what happened to the actor who played dennis the menace

American thespian

Jay North
Northward as Dennis Mitchell in 1960
Built-in	(1951-08-03) August 3, 1951 (age lxx) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1958–1988 (player) 1988–2011 (cameos/himself)
Spouse(s)	Kathleen Brucher (1973–74) Rositia Northward (1991-91) Cindy Hackney ​ (yard. 1993)​ -present
Children	3 stepdaughters

Jay Due north (built-in August 3, 1951) is an American actor. His career equally a kid actor began in the late 1950s with roles in eight TV series, 2 multifariousness shows and three feature films. At age 7 he became a household name for his part as the well-meaning but mischievous Dennis Mitchell on the CBS state of affairs comedy Dennis the Menace (1959-1963), 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. He likewise starred in the NBC telly series adaptation of the latter film, also titled Maya. Equally an adult he turned to vocalisation acting for blithe television serial, voicing the roles of Prince Turhan in the Arabian Knights segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hr and a teenaged Bamm-Bamm Rubble on The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.

After leaving show business he disclosed the truth most the difficulties he dealt with as a child actor. He began working with young man sometime child star Paul Petersen and the system A Minor Consideration, using his own experiences as a child performer to counsel other children working in the amusement industry.

Early on life [edit]

North was built-in in Hollywood, the only child of Jay and Dorothy (née Cotton) North.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} Northward'southward male parent was an alcoholic, and his parents' marriage was stormy.^{[5] [seven]} When he was 4, his parents separated, and North never saw his father once again.^{[5] [7]} For a short time Jay resided happily in Birmingham, Alabama. Later, equally a unmarried female parent, Mrs. Due north went to work as the secretary to the W Coast managing director of the American Federation of Boob tube and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to support Jay and herself.^{[4] [5] [vii] [8]}

From a young historic period, North was a fan of television receiver, and when he was half-dozen, his female parent used her connections at AFTRA to arrange for him to appear on his favorite television program, local Los Angeles children's show Drawing Express, hosted past "Engineer Pecker".^{[4] [8]} This appearance defenseless the attention of prominent Hollywood talent amanuensis Hazel MacMillan, who, impressed with North's photogenic looks, contacted his mother the following mean solar day offer to represent him.^{[4] [v]} Mrs. N, who was aware of the stories of troubled former child stars, had reservations, merely eventually gave her approval.^[5]

Career [edit]

Early on years [edit]

Due north as Laddie on the Wanted: Dead or Alive episode "Eight Cent Advantage", 1958

N's first professional interim task was a live appearance on the gameshow Queen for a 24-hour interval, hosted by Jack Bailey.^{[4] [v] [9]} He connected to work as a kid model and actor in commercials, and landed small parts on a number of popular NBC variety shows of the 1950s, such equally The George Gobel Show, The Eddie Fisher Show, and The Milton Berle Evidence, before auditioning for the role that made him a star.^{[4] [5] [viii] [10]}

In June 1958, Columbia Pictures' television receiver partition Screen Gems was holding a nationwide search for a male child to play the title grapheme in their boob tube adaptation of the pop Dennis the Menace comic strip created by Hank Ketcham, and 6-yr-old North was brought in to audition.^{[4] [five]} After receiving news that his offset audition had not gone well, agent Hazel MacMillan pressed the studio to see him once again.^[v] The studio agreed and was impressed with his second audience.^{[4] [v]} After the studio saw hundreds of boys for the role,^{[3] [xi]} North was asked dorsum to screen examination with Herbert Anderson, Gloria Henry, and Joseph Kearns. A pilot was filmed later on that summer.^{[4] [v] [12]}

The summer passed, and North heard zip more from Screen Gems, but connected to work, appearing in a Christmas-themed episode of the CBS Western series Wanted: Expressionless or Alive entitled "8 Cent Reward". In the episode, he portrayed Laddie Stone, a young boy who pays bounty hunter Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) eight cents to find Santa Claus.^{[5] [7] [13] [fourteen]} Over the adjacent several months, N made tv set appearances on such shows every bit 77 Sunset Strip, Rescue 8, Cheyenne, Bronco, Colt .45, and Sugarfoot, and broke into feature films with roles in The Miracle of the Hills and The Big Operator ^{[5] [viii] [11]} until, in the jump of 1959, almost a year afterward he had showtime auditioned, MacMillan contacted North's mother to tell her that her son had been called to play the role of Dennis "The Menace" Mitchell.^{[4] [5]}

