Posted on 04/07/2025 6:36:48 AM PDT by V_TWIN
Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV's "Dennis the Menace" for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. He was 73.
North died Sunday at his home in Lake Butler, Florida, after battling colon cancer, said Laurie Jacobson, a longtime friend, and Bonnie Vent, who was his booking agent.
"He had a heart as big as a mountain, loved his friends deeply. He called us frequently and ended every conversation with 'I love you with all my heart,'" Jacobson wrote in a tribute on Facebook.
North was 6 when he was cast as the smiling troublemaker in the CBS sitcom adaptation of Hank Ketcham's popular comic strip that took place in an idyllic American suburb.
Often wearing a striped shirt and overalls, Dennis' mischievous antics frequently frustrated his retired next-door neighbor George Wilson, played by Joseph Kearns. Dennis' patient parents were played by Herbert Anderson and Gloria Henry.
The show ran on Sunday nights until it was canceled in 1963. After that it was a fixture for decades in syndication.
Later, North appeared on TV in shows including "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," "The Lucy Show," "My Three Sons," "Lassie," and "The Simpsons," and in movies like "Maya" (1966), "The Teacher" (1974), and "Dickie Robert: Former Child Star" (2003).
North is survived by his third wife, Cindy, and three stepdaughters.
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I’m more familiar with his brother Peter’s film work.
LOL
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Wish he could’ve been put on the FenBen/IVM protocol that’s been highly successful for this cancer (as well as others).
Could’ve been...we don’t know, but, many don’t even know about it.
RIP FReeper and Memory Lane FRiend.
The Beaver was 100 times better...But side kicks like Eddie helped...
It’s a little weird to see someone brag about something like that.
So your saying you watch porn for the dudes?......damn, I don’t think I woulda told that.
It’s a joke.
RIP Jay North. I didn’t know the man but I’m sure he was a fine fella.
Bunch of curmudgeons here, I tell ya.
You dissin' Larry Mondello?
No, you just picked the wrong post for your porn humor.....that’s OK though.....I forgive you.
Larry! Batman’s cousin!
“Hello Mr Wilson “
Every school class has a Larry...We had xxxxx Warmuth...
Speaking of porn humor, there are porn cartoons out there that depict Dennis the Menace as a grown, ripped stud who goes around destroying some of the hot women from the cartoon world (like Blondie and her daughter). I stumbled on this fact by accident, searching for Dennis the Menace cartoons with the safe search inadvertently turned off - I promise.
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