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Mar 12, 2021 · 16-year-old Jack Wild became an international teen heartthrob after playing the cheeky Artful Dodger in Oliver!, and he was even nominated for an Oscar. He soon went on to star in the US TV show HR Pufnstuf, and reunited with Mark Lester in the 1971 film Melody, soundtracked by the Bee Gees.
- Tom Eames
Oct 18, 2023 · Mark Lester and the late music icon Michael Jackson formed a close friendship during their teenage years. Their bond endured throughout their lives, with Mark even being named as the godfather of Michael’s children. Mark Lester has written a book about his relationship with Michael Jackson.
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Jan 25, 2019 · Michael Jackson was said to have asked his close friend Mark Lester to provide him sperm, and the actor faced a grilling on TV today.
- Tom Eames
Dec 3, 2012 · We had to do one scene, in the funeral parlour, dozens of times because pots and pans that were supposed to fly into the air didn't fall right – and when they finally did,...
- Anna Tims
He made countless TV appearances and became very well known in England. Worldwide fame developed as a result of his portrayal of a stuttering child in Our Mother's House (1967). Producers of Oliver! (1968) auditioned 250 child actors for the...
Mark Lester is an English former child actor who starred in a number of British and European films in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968 he played the title role in the film Oliver!, a musical version of the stage production by Lionel Bart based Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist.
May 29, 2002 · Mark Lester: Oliver. When he learned he'd won the role of Oliver Twist, an 8-year-old Mark Lester thought, "That's brilliant, no more school." Not quite.
