Jay North
Acting • Born 1951-08-03 – Died 2025-04-06
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
39 credits
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Movie • 2003
Self
Pepe
Movie • 1960
Jay North
Maya
Movie • 1966
Terry Bowen
The Teacher
Movie • 1974
Sean Roberts
Zebra in the Kitchen
Movie • 1965
Chris Carlyle
The Big Operator
Movie • 1959
Timmy Gibson
The Pledge of Allegiance
Movie • 1971
Narrator
Scout's Honor
Movie • 1980
Grogan's Dad
Wild Wind
Movie • 1985
Captain Schofield
The Miracle of the Hills
Movie • 1959
Davey Leonard
The Fantastic Plastic Machine
Movie • 1969
Narrator
Lassie: Joyous Sound
Movie • 1972
Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer)
The Unbreakable Boy
Movie • 2025
Burger Patron (uncredited)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Jay North (voice)
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Timmy Wilson
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Jeff Welch
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Wendell
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
TV • 1971
Bamm-Bamm Rubble
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Dennis Mitchell
Arabian Knights
TV • 1968
Prince Turhan (voice)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV • 1956
Self
Maya
TV • 1967
Terry Bowen
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Laddie Stone
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Bobby
Here Comes the Grump
TV • 1969
Terry Dexter (voice)
Jericho
TV • 1966
Eric Hovstad
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Bartlett Warshowsky
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Tom Blake
The Donna Reed Show
TV • 1958
Dennis Mitchell
The Detectives
TV • 1959
Bobby Cooper
Lassie
TV • 1954
Jim
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Dave Welch Jr.
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV • 1958
Fred Martin's Son
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Dennis 'the Menace' Mitchell
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Rich Little Boy
The Flintstone Comedy Hour
TV • 1972
Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voice)