Jay North
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 3, 1951
- Died
- April 6, 2025 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Filmography
The Unbreakable Boy
Movie · as Burger Patron (uncredited)
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Movie · as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Jay North (voice) · 1 ep
Wild Wind
Movie · as Captain Schofield
Scout's Honor
Movie · as Grogan's Dad
The Teacher
Movie · as Sean Roberts
Lassie: Joyous Sound
Movie · as Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer)
The Flintstone Comedy Hour
TV · as Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voice) · 52 eps
The Pledge of Allegiance
Movie · as Narrator
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
TV · as Bamm-Bamm Rubble · 20 eps
The Fantastic Plastic Machine
Movie · as Narrator
Here Comes the Grump
TV · as Terry Dexter (voice) · 34 eps
Arabian Knights
TV · as Prince Turhan (voice) · 18 eps
Maya
TV · as Terry Bowen · 18 eps
Maya
Movie · as Terry Bowen
Jericho
TV · as Eric Hovstad · 1 ep
Zebra in the Kitchen
Movie · as Chris Carlyle
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Bartlett Warshowsky · 1 ep
The Lucy Show
TV · as Wendell · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Pepe
Movie · as Jay North
My Three Sons
TV · as Jeff Welch, Dave Welch Jr. · 1 ep
The Big Operator
Movie · as Timmy Gibson
The Miracle of the Hills
Movie · as Davey Leonard
Dennis the Menace
TV · as Dennis Mitchell · 146 eps
The Detectives
TV · as Bobby Cooper · 1 ep
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Timmy Wilson · 1 ep
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Laddie Stone · 1 ep
The Donna Reed Show
TV · as Dennis Mitchell · 1 ep
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TV · as Fred Martin's Son · 1 ep
Sugarfoot
TV · as Bobby · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Tom Blake · 1 ep
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Lassie
TV · as Jim · 1 ep
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Dennis Mitchell, Rich Little Boy · 1 ep