Dennis the Menace [edit]

Northward with Dennis the Menace co-stars Herbert Anderson and Gloria Henry, 1959

Dennis the Menace premiered on CBS on Lord's day, October four, 1959, and speedily became a hit with audiences. North was paid $500 per episode,^{[5] [15]} his strawberry red pilus was bleached platinum blonde for the function,^{[3] [16] [17] [18]} and the 8-year-old was instructed to "shave" a year off his age when speaking with the press.^{[19] [20]} North's mother connected to work at AFTRA full-fourth dimension to support the two of them, and hired business organisation managers to invest Northward'southward earnings for him.^{[three] [5] [8]} In a 1993 interview with Filmfax magazine, N spoke highly of his mother, maxim: "I want to make it very articulate virtually one thing. I never supported my mother during (Dennis the Menace). She earned her own money from AFTRA. She never lived off my earnings. I know that sometimes happens with child actors, but it was non true in my state of affairs."^[5]

While Mrs. North worked, her sister Marie Hopper and brother-in-police force role player-composer Hal Hopper served as North's on-set guardians during filming for Dennis The Menace.^{[3] [4] [5] [seven] [eight] [12] [eighteen] [21]} In add-on to filming the series, North appeared every bit Dennis in commercials for the show'southward sponsors, Kellogg'southward cereals, All-time Foods mayonnaise, Skippy peanut butter, and Bosco chocolate milk, and regularly traveled around the state with his aunt and uncle on the weekends to promote the evidence.^{[4] [5] [nine] [12]} These obligations, combined with the required three hours a twenty-four hour period of schoolhouse, took their toll on North, and by the terminate of the first flavour, the eight-year-old had begun to feel the pressures of existence the lead star of a popular show.^{[iv] [5] [7] [8] [9]}

In the fall of 1960, the second season of the series was ranked amidst TV'southward top 20 shows, and North's portrayal of Dennis had become a beloved pop civilization icon.^{[iv] [10] [22]} Due north made crossover invitee appearances equally Dennis on such television set shows as The Donna Reed Bear witness and The Red Skelton 60 minutes, and in the feature film Pépé.^{[12] [23]} That aforementioned twelvemonth, Northward recorded "The Misadventures of Dennis the Menace" soundtrack stories on LP, as well as an LP album of songs titled Jay Due north - Expect who's singing! ^{[xviii] [24] [25]} With the success of the serial, North'south guardians, Marie and Hal Hopper, had become strict taskmasters and stern disciplinarians.^{[three] [4]} He was not allowed to socialize with other cast members on the set and missed being effectually children his own age.^{[3] [iv] [5] [12]} His only opportunity to relax was the occasional "gratuitous day" when he could play baseball game with other children or when his uncle would have him to see horror films.^{[4] [5] [xi] [17] [21]} His favorite films at that time were The Pit and the Pendulum and Village of the Damned.^{[5] [vii] [9]}

By the fall of 1961, the series was in its third season, and North was earning $2,500 an episode.^[four] The testify remained in the meridian 20, but North had grown tired and frustrated with the pressures of carrying a striking show and the long work hours.^{[iv] [5] [viii]} Complicating matters was his human relationship with his Aunt Marie.^{[iii] [5] [26]} Many years later, North revealed that his aunt physically and verbally abused him when he made mistakes on the set up or did not perform to her standards.^{[iii] [4] [5] [7] [12] [26]} Northward'due south mother, Dorothy, and the rest of the Dennis The Menace cast were unaware of the corruption, and N concealed his unhappiness for fearfulness of retribution from his aunt.^{[3] [five] [12]} In July 2007, North's babyhood co-star, Jeannie Russell, who portrayed Margaret Wade on the series, told radio host Stu Shostak in a radio interview: "'The show comes start.' This was the ethic that nosotros were raised in. Had I seen any abuse or whatsoever horrible upset on Jay'southward part, I would have noticed. It would accept impacted me. It would accept upset me terribly."^[12]

