Jay North
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 3, 1951, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- April 6, 2025
- Movies
- 13
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | The Unbreakable Boy | Burger Patron (uncredited) |
| 2003 | Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | Self |
| 1985 | Wild Wind | Captain Schofield |
| 1980 | Scout's Honor | Grogan's Dad |
| 1974 | The Teacher | Sean Roberts |
| 1972 | Lassie: Joyous Sound | Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer) |
| 1971 | The Pledge of Allegiance | Narrator |
| 1969 | The Fantastic Plastic Machine | Narrator |
| 1966 | Maya | Terry Bowen |
| 1965 | Zebra in the Kitchen | Chris Carlyle |
| 1960 | Pepe | Jay North |
| 1959 | The Big Operator | Timmy Gibson |
| 1959 | The Miracle of the Hills | Davey Leonard |
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