Jay 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.

Known For

The Simpsons

My Three Sons

My Three Sons

Lassie

Wagon Train

The Merv Griffin Show

The Donna Reed Show

The Red Skelton Show

All Movies (13)

• The Unbreakable Boy2025 · as Burger Patron (uncredited)
• Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star2003 · as Self
• Wild Wind1985 · as Captain Schofield
• Scout's Honor1980 · as Grogan's Dad
• The Teacher1974 · as Sean Roberts
• Lassie: Joyous Sound1972 · as Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer)
• The Pledge of Allegiance1971 · as Narrator
• The Fantastic Plastic Machine1969 · as Narrator
• Maya1966 · as Terry Bowen
• Zebra in the Kitchen1965 · as Chris Carlyle
• Pepe1960 · as Jay North
• The Big Operator1959 · as Timmy Gibson
• The Miracle of the Hills1959 · as Davey Leonard

All TV Shows (26)

• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• The Simpsons1989 · as Jay North (voice)
• The Flintstone Comedy Hour1972 · as Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voice)
• The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show1971 · as Bamm-Bamm Rubble
• Here Comes the Grump1969 · as Terry Dexter (voice)
• Arabian Knights1968 · as Prince Turhan (voice)
• Maya1967 · as Terry Bowen
• Jericho1966 · as Eric Hovstad
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Bartlett Warshowsky
• The Lucy Show1962 · as Wendell
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• My Three Sons1960 · as Jeff Welch
• My Three Sons1960 · as Dave Welch Jr.
• The Detectives1959 · as Bobby Cooper
• Dennis the Menace1959 · as Dennis Mitchell
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Timmy Wilson
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958 · as Fred Martin's Son
• The Donna Reed Show1958 · as Dennis Mitchell
• Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Laddie Stone
• Wagon Train1957 · as Tom Blake
• Sugarfoot1957 · as Bobby
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956 · as Self
• The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show1956 · as Self
• Lassie1954 · as Jim
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Dennis Mitchell
• The Red Skelton Show1951 · as Rich Little Boy