Jay North Rare Signed "Dennis the Menace" 8.25x11 Frame-Tray Puzzle Inscribed "Best Wishes" & "Dennis the Menace" (PSA)

This is a Jay North Rare Signed "Dennis the Menace" 8.25x11 Frame-Tray Puzzle Inscribed "Best Wishes" & "Dennis the Menace" (PSA).

Golden frame-tray puzzle measures 8.25" x 11" in size and has been hand-signed and inscribed by Jay North who played Dennis Mitchell in "Dennis the Menace" as a child actor in the series from 1959-1963.

The Dennis Menace autograph includes an official PSA/DNA hologram and matching COA for authenticity purposes.

The rare signed Dennis the Menace Puzzle is in great condition, with nice coloring. Cardboard pieces unpunched. Hank Ketcham Enterprises 1987. Produced in USA by Western Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin.

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Jay North (born August 3, 1951) is an American actor. His career as a child actor began in the late 1950s with roles in eight TV series, two variety shows and three feature films. At age 7 he became a household name for his role as the well-meaning but mischievous Dennis Mitchell on the CBS situation comedy Dennis the Menace (1959?1963), based on the comic strip created by Hank Ketcham.

Dennis the Menace premiered on CBS on Sunday, October 4, 1959, and quickly became a hit with audiences. North was paid US$500 (equivalent to about $4,600 in 2021) per episode, his strawberry red hair was bleached platinum blonde for the role, and the 8-year-old was instructed to "shave" a year off his age when speaking with the press.

By the fourth season, North was earning $3,500 (equivalent to about $32,000 in 2021) an episode; but by 1962, the 11-year-old had begun to outgrow the character's childish antics. This, combined with the unexpected loss of Joseph Kearns near the end of season three, had changed the dynamic of the show.

During his interview with Filmfax, North recalled: "Between the pressures of the business and Joe's dying, I became very serious, very morbid, and very withdrawn from the world. I was the antithesis of the little kid that I played on the television show." By the end of the fourth season, ratings were down, and in early 1963, to his relief, Dennis The Menace was canceled.

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