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Jay North

Birth name	Jay Waverly North
Born	August 3 1951 (1951-08-03) (age 56) Hollywood, California, USA
Years active	1958-1986
Spouse(s)	Cindy Hackney (1993 - present) 3 children ? (1991 - 1991) (divorced) ? (1982 - 1983) (divorced) Kathleen Brucher (1973 - ?) (divorced)

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NAME	North, Jay
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	actor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 3, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hollywood, California, USA
DATE OF DEATH
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Jay Waverly North (born August 3, 1951 in Hollywood, California, U.S.) is an actor best remembered for his lead role in the TV series Dennis the Menace. Chosen for the role by creator Hank Ketcham himself,^[1] North appeared in some 146 episodes of the weekly half-hour comedy.

He later appeared in several movies as a teen and as a young adult. He also starred in the television series Maya, with co-star Sajid Khan as well as a lead role in episode 38 of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., "The Deadly Toys Affair" (1965) where he played a young genius, Bartlett Warshowsky. He also did voice work for the Flintstones' spin-off The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, where he provided the voice of a teenage Bamm-Bamm Rubble. Finding himself forever typecast as "Dennis the Menace," North quit acting and joined the Navy in the 1970s.^[2] North became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in April of 1978 while serving aboard a ship home-ported in Norfolk, VA. He later served as a prison security guard in Florida. ^[3] He is now retired and lives in Lake Butler, Florida.^[1] North is the son of actor/songwriter Hal Hopper and Dorothy North.^[1]