Who Is Still Alive From 'Dennis the Menace,' Jay North's 1959 Sitcom?

Who Is Still Alive From ‘Dennis the Menace?’

DENNIS THE MENACE, Gale Gordon, Jay North, (Season 4), 1959-63
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Jay North, best known to TV fans around the world as Dennis Mitchell, star of the classic 1950s and ’60s family comedy Dennis the Menace, passed away on April 6, 2025, at the age of 73, after a long battle with colorectal cancer. Based on the daily comic strip that debuted in 1951 (and still runs today!), the show followed Dennis as he caused frequent good-natured havoc around the neighborhood, sometimes with his friend Tommy (Billy Booth) at his side — and always to the distress of his easily-rattled neighbor, Mr. Wilson (Joseph Kearns). Though the show was canceled in 1963, after 146 episodes, it aired continuously in reruns for nearly 30 years afterwards, and experienced a cultural renaissance in the ’80s and ’90s, when it inspired a 1986 animated children’s series and a 1993 live action film. The show still airs daily on Antenna TV.

Sadly, most of the show’s cast members have passed away in the years since the series left the airwaves. Here’s who’s still alive from the original cast of Dennis the Menace.