Editing Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics) (section)

===Film and television===
''Dennis the Menace'' has been the subject of a number of adaptations.

The [[Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series)|first one produced]] is a [[CBS]] sitcom that aired from 1959 to 1963 starring [[Jay North]] as Dennis,<ref>{{cite news| title = Dennis the Menace Goes on TV| last = Korman| first = Seymour| publisher = Chicago Daily Tribune| date = September 26, 1959| url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/593551392.html?dids=593551392:593551392&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Sep+26%2C+1959&author=Seymour+Korman&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune&desc=DENNIS+THE+MENACE&pqatl=google| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090103084513/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/593551392.html?dids=593551392:593551392&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Sep+26%2C+1959&author=SEYMOUR+KORMAN&pub=Chicago+Daily+Tribune&desc=DENNIS+THE+MENACE&pqatl=google| url-status = dead| archive-date = January 3, 2009| access-date = 2008-09-18 }}</ref> [[Herbert Anderson]] as Henry Mitchell; [[Joseph Kearns]]<ref>{{cite news | title = Joseph Kearns, 55, TV Actor, is Dead; Played Mr. Wilson of 'Dennis the Menace' on C.B.S.| publisher = The Seattle Times Company| date = February 18, 1962| url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30C12FB3C5910728DDDA10994DA405B828AF1D3| access-date = 2008-09-18 }}</ref> as George Wilson, and subsequently [[Gale Gordon]] as his brother, John Wilson. North also appeared as Dennis on an episode of ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]''<ref>{{cite news | title = Full cast and crew for The Donna Reed Show Donna Decorates (1960)| publisher = imdb| url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0564225/fullcredits#cast | access-date = 2008-12-08 }}</ref> and in the theatrical film ''[[Pepe (1960 film)|Pepe]]'' (both 1960). In the United Kingdom, the series was titled simply ''Just Dennis'', so as not to conflict with the ''Beano'' character of the same name.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Baker |first1=Simon |last2=Terris |first2=Olwen |title=A for Andromeda to Zoo Time: Television Holdings of the National Film and Television Archive, 1936-1979 |year=1994 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zWdZAAAAMAA |isbn=0-85170-420-4 |quote=Shown in Britain under the title 'Just Dennis' to avoid confusion with the 'Beano' character.}}</ref>

On September 11, 1987, a ''Dennis the Menace'' live-action [[television film]] was broadcast; it was later released on video under the title ''Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter''.<ref>{{cite book |last= Kohn|first= Martin F. |date= 1996 |title= Videohound's Family Video Guide |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=n7fS6-zVgh4C&q=%22Dennis+the+Menace%22+dinosaur+videohound |publisher= Visible Ink Press|page= 1960|isbn= 0787609846 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HWRnDwAAQBAJ&q=all-new+dennis+the+menace+dic&pg=PT461|title=Pocket Full of Dennis the Menace|first=Mark|last=Arnold|author-link=Mark Arnold (historian)|quote="[...] there was a Dennis the Menace TV-movie called 'Dennis the Menace' that was later renamed 'Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter' to avoid confusion with the 1993 theatrical feature film. [...] It first aired on September 11, 1978 [...]"|date=2017|access-date=2019-07-09|isbn=978-1629331195}}</ref>

Another live-action ''[[Dennis the Menace (1993 film)|Dennis the Menace]]'' film, starring [[Walter Matthau]] as Mr. Wilson and [[Mason Gamble]] as Dennis, was released to theaters in 1993. It was originally titled ''The Real Dennis the Menace'' before the final name was approved. This was followed with the direct-to-video ''[[Dennis the Menace Strikes Again]]'' in 1998, starring [[Don Rickles]] as Mr. Wilson. The most recent film adaptation, ''A Dennis the Menace Christmas'' was released to DVD on November 6, 2007. The [[Warner Bros.]] production starred [[Robert Wagner]] as Mr. Wilson, [[Louise Fletcher]] as Mrs. Wilson, and [[Maxwell Perry Cotton]], then a six-year-old actor, as Dennis.