By the quaternary flavor, North was earning $3,500 an episode;^[15] but by 1962, the 11-year-onetime had begun to outgrow the kittenish antics for which the character was known.^{[7] [xvi] [27]} This, combined with the unexpected loss of Joseph Kearns well-nigh the end of flavour three, had inverse the dynamic of the show.^{[5] [xvi] [28]} During his interview with Filmfax, North recalled: "Between the pressures of the business and Joe's dying, I became very serious, very morbid, and very withdrawn from the earth. I was the antithesis of the piddling child that I played on the television show."^[5] By the stop of the fourth season, ratings were down, and in the spring of 1963, much to the relief of its young lead star, Dennis The Menace was cancelled.^{[iv] [five] [16] [17]}

Teen years [edit]

North with Sajid Khan in Maya, 1967

In the autumn of 1963, N's female parent enrolled him in prep schoolhouse,^[17] but due to his part-fourth dimension pedagogy while filming Dennis The Menace, combined with not having been allowed to socialize with other children, he struggled to keep upward with his studies at his new school and was nervous interacting with the other students.^{[four] [seven] [8] [22]} North continued to audition, and in 1964, he appeared in an episode of Wagon Train, just constitute himself typecast as the impish Dennis Mitchell and had trouble finding steady work.^{[3] [v] [8] [15] [16]} In 1999, Northward told the Eastward! network, "I had to fight the ghost of Dennis the Menace, and I was typecast. I still had the confront, and that's what casting directors, producers and directors saw when I would become in to read for a role."^[four]

In 1965, he landed the lead role in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer family one-act flick Zebra in the Kitchen as Chris Carlyle, a boy who, unhappy with the living conditions he finds at his local zoo, decides to set up the animals complimentary, causing chaos throughout the town.^{[5] [eight] [16] [17] [21]} Over the next year, he continued to appear in pocket-size boob tube roles, guest-starring on the MGM TV series The Man from U.Northward.C.Fifty.E. and reuniting with his former Dennis the Menace co-star Gale Gordon on The Lucy Show.^{[iii] [5] [10] [13]} In 1966, North landed the starring role in another MGM family unit adventure film, Maya.^{[5] [viii] [13] [29]} In the movie, which was filmed on location in India, Due north played Terry Bowen, a male child who navigates the Indian jungle with a Hindu boy and an elephant and her baby dogie, the latter a sacred white elephant.^{[v] [29]} He continued to announced in pocket-size invitee-starring roles on television shows such as My Three Sons and Jericho, and in 1967, NBC decided to make a tv set series adaptation of Maya.^{[3] [5] [seven] [thirty] [31]} North agreed to reprise his part and was shortly dorsum filming on location in Bharat.^{[three] [v] [eight] [thirty] [31]}

The feature film Maya and subsequent television series made North a popular teen idol of the era, featured in numerous teen magazines such equally Tiger Beat, 16 Mag, Teen Datebook, and Flip.^{[32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]} While Maya proved popular with teen audiences, the NBC series struggled in its time slot against popular shows of the time, CBS'due south The Jackie Gleason Show and ABC'southward The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game, and was cancelled after one flavor.^{[five] [vii] [eight]} Years subsequently, N spoke fondly of his experience on the serial, saying, "I can say that I'g actually proud of my piece of work on Maya, from a professional person standpoint. I got to play an adult role and it was a challenge."^[five] N had missed a full year of school while filming Maya in Republic of india, and after returning dwelling house to Hollywood, began a normal life in loftier school, graduating from Rexford Senior High Schoolhouse in Beverly Hills in 1969.^[4] North narrated the surf film, The Fantastic Plastic Machine, in 1969 ^[39]

Adult years [edit]

N as Don Baker in a dinner theatre product of Collywobbles Are Gratis, circa 1973

