Jay North
Born: 1951-08-03 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2025-04-06
Known For: Acting
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
2025
- The Unbreakable Boy as Burger Patron (uncredited)
2003
1989
- The Simpsons as Jay North (voice)
1985
- Wild Wind as Captain Schofield
1980
- Scout's Honor as Grogan's Dad
1974
- The Teacher as Sean Roberts
1972
- The Flintstone Comedy Hour as Bamm-Bamm Rubble
- Lassie: Joyous Sound as Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer)
1971
- The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show as Bamm-Bamm Rubble
- The Pledge of Allegiance as Narrator
1969
- Here Comes the Grump as Terry Dexter (voice)
- The Fantastic Plastic Machine as Narrator
1968
- Arabian Knights as Prince Turhan (voice)
1967
- Maya as Terry Bowen
1965
- Zebra in the Kitchen as Chris Carlyle
1964
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Bartlett Warshowsky
1962
- The Lucy Show as Wendell
1960
- My Three Sons as Jeff Welch
- Pepe as Jay North
1959
- Dennis the Menace as Dennis Mitchell
- The Detectives as Bobby Cooper
- The Miracle of the Hills as Davey Leonard
- The Big Operator as Timmy Gibson
1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Laddie Stone
- The Donna Reed Show as Dennis Mitchell
- 77 Sunset Strip
1957
- Wagon Train as Tom Blake
- Sugarfoot as Bobby
1956
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1954
- Lassie as Jim