also titled Maya. As an adult, he turned to voice acting work for animated television series, voicing the roles of Prince Turhan in the Arabian Knights segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour and a teenaged Bamm-Bamm Rubble on The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.
After leaving show business and disclosing the truth of a troubled childhood as a child actor, North began working with fellow former child star Paul Petersen and the organization A Minor Consideration, using his experiences as a child performer to counsel other children working within the entertainment industry.
Jay North Filmography
| 2025 | The Unbreakable Boy · as Burger Patron (uncredited) |
| 2004 | The Suite Life of Hudson and James: Taking Over the Lipton · as Carpet Man |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Jay North (voice) |
| 1985 | Wild Wind · as Captain Schofield |
| 1980 | Scout's Honor · as Grogan's Dad |
| 1977 | Fred Flintstone & Friends (TV Series) · as Bamm-Bamm Rubble |
| 1974 | The Teacher · as Sean Roberts |
| 1973 | Lassie: Joyous Sound · as Jim (curly-Haired Surfer) |
| 1972 | The Flintstone Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Bamm-Bamm Rubble |
| 1971 | The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (TV Series) · as Bamm-Bamm Rubble |
| 1969 | Here Comes the Grump (TV Series) · as Terry Dexter (voice) |
| 1969 | The Fantastic Plastic Machine · as Narrator |
| 1968 | Arabian Knights (TV Series) · as Prince Turhan (voice) |
| 1968 | The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (TV Series) · as Prince Turhan |
| 1967 | Maya (TV Series) · as Terry Bowen |
| 1966 | Jericho (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Maya · as Terry Bowen |
| 1965 | Zebra in the Kitchen · as Chris Carlyle |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Bartlett Warshowsky |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Al Barker |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Wendell |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Jeff Welch |
| 1959 | The Detectives (1959) (TV Series) · as Bobby Cooper |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace (TV Series) · as Dennis Mitchell |
| 1959 | The Big Operator · as Timmy Gibson |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) · as Fred Martin's Son |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) · as Dennis Mitchell |
| 1958 | Rescue 8 (TV Series) · as Jimmy Mason |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as Laddie Stone |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Tom Blake |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Bobby |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Jim |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Dennis 'the Menace' Mitchell |
| 2003 | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star · as Self |
| 1992 | Vicki! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1983 | Sally Jessy Raphael (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1982 | Not Necessarily the News (TV Series) · as Jay North |
| 1968 | Happening '68 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1965 | The Dating Game (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Star Contestant |
| 1965 | The Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1960 | Pepe · as Jay North |
| 1960 | Here's Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series) · as Self - Actor |
| 1952 | The Linkletter Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | I've Got a Secret (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Star |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |