LAKE BUTLER, Fla. -- Jay North, who starred as the 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, Fla.

Jay North, star of the “Dennis the Menace” series, right, attempts to handcuff Dean Martin, center, as they play with a stuffed toy with Tony Curtis on Sept. 15, 1959. (Associated Press) LOS ANGELES — ...

In 1951, Hank Ketcham created Dennis the Menace, a daily newspaper comic strip featuring a clever five-year-old who wreaked havoc on the people in his life through a series of funny misadventures. The ...