Figure 1.-- Jay North is seen here wearing a sports jacket and short pants. Jay looks about 9-10 years old her which means the photograph was taken about 1960. Jay is seen with Jon Provost the boy on the Lassie TV show. |
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We have very little information at this time about how Jay dressed as a boy. Like many child actors, most of the vailable information is about their show business career. Most of the images we have are from movies and TV shows. We note one photograph of Jay wearing a sports jacket with short pants (figure 1). We don't think it is from a theatrical program. Jay looks about 9-10 years old her which means the photograph was taken about 1960. A reader writes, "I find it interesting that Jay North, who appears older than Jon Provost star is wearing short pants with a jacket (which makes him look
younger) and the other child star wears long trousers. In the TV show "Dennis the Menace", I do not ever remember Jay North wearing
anything but bibbed front overalls." That was basically correct, although there is one episode in which Dennis, Joey, and Mr. Wilson appear in short pants school uniforms. Here though I do not think this is a production scene, the boys appear to be wearing their own clothes. Unfortuntlely we have no more information on how Jay dressed when not costumed for his movie or TV shows.
A reader writes, "What a nice picture this is! Jon Provost and Jay North were Sunday evening TV neighbors from 1959-1963; "Lassie" was followed immediately by "Dennis the Menace" on CBS's schedule. So, it seems fitting the two young stars should get together for a photo. Jon was born in March 1950. Jay's birthdate has been given variously as
August 1951 and August 1952. One well recommended source leans toward the earlier date. Jon played a character that seemed a bit older than "Dennis", and so he was in real life, by about a year and a half.
CBS may have wanted Jay to look younger and perhaps chose these clothes with that in mind. Ah well, just a thought!" Yes here we do not know if these were studio selected clothes or the boys' own clothes. I tend to think they reflct the parents' choice more than the stufdio bevause the outfits are so different.
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