After completing filming on the Maya television serial, North found work as a vox actor for animated television series, providing the voices of Prince Turhan in the Arabian Knights segment of The Banana Splits Adventure 60 minutes, Terry Dexter in Here Comes the Grump, and a teenaged Bamm-Bamm Rubble on The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Prove.^{[5] [7] [8] [13]} In 1971, he decided to leave Hollywood and moved to Chicago to perform in dinner theatre, appearing in several stage productions, including principal roles in Norman, Is That You? and Butterflies Are Gratuitous.^{[3] [4] [v] [eight]} In January 1972, while actualization in Butterflies Are Free, twenty-year-old Due north met actress Kathleen Brucher, who had a four-year-old son from a previous marriage.^[5] After touring with the production for over a year, the two returned to Los Angeles and were married on July 20, 1973, just the matrimony lasted less than a yr.^{[three] [5] [7] [8] [40]} The young couple separated in Apr 1974, and their divorce was final on October 21, 1974.^{[3] [iv] [8] [40]}

In 1974, North appeared in his last starring role in the R-rated coming-of-historic period suspense thriller The Teacher, opposite Angel Tompkins.^[5] While the moving-picture show'south developed themes were branded "vulgar" and "lurid" past some who still thought of Due north as the pint-sized "menace" he had played 10 years prior,^{[vii] [41] [42]} Los Angeles Times critic Kevin Thomas expressed appreciation for Northward'due south work in the moving picture, writing,

The plot of The Instructor isn't worth outlining, withal it develops a relationship betwixt a 28-year-quondam woman and an xviii-year-old high school boy with sensitivity and credibility unusual for an exploitation film. [...] Avedis displays much concern for his people and allows Miss Tompkins and North plenty of room to requite fresh, spontaneous performances."^[42]

Over the side by side several years, N held onto the hope of beingness rediscovered past Hollywood and connected to take acting classes, only by early on 1977, disillusioned with his career in testify business, he left acting and enlisted in the US Navy.^{[three] [v] [8] [x] [43]} In January 1977, he reported to Navy boot camp at NTC Orlando. He was later assigned to the USSIwo Jima, stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, as a seaman recruit bosun'due south mate, the Navy'south everyman rank.^{[4] [seven] [8]} North received proficient evaluations for his work, but was unprepared for the harsh treatment he received from his shipmates and superiors for beingness a sometime kid star.^{[4] [eight]} Within a twelvemonth, he wanted out of the Navy. He then began his administrative procedure and was temporarily assigned on board the destroyer tender USSDixie stationed in Long Beach, California.^[44] On August x, 1979, he left the Dixie and the Navy with an honorable discharge and returned to Los Angeles.^{[4] [viii]}

In 1980, North appeared in a cameo role in the television receiver moving-picture show Scout'southward Honor, which featured appearances of other onetime child stars Angela Cartwright from The Danny Thomas Show, Lauren Chapin from Male parent Knows All-time, and Paul Petersen from The Donna Reed Show.^[22] In 1982, he landed a week-long stint on the daytime lather General Infirmary, merely steady piece of work in bear witness business continued to elude him.^{[4] [xl]} Financially secure from real estate investments his female parent had made with his earnings from Dennis The Menace and frustrated past the management his career had taken,^{[15] [22] [40]} North retreated from public life for the side by side several years and institute work in the health nutrient industry.^{[iii] [4] [xv] [22]} In 1984, he optioned the book Burn down Judy, Fire for $five,000, hoping to play the lead role of executed killer Steven Judy.^{[iv] [40]} In his 1999 interview with E!, North spoke of his want to play darker roles: "I was ready to play very dramatic, scary type characters. I thought maybe if I played some villains and scared the pants off of people, maybe Hollywood might have me seriously."^[4] Even so, the Steven Judy story never made it to the screen.^[4]

