Jay North, Child Star Who Played ‘Dennis the Menace,’ Dies at 73

‘Mr. North played the towheaded Dennis Mitchell, who roamed his neighborhood, usually clad in a striped shirt and overalls, with his friends, and often exasperated his neighbor, a retiree named George Wilson, who was played by Joseph Kearns. Herbert Anderson played Dennis’s father, and Gloria Henry played his mother. Dennis winds up causing lots of trouble, usually by accident.…’ via New York Times)