“Hank would come by, lean over the Dutch door, and say sweet stuff,” she recalled. As they plotted an early date, Pat Cosby asked him what he’d like to do.

One is likely the version you know: the happy-go-lucky, tow-headed, ham-armed little boy of the Hank Ketcham comic strip that debuted in the U.S. in March of 1951.

LAKE BUTLER, Florida — Jay North, who portrayed the longtime comics character in the 1950s and ‘60s TV series “Dennis the Menace,” has died at the age of 73, according to multiple reports.

Based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip, the show ended its run in 1963. North's acting credits on IMDb also include the TV series "Maya," "Arabian Knights," "Here Comes the Grump," The Banana Splits ...

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 ...

(L) Jay North holds a "Dennis the Menace" puppet as he celebrates the 50th anniversary of the cartoon strip at the Every Picture Tells a Story art gallery in Los Angeles, California in 1999. (R ...

At last, he is at peace.” North was 6 when he was cast as the smiling troublemaker in the CBS sitcom adaptation of Hank Ketcham's popular comic strip that took place in an idyllic American suburb.

North was 6 when he was cast as the smiling troublemaker in the CBS sitcom adaptation of Hank Ketcham's popular comic strip that took place in an idyllic American suburb. Often wearing a striped ...

LAKE BUTLER, Florida — Jay North, who portrayed the longtime comics character in the 1950s and ‘60s TV series “Dennis the Menace,” has died at the age of 73, according to multiple reports.

The actor was 8 years old when he made his debut as Dennis, the meddlesome but well-meaning boy first imagined by comic strip artist Hank Ketcham. North led the CBS classic for all of its four seasons ...

North was 6 when he was cast as the smiling troublemaker in the CBS sitcom adaptation of Hank Ketcham’s popular comic strip that took place in an idyllic American suburb.