In January 1986, North landed a small role in the Yugoslavian feature film Divlji Vetar (Wild Wind).^[22] Later that twelvemonth, he read for the role of serial killer Ted Bundy in the tv set miniseries The Deliberate Stranger, just lost the function to Mark Harmon.^[4] Still interested in stories most serial killers, North decided to try his hand at screenwriting.^{[45] [46]} His outset script was about a 1984 prison break by six death-row inmates from Virginia's Mecklenburg Correctional Center, only the screenplay was never completed.^{[45] [46]} Throughout the rest of the 1980s, North appeared with other erstwhile tv stars on news and talk shows such as Skillful Morning America, Donahue, and Oprah.^[22] In October 1988, he acted out his frustrations towards Hollywood in a one-act sketch on an episode of HBO'south Not Necessarily the News, spoofing his role as Dennis the Menace. Dressed in the trademark overalls, striped t-shirt and cowlick, 37-twelvemonth-erstwhile North portrayed an angry adult Dennis, taking revenge on "Hollywood pigs" with a telescopic rifle.^{[four] [7]}

Later acting [edit]

Hoaxes [edit]

On the morning of Dec eight, 1988, Due north constitute himself at the eye of a widely reported hoax.^[22] His female parent Dorothy received the news that N had died in a physician's role that morning time. Co-ordinate to a story from United Press International, his body had been plant at 12:35 that forenoon.^{[4] [22]} The article quoted an declared doctor, Robert Tobias, whom North had never met.^[4] Around this same fourth dimension, Northward likewise dealt with several impostors pretending to be him.^{[5] [22]} One man, who resembled North in his youth, rented limousines and attended Hollywood parties impersonating him.^[22] At the fourth dimension, North told Knight-Ridder news agency, "I'm not on the 'A' party list. I'm not a hot detail, so they don't know what I look like. I really oasis't worked a lot in a long time."^[22]

A Minor Consideration [edit]

On January 18, 1990, North received a phone call from Paul Petersen telling him that former child star Rusty Hamer from The Danny Thomas Show had died by suicide.^{[iii] [four]} Hamer's expiry was a turning signal for Northward when babyhood friends Petersen (Jeff Stone on The Donna Reed Bear witness) and Jeannie Russell (Margaret Wade on Dennis the Menace), concerned that North was heading down the aforementioned path, stepped in and put him in touch with therapist Stanley Ziegler, who specialized in helping troubled onetime child actors.^{[3] [4] [5]} North afterward credited his friends and therapist as being instrumental in helping him deal with his long-held anger and resentment regarding his unhappy childhood growing upward in Hollywood.^{[ citation needed ]} He later joined Petersen's organization, A Minor Consideration, using his experiences to counsel child stars dealing with the aforementioned pressures and difficulties he had faced growing up.^{[3] [seven] [26] [47]}

Personal life [edit]

On March 2, 1991, North married his second wife, Rositia. The couple had met on a blind date and separated but iii months after their wedding.^{[iii] [4] [5] [7]} On Apr 14, 1992, N met caterer Cindy Hackney at a political party after a charity effect for pediatric AIDS in Gainesville, Florida.^[7] On March three, 1993, the two were married, and three months later, yet financially well-off as a result of his mother'south investments of his earnings equally a kid star, North left Los Angeles and moved to Hackney's hometown of Lake Butler, Florida, becoming stepfather to her iii daughters.^{[3] [iv] [five] [7] [thirteen] [15] [26] [48]} That aforementioned year, with the release of the 1993 characteristic motion-picture show Dennis the Menace, North was sought out by the media looking to notice out what had go of the "original" Dennis. This renewed interest prompted him to publicly disclose the abuse he had experienced equally a child star.^{[3] [13] [26] [47] [48]}

In May 1997, having come to terms with the physical and emotional abuse he had suffered at the hands of his aunt and uncle,^{[three] [26]} North began attending memorabilia shows to meet with fans.^{[4] [13]} After moving to Florida, he began working equally a correctional officer, reportedly working with troubled youth inside Florida's juvenile justice system^[xiii] and as of 2011, continued to piece of work for the Florida Department of Corrections.^[49]

Since the early 1990s, North has made occasional appearances on talk shows and in documentaries, likewise equally cameo appearances every bit "himself" on the animated television serial The Simpsons and in the comedy feature picture Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star.^[thirteen] In 1999, he ended his Eastward! interview by saying, "I am then happy that I was able to have such a positive affect on people's lives. I'm going to write my autobiography and then I'yard just going to live a contented, happy life here in Lake Butler with the people I dearest, and kind of just vanish into the mists of time."^[iv]

