Jay North was 6 when he was cast to play towheaded Dennis the Menace on the CBS Sunday night sitcom that ran from 1959 to 1963. He later appeared on TV on “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” “The Lucy Show,” “My Three Sons” and “Lassie.”
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.
