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LOS ANGELES – MAY 2: Dennis The Menace, a CBS television situation comedy. Pictured from left is Sylvia Field (as Martha Wilson), Jay North (as Dennis Mitchell), Joseph Kearns (as George Wilson).

Dennis The Menace, a CBS television situation comedy. Pictured from left is Sylvia Field (as Martha Wilson), Jay North (as Dennis Mitchell), Joseph Kearns (as George Wilson).

As the title character in the midcentury sitcom “Dennis the Menace,” Jay North, who died Sunday at 73, was among my first TV stars, even before I had a notion of what a TV star was.And he was ...

LAKE BUTLER, Fla. – 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 ...

Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV’s “Dennis the Menace” for four seasons starting in 1959, has died.

Pictured from left is Sylvia Field (as Martha Wilson), Jay North (as Dennis Mitchell), Joseph Kearns (as George Wilson). May 2, 1960. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) ...

Pictured from left is Sylvia Field (as Martha Wilson), Jay North (as Dennis Mitchell), Joseph Kearns (as George Wilson). May 2, 1960. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) ...

After Kearns died, Gale Gordon played Wilson’s brother. Dennis’ patient parents were played by Herbert Anderson and Gloria Henry. The show ran on Sunday nights until it was canceled in 1963.

Pictured from left is Sylvia Field (as Martha Wilson), Jay North (as Dennis Mitchell), Joseph Kearns (as George Wilson). May 2, 1960. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) ...

Pictured from left is Sylvia Field (as Martha Wilson), Jay North (as Dennis Mitchell), Joseph Kearns (as George Wilson). May 2, 1960. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images) ...