Filmography [edit]

Tv set [edit]

North equally Dennis Mitchell, 1959

• Drawing Express with Engineer Bill (1957)
• Queen for a Day (1958)
• The George Gobel Bear witness (1958)
• The Eddie Fisher Show (1958)
• The Milton Berle Testify (1958)
• Wanted: Expressionless or Alive (1958)
• 77 Sunset Strip (1959)
• Rescue 8 (1959)
• Cheyenne (1959)
• Bronco (1959)
• Filly .45 (1959)
• Sugarfoot (Bobby in "The Behemothic Killer") (1959)
• The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor (1959)
• The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1959)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (1960)
• The Donna Reed Testify (1960)
• The Red Skelton Hour (1960)
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1960)
• Art Linkletter'southward House Political party (1961)
• Dennis the Menace (1959–1963)
• Carriage Train (1964)
• The Human being from U.North.C.L.E. (1965)
• The Lucy Bear witness (1966)
• My Iii Sons (1966)
• Jericho (1966)
• Space Ghost (1966)
• Maya (1967–1968)
• Arabian Knights (1968)
• Here Comes the Grump (1969–1971)
• The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Bear witness (1971)
• The Flintstone Comedy 60 minutes (1972)
• Lassie (1973)
• Fred Flint and Friends (1977)
• Scout's Honor (1980)
• General Hospital (1982)
• Our Time (1985)
• Not Necessarily the News (1988)
• The Simpsons (1999)

Film [edit]

• The Miracle of the Hills (1959)
• The Large Operator (1959)
• Pépé (1960)
• Zebra in the Kitchen (1965)
• Maya (1966)
• The Teacher (1974)
• Dikiy veter (aka: Wild Air current) (1986)
• Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003)

References [edit]

