Jay North

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-08-03 (74 years old)

Deathday

2025-04-06

Place of Birth

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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 seri...

Acting

1960

Pepe

as Jay North

1966

Maya

as Terry Bowen

1974

The Teacher

as Sean Roberts

1965

Zebra in the Kitchen

as Chris Carlyle

1959

The Big Operator

as Timmy Gibson

1980

Scout's Honor

as Grogan's Dad

1985

Wild Wind

as Captain Schofield

1959

The Miracle of the Hills

as Davey Leonard

1972

Lassie: Joyous Sound

as Jim (Curly-Haired Surfer)

2025

The Unbreakable Boy

as Burger Patron (uncredited)

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