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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Jay North
Acting
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Movies: 13Series: 23
TMDB ID: 75351
IMDb ID: nm0636020
Known for: Acting
Born: August 3, 1951
Died: April 6, 2025
Age: 73
Place of birth: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2025
Years active: 75
Average TMDB rating: 6.73
Wikidata: Q2293137
Also 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.
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Movie credits linked with Jay North.
as Burger Patron (uncredited)
The Unbreakable Boy
2025 • Movie
as Self
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
2003 • Movie
as Captain Schofield
Wild Wind
1985 • Movie
as Grogan's Dad
Scout's Honor
1980 • Movie
as Sean Roberts
The Teacher
1974 • Movie
as Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer)
Lassie: Joyous Sound
1972 • Movie
as Narrator
The Pledge of Allegiance
1971 • Movie
as Narrator
The Fantastic Plastic Machine
1969 • Movie
as Terry Bowen
Maya
1966 • Movie
as Chris Carlyle
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965 • Movie
as Jay North
Pepe
1960 • Movie
as Timmy Gibson
The Big Operator
1959 • Movie
as Davey Leonard
The Miracle of the Hills
1959 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jay North.
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E! True Hollywood Story
1996 • Series
as Jay North (voice) • 1 eps
The Simpsons
1989 • Series
as Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voice) • 52 eps
The Flintstone Comedy Hour
1972 • Series
as Bamm-Bamm Rubble • 20 eps
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
1971 • Series
as Terry Dexter (voice) • 34 eps
Here Comes the Grump
1969 • Series
as Prince Turhan (voice) • 18 eps
Arabian Knights
1968 • Series
as Terry Bowen • 18 eps
Maya
1967 • Series
as Eric Hovstad • 1 eps
Jericho
1966 • Series
as Bartlett Warshowsky • 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 • Series
as Wendell • 1 eps
The Lucy Show
1962 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 • Series
as Jeff Welch • 1 eps
My Three Sons
1960 • Series
as Bobby Cooper • 1 eps
The Detectives
1959 • Series
as Dennis Mitchell • 146 eps
Dennis the Menace
1959 • Series
as Timmy Wilson • 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
1958 • Series
as Fred Martin's Son • 1 eps
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 • Series
as Dennis Mitchell • 1 eps
The Donna Reed Show
1958 • Series
as Laddie Stone • 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 • Series
as Tom Blake • 1 eps
Wagon Train
1957 • Series
as Bobby • 1 eps
Sugarfoot
1957 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 • Series
as Jim • 1 eps
Lassie
1954 • Series
as Dennis Mitchell • 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
1951 • Series