He later donated many of them to a nearby hospital. In 2005 an attempt was made to create a complete collection of Dennis the Menace cartoons. But it was stopped in 2009 with the 1961-1962 volume.

Jay North, the former child actor who starred as the titular troublemaker on Dennis the Menace, has died. He was 73. Following a years-long battle with cancer, the actor died peacefully at his ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Jay North, far right, star of "Dennis the Menace," with Tony Curtis and Dean Martin on the set of the CBS show. North died Sunday at 73. ( (Associated Press))© (Associated Press) ...