Dennis the Menace (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States

TV Series (1959-1963) 146 episodes. The live-action adaptation of the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name. Dennis Mitchell was a loveable young boy, dressed in overalls and carrying a slingshot in his pocket. He only had one fault: his penchant for mischief. Everywhere he went, Dennis' wide-eyed curiosity, well-meaning attempts to help out and his simply being a normal American boy growing up always seemed to lead to trouble. Usually on the receiving end was Dennis' next-door neighbor, retired postal carrier George Wilson. Dennis worshiped Mr. Wilson, but the gruff old man overtly displayed a less-than-cordial attitude around the young lad. Mr. Wilson's wife, Martha, adored Dennis and saw him as a surrogate grandson (since the Wilsons never had any children). Dennis' long-suffering parents were Henry (an engineer) and Alice (a stay-at-home mother). Episodes revolved around Dennis' adventures and the trouble that usually followed.

Direction Charles Barton · William D. Russell · Don Taylor · Jeffrey Hayden

Cast Jay North · Herbert Anderson · Gloria Henry · Bill Booth · Joseph Kearns · Sylvia Field · Gale Gordon · Jeannie Russell · George Cisar · Mary Wickes · Charles Lane · Ron Howard · Bob Hastings · Will Wright · Norman Leavitt · Vaughn Taylor · Edward Everett Horton · Dub Taylor · Harold Gould · Parley Baer · Roy Roberts · Eliva Allman · Harvey Korman · Gil Smith · Stafford Repp · Arthur Malet · Arthur Peterson