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