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Dennis The Menace (1959-63)
 UK title: Just Dennis (The Pickle)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
contributions by: James Beer
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://www.us.imdb.com)
Dennis The Menace (season 1) (CBS) (1959-60)
Dennis The Menace (season 2) (CBS) (1960-61)
Dennis The Menace (season 3) (CBS) (1961-62)
Dennis The Menace (season 4) (CBS) (1962-63)
Dennis The Menace (Network Reruns) (NBC) (1963-65)
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DENNIS THE MENACE
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Dariell Productions, Inc. /  DIC Productions
Screen Gems, Inc. a division of Columbia Pictures
for  CBS (Sundays 7:30pm ET) (1959-63)
Executive Producer: Harry Ackerman (Seasons 3-4) [JB]
Produced by James D. Fonda (Seasons 1-2) [JB]
Produced by Winston O'Keefe (Seasons 3-4) [JB]
Assistant to The Producer: John Rhone (season 4) [JB]
based on the newspaper cartoon character created by Hank Ketchum (1951)
 
US Situation Comedy series 1959-63 146 episodes x 30 min bw  (release date 4-Oct-1959)
 Starring
Jay North as Dennis Mitchell (Age 7-11)
Herbert Anderson as. Henry Mitchell  (Father)
Gloria Henry as. Alice Mitchell (Mother)
Joseph Kearns as George Wilson (1959-1962) (Neighbor)
Sylvia Field as Martha Wilson (1959-1962) (Neighbor's wife)
Billy Booth as Tommy Anderson (Age 9-13)
with
Gil Smith .... Joey McDonald (1959-60)
Irene Tedrow .... Mrs. Lucy Elkins
Jeannie Russell .... Margaret Wade
Willard Waterman .... Mr. Quigley
Mary Wickes .... Miss Esther Cathcart (1959-61)
Kathleen Mulqueen .... Grandma Mitchell (1961)
George Cisar .... Sergeant Theodore Mooney (1961-63)
Robert John Pittman .... Seymour (1962-63)
Gale Gordon .... John Wilson (1962-63)
Sara Seegar .... Eloise Wilson (1962-63)
Byron Foulger .... Mr. Timberlake

Original music by
George Duning, Irving Friedman  
William Loose   (uncredited), Heinz Roemheld   (uncredited), John Seely   (uncredited)

In the early 1950's the UK "The Beano" comic launched a totally different character also called "Dennis The Menace"
around the same time as the Hank Ketchum cartoon strip in the US. Therefore, when the US television series was
screened in the UK, the title was changed to "Just Dennis (The Pickle)" 

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