- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 3, 1951
- Place of Birth
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- April 6, 2025
Jay North
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…
Filmography
movieThe Unbreakable Boy
2025 · Burger Patron (uncredited)
movieDickie Roberts: Former Child Star
2003 · Self
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
tvThe Simpsons
1989 · Jay North (voice)
movieWild Wind
1985 · Captain Schofield
movieScout's Honor
1980 · Grogan's Dad
movieThe Teacher
1974 · Sean Roberts
tvThe Flintstone Comedy Hour
1972 · Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voice)
movieLassie: Joyous Sound
1972 · Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer)
tvThe Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
1971 · Bamm-Bamm Rubble
movieThe Pledge of Allegiance
1971 · Narrator
tvHere Comes the Grump
1969 · Terry Dexter (voice)
movieThe Fantastic Plastic Machine
1969 · Narrator
tvArabian Knights
1968 · Prince Turhan (voice)
tvMaya
1967 · Terry Bowen
tvJericho
1966 · Eric Hovstad
movieMaya
1966 · Terry Bowen
movieZebra in the Kitchen
1965 · Chris Carlyle
tvThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Bartlett Warshowsky
tvThe Lucy Show
1962 · Wendell
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
moviePepe
1960 · Jay North
tvMy Three Sons
1960 · Jeff Welch, Dave Welch Jr.
tvThe Detectives
1959 · Bobby Cooper
tvDennis the Menace
1959 · Dennis Mitchell
movieThe Big Operator
1959 · Timmy Gibson
movieThe Miracle of the Hills
1959 · Davey Leonard
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Timmy Wilson
tvWestinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · Fred Martin's Son
tvThe Donna Reed Show
1958 · Dennis Mitchell
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Laddie Stone
tvWagon Train
1957 · Tom Blake
tvSugarfoot
1957 · Bobby
tvThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
tvThe Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
1956 · Self
tvLassie
1954 · Jim
tvThe Red Skelton Show
1951 · Dennis Mitchell, Rich Little Boy