Jay North
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 3, 1951
- Died
- Apr 6, 2025 (aged 73)
- Place of birth
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Credits
- 37
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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.
Known for
Filmography
The Unbreakable Boy
2025Movie
Burger Patron (uncredited)
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
2003Movie
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
The Simpsons
1989TV
Jay North (voice)
Wild Wind
1985Movie
Captain Schofield
Scout's Honor
1980Movie
Grogan's Dad
The Teacher
1974Movie
Sean Roberts
The Flintstone Comedy Hour
1972TV
Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voice)
Lassie: Joyous Sound
1972Movie
Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer)
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
1971TV
Bamm-Bamm Rubble
The Pledge of Allegiance
1971Movie
Narrator
Here Comes the Grump
1969TV
Terry Dexter (voice)
The Fantastic Plastic Machine
1969Movie
Narrator
Arabian Knights
1968TV
Prince Turhan (voice)
Maya
1967TV
Terry Bowen
Jericho
1966TV
Eric Hovstad
Maya
1966Movie
Terry Bowen
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965Movie
Chris Carlyle
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964TV
Bartlett Warshowsky
The Lucy Show
1962TV
Wendell
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
Pepe
1960Movie
Jay North
My Three Sons
1960TV
Jeff Welch, Dave Welch Jr.
The Detectives
1959TV
Bobby Cooper
Dennis the Menace
1959TV
Dennis Mitchell
The Big Operator
1959Movie
Timmy Gibson
The Miracle of the Hills
1959Movie
Davey Leonard
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Timmy Wilson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958TV
Fred Martin's Son
The Donna Reed Show
1958TV
Dennis Mitchell
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958TV
Laddie Stone
Wagon Train
1957TV
Tom Blake
Sugarfoot
1957TV
Bobby
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956TV
Self
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1956TV
Self
Lassie
1954TV
Jim
The Red Skelton Show
1951TV
Dennis Mitchell, Rich Little Boy