
Jay North
Acting
🎂 1951-08-03
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.
Cast credits(33)

Jay North (voice)
1989

Jim
1954

Tom Blake
1957

Jeff Welch
1960

Wendell
1962

Laddie Stone
1958

1958

Self
1956

Dennis Mitchell
1958

Dennis Mitchell
1959

Bobby
1957

Bobby Cooper
1959

Bartlett Warshowsky
1964

Terry Bowen
1966

Captain Schofield
1985

Burger Patron (uncredited)
2025

1966

Jay North
1960

Self
2003

Grogan's Dad
1980

Prince Turhan (voice)
1968

Sean Roberts
1974

Terry Bowen
1967

Timmy Gibson
1959

Terry Dexter (voice)
1969

Chris Carlyle
1965

Davey Leonard
1959

Narrator
1971

Bamm-Bamm Rubble
1972

Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer)
1972

Bamm-Bamm Rubble
1971

1996

Narrator
1969