Jay Waverly North is an American actor. Beginning a prolific career as a child actor at the age of six, North 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, base...
Currently residing in Lake Butler, a small town in North Central Florida, located 45 minutes Southwest of Jacksonville, Florida. [April 2006]
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Working as a Correctional Officer at Reception and Medical Center in Lake Butler, Florida. [May 2009]
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Working as a prison guard in Florida. [April 2002]
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In 1988, a newspaper article came out saying that Jay had died at age 37 in a doctor's office. The article turned out to be a hoax. The newspaper writer that did this must have been a fan of his show, 26 to 29 years earlier, and wanted to create publicity.
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Served in the U.S. Navy (1/16/1977-8/10/1979). He was a seaman stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. He did a lot of manual labor and left with an honorable discharge.
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Is still friends with his Dennis the Menace (1959) co-star Jeannie Russell, who played Margaret on the show. In May 2008, she was a chiropractor in North Hollywood, California, and he is one of her clients.
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Active in the child-actor advocacy group, "A Minor Consideration", founded by Paul Petersen.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Zebra in the Kitchen
1965
Chris Carlyle
Wagon Train
1964
TV Series
Tom Blake
Dennis the Menace
1959-1963
TV Series
Dennis Mitchell
General Hospital
1963
TV Series
Al Barker
The Red Skelton Hour
1960-1961
TV Series
Rich Little Boy / Dennis 'the Menace' Mitchell
Pepe
1960
Dennis the Menace (as Jay 'Dennis the Menace' North)
$500,000
