Cast & creator
Jay North
Best known for The Simpsons, The Merv Griffin Show, Wagon Train
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.
Also known as: Jay Waverly North
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1951–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (39)
Showing 39 of 39 credits
The Simpsons
Jay North (voice)
1989
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Wagon Train
Tom Blake
1957
Lassie
Jim
1954
The Red Skelton Show
Dennis Mitchell
1951The Red Skelton Show
Rich Little Boy
1951
My Three Sons
Jeff Welch
1960My Three Sons
Dave Welch Jr.
1960
The Donna Reed Show
Dennis Mitchell
1958
The Lucy Show
Wendell
1962
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Laddie Stone
1958
77 Sunset Strip
Timmy Wilson
1958
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Detectives
Bobby Cooper
1959
Dennis the Menace
Dennis Mitchell
1959
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Bartlett Warshowsky
1964
Sugarfoot
Bobby
1957
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Fred Martin's Son
1958
Jericho
Eric Hovstad
1966
The Flintstone Comedy Hour
Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voice)
1972The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
Self
1956
The Unbreakable Boy
Burger Patron (uncredited)
2025
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
Bamm-Bamm Rubble
1971
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Self
2003
Here Comes the Grump
Terry Dexter (voice)
1969
Maya
Terry Bowen
1967
Arabian Knights
Prince Turhan (voice)
1968
The Teacher
Sean Roberts
1974
The Big Operator
Timmy Gibson
1959
Pepe
Jay North
1960
Zebra in the Kitchen
Chris Carlyle
1965
The Miracle of the Hills
Davey Leonard
1959
Maya
Terry Bowen
1966
Lassie: Joyous Sound
Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer)
1972
Scout's Honor
Grogan's Dad
1980
Wild Wind
Captain Schofield
1985
The Pledge of Allegiance
Narrator
1971
The Fantastic Plastic Machine
Narrator
1969