Acting credits
36
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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: 6.64
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jay North.
7.7
The Unbreakable Boy
as Burger Patron (uncredited)
2025 Movie
5.1
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
as Self
2003 Movie
4.0
Wild Wind
as Captain Schofield
1985 Movie
7.0
Scout's Honor
as Grogan's Dad
1980 Movie
4.4
The Teacher
as Sean Roberts
1974 Movie
6.0
Lassie: Joyous Sound
as Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer)
1972 Movie
The Pledge of Allegiance
as Narrator
1971 Movie
The Fantastic Plastic Machine
as Narrator
1969 Movie
5.6
Maya
as Terry Bowen
1966 Movie
4.3
Zebra in the Kitchen
as Chris Carlyle
1965 Movie
6.3
Pepe
as Jay North
1960 Movie
5.8
The Big Operator
as Timmy Gibson
1959 Movie
The Miracle of the Hills
as Davey Leonard
1959 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jay North.
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
8.0
The Simpsons
as Jay North (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
8.0
The Flintstone Comedy Hour
as Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voice) • 52 eps
1972 Series
3.7
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
as Bamm-Bamm Rubble • 20 eps
1971 Series
6.5
Here Comes the Grump
as Terry Dexter (voice) • 34 eps
1969 Series
5.7
Arabian Knights
as Prince Turhan (voice) • 18 eps
1968 Series
6.0
Maya
as Terry Bowen • 18 eps
1967 Series
6.5
Jericho
as Eric Hovstad • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Bartlett Warshowsky • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.1
The Lucy Show
as Wendell • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 2 eps
1962 Series
6.5
My Three Sons
as Jeff Welch • 1 eps
1960 Series
6.1
The Detectives
as Bobby Cooper • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.5
Dennis the Menace
as Dennis Mitchell • 146 eps
1959 Series
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Timmy Wilson • 1 eps
1958 Series
5.8
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Fred Martin's Son • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.4
The Donna Reed Show
as Dennis Mitchell • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Laddie Stone • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.6
Wagon Train
as Tom Blake • 1 eps
1957 Series
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Bobby • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self • 2 eps
1956 Series
6.1
Lassie
as Jim • 1 eps
1954 Series
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Dennis 'the Menace' Mitchell • 1 eps
1951 Series