1. ^ "The Annual - Built-in on this engagement". The Bryan Times 2. August iii, 1990.
2. ^ ^{a b c d due east f chiliad h i j k l k due north o p q r s t u five w 10 y z} Ray Richmond (June 24, 1993). "Jay North lays the demons of 'Dennis' to rest". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
3. ^ ^{a b c d east f g h i j k l k n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab air conditioning ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar} "Dennis the Menace Revealed: The Jay North Story". Due east! True Hollywood Story. 1999.
4. ^ ^{a b c d due east f k h i j chiliad l m due north o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax} Minton, Kevin (June–July 1993). "The Menacing of Dennis". Filmfax Magazine.
5. ^ "Jay North Answers 50 Intimate Questions". sixteen Spec. 16 Magazine, Inc. (12): 18–20. Winter 1968.
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j chiliad l m n o p q r s t u} Charlie Patton (September eleven, 2000). "'Dennis' grows up". The Florida Times-Union. Archived from the original on Jan 16, 2001.
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j grand 50 thou n o p q r s t u 5} Stephanie Mansfield (March 29, 1978). "Dennis the Menace in the Navy". The Washington Post.
8. ^ ^{a b c d} Larry Walters (April one, 1962). "The REAL Dennis the Menace". The Chicago Tribune.
9. ^ ^{a b c d} Anita Summer (September 17, 1978). "Where Are They At present?". Boca Raton News.
10. ^ ^{a b c} ""Dennis The Menace" To Visit Tweetsie Railroad". The Dispatch. July 3, 1963.
11. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "Radio Interview with Gloria Henry and Jeannie Russell". Dennis the Menace: Flavor One DVD. 2011.
12. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Ken Beck (November xiii, 2005). "Grown-upwardly menace is helping children". The Tennessean.
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15. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Bob Thomas (July 26, 1964). "Dennis The Menace Gains Condition Since Leaving TV". Tri-City Herald.
16. ^ ^{a b c d due east} Vernon Scott (August 3, 1964). "'Dennis The Menace' Grows Up". The News-Dispatch.
17. ^ ^{a b c} Joe Hyams (February 19, 1961). "Boob tube'due south 'Dennis The Menace' Is Model Lad Off-Photographic camera". The Tuscaloosa News.
18. ^ Dorothy Kilgallen (Dec two, 1959). "Darling Quote from Jay North". Daytona Beach Morning Journal.
19. ^ Janet Kern (Dec 21, 1959). "Ernie Ford will entertain young Jay Due north". The Milwaukee Lookout man.
20. ^ ^{a b c} Bob Thomas (July 29, 1964). "Histrion Jay Northward Is Making Comeback at the Age of 12". Reading Eagle.
21. ^ ^{a b c d e f chiliad h i j thou l} Mike Duffy (December 22, 1988). "Life isn't overjoyed for 'Dennis the Menace'". The Spokesman-Review.
22. ^ "Menace Is Invitee in 'Pepe'". Toledo Blade. Feb 26, 1960.
23. ^ "The Misadventures of Dennis the Menace". Colpix. 1960.
24. ^ "Jay North - Look Who'due south Singing!". Kem Records. 1960.
25. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Jay Northward 'at peace'". Gainesville Lord's day. June 21, 1993.
26. ^ Bob Thomas (July xv, 1962). "Dennis the Menace Can Act His Age Next Season". Nevada Daily Mail.
27. ^ "Joseph Kearns, 55, TV Actor Is Dead". The New York Times. February 18, 1962.
28. ^ ^{a b} "Television receiver's "Dennis" Is Coming To Promote Movie". The Dispatch. July 9, 1966.
29. ^ ^{a b} Ruth Thompson (September 23, 1967). "Jay North In Bharat To Make "Maya" Serial". Gettysburg Times.
30. ^ ^{a b} Rick DuBrow (September 18, 1967). "Shots Of Republic of india Make 'Maya'". The News-Dispatch.
31. ^ "'Dennis the Menace' Grows Up!". Tiger Crush. December 1966.
32. ^ "Jay North, Yesterday...and Today!". Tiger Shell. April 1967.
33. ^ "My Early Life, by Jay Due north". Tiger Vanquish. December 1967.
34. ^ "Jay North - All Grown Up!". Teen Datebook. December 1967.
35. ^ "Sajid and Jay Tell All on Each Other!". 16 Magazine. February 1968.
36. ^ "Sajid and Jay Present 'Our Favorite Pix!'". 16 Mag. March 1968.
37. ^ "Jay Northward Comes Dwelling! And Y'all Are In that location!". Flip Mag. May 1968.
38. ^ "Fantastic Plastic Machine, the".
39. ^ ^{a b c d e} Mitchell Smyth (Dec 27, 1987). "Dennis the Menace finds roles deficient". Toronto Star.
40. ^ Jack O'Brian (Oct 22, 1973). "Age of Vulgarity". The Spartanburg Herald.
41. ^ ^{a b} Kevin Thomas (May 10, 1974). "A Student, Teacher Affair". Los Angeles Times.
42. ^ Jason Garcia (March 24, 2002). "'Dennis The Menace' Role player Makes Mount Dora Cease". Orlando Sentinel.
43. ^ "USS DIXIE (AD-14) Crew Roster". Retrieved August four, 2014. 1978, BM, North, Jay, Los Angeles, CA
44. ^ ^{a b} "Slayer Is Electrocuted in Virginia". New York Times. April 15, 1988.
45. ^ ^{a b} "Penitentiary at-home during execution". The Bryan Times. Apr fifteen, 1988.
46. ^ ^{a b} "Jay Due north puts 'Dennis' behind him". The Washington Times. June 21, 1993.
47. ^ ^{a b} "Jay North says child stardom can be hurtful". Daily News of Los Angeles. June 21, 1993.
48. ^ "'Dennis the Menace' Reunion Interview". KTLA 5 News. September 30, 2011. Archived from the original on Dec 22, 2021.

Bibliography [edit]

• Holmstrom, John (1996). The Moving Picture Male child: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, p. 295.
• Edelson, Edward (1979). Great Kids of the Movies. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, pp. 103–105.

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