David Law character was actually created first. Law's "Dennis" was a juvenile anti-hero, uncontrollable and destructive, drawn in spontaneous, edgy lines, and was an immediate hit; the strip eventually displaced "Biffo the Bear" on the comic's full colour front cover in 1974. Law went on to create "Beryl the Peril", a similarly anarchic female character, for the "Topper" in 1953, and the accident-prone soldier "Corporal Clott" for "The Dandy" in 1960. He was taken ill in 1970, and his strips were taken over by other artists, including David Sutherland on "Dennis the Menace" and John Dallas on "Beryl the Peril". Law returned
Beryl Nesbitt Beryl Nesbitt Beryl Nesbitt is an actress and model with numerous roles in major films, TV dramas and theatre productions spanning from the mid-1950s to the present day. She gained public recognition for her role as the housekeeper Annie Hughes in the 1983 TV series "The Citadel" and as Simone in the 1986 series Bluebell. She worked alongside Richard Beckinsale as part of the cast on the comedy series Bloomers, which was incomplete before he died. Of later years she has had a starring role in the Notting Hill Anxiety Festival and appeared as Mikey's nan in "Doghouse" as well