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Jack Wild (30 September 1952 – 1 March 2006) was an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as the Artful Dodger in the film Oliver! (1968), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 16, becoming the fourth-youngest nominee in the category.
The performance of Jack Wild received critical acclaim and earned the 16-year-old actor his only nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, as well as nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, making him the fourth-youngest nominee in the category.
Mark Lester (Daniel Latimer) and Jack Wild (Ornshaw) had previously appeared together in the 1968 musical film adaptation of Oliver!. They were joined by child model Tracy Hyde in the title role. Other cast members included Kate Williams and Roy Kinnear as Melody's parents, and Sheila Steafel and Keith Barron as Daniel's parents.
The 14 (also known as Existence; U.S. title: The Wild Little Bunch) is a 1973 British drama film directed by David Hemmings and starring Jack Wild and June Brown. [1] It was written by Roland Starke. Its plot, based on fact, concerns the fate of fourteen children in west London who are orphaned after the death of their single mother. [2] [3]
In the 1968 film Oliver!, Jack Wild played the role and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. [12] The Artful Dodger was played by Harry Eden in Roman Polanski's big-budget 2005 film version. [13] In the 2021 film Twist, Rita Ora played the role. [14]
Merrill said he woke up after being drugged by Gacy and knew that he had to "diffuse the situation and act like everything was okay" in order to survive.
Actress Anspach became pregnant with son Caleb while working with Jack on 1970's Five Easy Pieces. The Montenegro star married Mark Goddard in 1970 amid her pregnancy and Mark later adopted Caleb.
Mark Lester (born Mark A. Letzer; [1] 11 July 1958) 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 on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist.