Jay North
ActingAlso Known As
Jay Waverly North
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.
Movies
(13 total)
The Unbreakable Boy
as Burger Patron (uncredited)
Pepe
as Jay North
The Teacher
as Sean Roberts
Wild Wind
as Captain Schofield
The Big Operator
as Timmy Gibson
Maya
as Terry Bowen
Zebra in the Kitchen
as Chris Carlyle
Scout's Honor
as Grogan's Dad
Lassie: Joyous Sound
as Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer)
The Pledge of Allegiance
as Narrator
The Miracle of the Hills
as Davey Leonard
The Fantastic Plastic Machine
as Narrator
TV Shows
(26 total)
The Simpsons
as Jay North (voice)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Bartlett Warshowsky
Lassie
as Jim
The Lucy Show
as Wendell
My Three Sons
as Jeff Welch
My Three Sons
as Dave Welch Jr.
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Laddie Stone
Dennis the Menace
as Dennis Mitchell
Wagon Train
as Tom Blake
77 Sunset Strip
as Timmy Wilson
The Donna Reed Show
as Dennis Mitchell
The Red Skelton Show
as Dennis 'the Menace' Mitchell
The Red Skelton Show
as Rich Little Boy
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
as Bamm-Bamm Rubble
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Detectives
as Bobby Cooper
Sugarfoot
as Bobby
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Fred Martin's Son
The Flintstone Comedy Hour
as Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voice)