Dennis the Menace: Dennis' Lovesick Friend
09:00 am - 09:30 am, Sunday, December 7 on WTIC Antenna TV (61.2)
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Dennis' Lovesick Friend
Season 3, Episode 32
Edward Everett Horton appears as Mr Wilson's Uncle Ned.
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1962
English
HD Level Unknown
Comedy
Sitcom
Cast & Crew
Jay North
(Actor)
.. Dennis Mitchell
Herbert Anderson
(Actor)
.. Henry Mitchell
Joseph Kearns
(Actor)
.. George Wilson
Lucille Wall
(Actor)
.. Mrs. Hawkins
Sylvia Field
(Actor)
.. Martha Wilson
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Did You Know..
Jay North
(Actor)
.. Dennis Mitchell
Born:
August 03, 1951
Trivia:
Tousle-haired child actor Jay North was the son of the West Coast regional director for AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), a performer's union. He began showing up on TV in 1958 and in films the following year. Selected from a group of 500 possibilities, he landed the title role in the TV series Dennis the Menace, which ran from 1959 to 1963. He went on to star in the single-season adventure weekly Maya (1966) and in such family oriented films as Zebra in the Kitchen. Reportedly mistreated and abused by his on-set guardians, North's career as a child star was less than pleasant; nor did he make a successful transition to adult roles in such trash as Teacher Teacher (1974). Eventually overcoming his past, he vowed to prevent others in his situation from suffering similar humiliations, and later spent much of his time offering advice, counsel, and moral support to preteen professional actors. Among Jay North's later acting appearances was the 1980 TV movie Scout's Honor, which featured several other former child TV performers in the cast.
Herbert Anderson
(Actor)
.. Henry Mitchell
Born:
March 30, 1917
Died: June 11, 1994
Died: June 11, 1994
Trivia:
Perhaps best remembered for playing Henry Mitchell, the father of an energetic tow-headed boy in the popular television sitcom Dennis the Menace (1959-1963), tall, slender, and bespectacled character actor Herbert Anderson's career encompassed extensive experience on Broadway and in Hollywood films. Contracted to Warner Bros. around 1940, he made his film debut in Meet the Fleet (1940). His first two years were quite busy, but by mid-decade he was landing fewer roles. On stage, he appeared with Henry Fonda in a 1953 production of Caine Mutiny Court Martial. After the cancellation of Dennis the Menace, Anderson's film appearances became quite rare, though he made frequent guest appearances on other television shows, including Batman, Bewitched, and Dragnet. Heart trouble in the early '80s forced Anderson to retire.
Joseph Kearns
(Actor)
.. George Wilson
Born:
February 12, 1907
Died: February 17, 1962
Died: February 17, 1962
Lucille Wall
(Actor)
.. Mrs. Hawkins
Sylvia Field
(Actor)
.. Martha Wilson
Born:
February 14, 1901
Died: July 31, 1998
Died: July 31, 1998
Trivia:
Sylvia Field's several-decades-long career encompassed performances on stage, screen, and television, where she was best known for playing the kindhearted Mrs. Wilson opposite crotchety Joseph Kearns and mischievous towhead Jay North on Dennis the Menace between 1959 and 1962. Born and raised in Boston, Field was 17 when she launched her professional career in a Broadway production of The Bluebird. She entered films in The Exalted Flapper (1929) and would appear in eight more features before retiring from movies in 1958 after appearing in Annette. Married to comedian Ernest Truex since the 1940s, she made her television debut along with him in Mr. Peepers. The show was produced in New York and ran three years before Field and her family decided to quit the show and move to Southern California. Following her departure from Dennis the Menace (which was precipitated by the death of Kearns), Field continued to appear as a television guest star on series such as Perry Mason and Father Knows Best.
