North, Jay 1951– (Jay "Dennis the Menace" North)

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North, Jay 1951- (Jay "Dennis the Menace" North)

PERSONAL

Full name, Jay Waverly North; born August 3, 1951, in Hollywood, CA; son of Hal Hopper (a singer and actor) and Dorothy North; married Kathleen Brucher, July 20, 1973 (divorced); married second wife, 1982 (divorced, 1983); married third wife, 1991 (divorced, 1991); married Disney Hackney, March 3, 1993; children: (fourth marriage) three.

Career:

Actress. Also worked as a prison guard. Military service: Served in the U.S. Navy.

Awards, Honors:

TV Land Award nomination, character most desperately in need of a timeout, 2006, for Dennis the Menace.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Davey Leonard, The Miracle of the Hills, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959.

Timmy Gibson, The Big Operator (also known as Anatomy of the Syndicate), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959.

(As Jay "Dennis the Menace" North) Himself, Pepe, Columbia, 1960.

Chris Carlyle, Zebra in the Kitchen, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965.

Terry Bowen, Maya, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1966.

Narrator, The Fantastic Plastic Machine (documentary), Crown International Pictures, 1969.

Sean Roberts, The Teacher (also known as The Seductress), Crown International Pictures, 1974.

Dikiy veter (also known as Divlji vetar and Wild Wind), Noble Film, 1986.

Himself, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (also known as Dickie Roberts: (Former) Child Star, Paramount, 2003.

You Know the Face (documentary), 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Dennis Mitchell, Dennis the Menace (also known as Just Dennis), CBS, 1959-63.

Terry Bowen, Maya, NBC, 1967.

Voice of Prince Turhan, Arabian Knights (animated), NBC, 1968.

Voice of Prince Turhan, The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (animated; also known as The Banana Splits and Friends Show), NBC, 1968.

Voice of Terry Dexter, Here Comes the Grump, 1969-71.

Voice of Bamm-Bamm Rubble, The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (animated), CBS, 1971.

Voice of Bamm-Bamm Rubble, The Flintstones Comedy Hour (animated; also known as The Flintstone Comedy Show and The Flintstones Show), CBS, 1972.

Voice, Fred Flintstone and Friends (animated), syndicated, 1977.

Al Barker, General Hospital, ABC, 1982.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Lassie: Joyous Sound, 1972.

Grogan's dad, Scout's Honor, NBC, 1980.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Lost Youth of Hollywood, NBC, 1991.

Dennis the Menace Revealed: The Jay North Story: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Laddie Stone, "Eight Cent Reward," Wanted: Dead or Alive, CBS, 1958.

The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show, NBC, 1959.

Timmy Wilson, "Eyewitness," 77 Sunset Strip, ABC, 1959.

Bobby, "The Giant Killer," Sugarfoot, ABC, 1959.

"The Hiding Place," The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (also known as Robert Taylor's Detectives, The Detectives, and The Detectives, Starring Robert Taylor), ABC, 1959.

Dennis "The Menace" Mitchell, "Donna Decorates," The Donna Reed Show, ABC, 1960.

"Children are People," The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (also known as The Dinah Shore Show), NBC, 1960.

Singer, Toast of the Town (also known as The Ed Sullivan Show), CBS, 1960.

Himself, Here's Hollywood, NBC, 1960.

Tom Blake, "Those Who Stay Behind," Wagon Train (also known as Major Adams, Trail Master), ABC, 1964.

Bartlett Washowsky, "The Deadly Toys Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1965.

Jeff, "Whatever Happened to Baby Chip?," My Three Sons, CBS, 1966.

Mr. Mooney's nephew, "Lucy the Robot," The Lucy Show (also known as The Lucille Ball Show), CBS, 1966.

"Eric the Redhead," Jericho, CBS, 1966.

Himself, Our Time, NBC, 1985.

Voice of himself, "Take My Wife, Sleaze," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1999.

"Sherman Hemsley," Living in TV Land, TV Land, 2006.

RECORDINGS

Albums:

Look Who's Singing! Jay North, 1961.

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