I identified with you when I was a kid, living through your rambunctious adventures on Dennis the Menace. Little did I realize, the sadness you endured.
You moved right along, though, giving a superb performance in Maya, which continued into the television series, but you also shined in Zebra in the Kitchen, Scout's Honor, The Miracle of the Hills, The Big Operator, Pepe, The Dirty Rebel (Wild Wind), Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star and the controversial, The Teacher.
Your special, guest spots are comparably swell, which include Cheyenne (with Clint Walker, your Maya costar), Wanted: Dead or Alive, Wagon Train, Sugarfoot, Bronco, Colt .45, Perry Mason, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., 77 Sunset Strip, Rescue 8, Lassie, The Detectives, Jericho, My Three Sons, Queen for a Day, General Hospital, The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Milton Berle Show, The Donna Reed Show, The Lucy Show, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Eddie Fisher Show, The Red Skelton Hour, Art Linkletter's House Party, The Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse and Not Necessarily the News.
You made good use of your cheerful voice, as well, per The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (as Bamm-Bamm), The Flintstones Comedy Hour, Fred Flintstone and Friends, The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, Arabian Knights, Space Ghost, Here Comes the Grump and years later down the line, The Simpsons (portraying yourself in a heart-to-heart with Bart).
You slugged it out through thick and thin, Mr. North, even as your health faltered. We can only hope that in those dire hours, you knew how much joy you brought us, how much we all loved you. In truth, for the boundless way you touched our hearts, that love shall never fade.
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