Mark Lester

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-07-11 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Mark Lester

Biography

Mark attended stage school in London, England as a young child and made his film debut in The Counterfeit Constable (1964) at the age of six. 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 ofOliver! (1968) auditioned 250 child actors for the title role and finally chose him. Many roles for TV, film and stage followed. His last major film was The Prince and the Pauper(1977).

Acting

1967

1977

The Prince and the Pauper

as Prince Edward / Tom Canty

1972

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

as Christopher Coombs

1971

Black Beauty

as Joe Evans

1968

Oliver!

as Oliver

1971

Melody

as Daniel Latimer

1973

Redneck

as Lennox Duncan

1969

Run Wild, Run Free

as Phillip Ransome

1972

1970

Eyewitness

as Ziggy

1973

Scalawag

as Jamie

2017

Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror

as Himself - Friend of Michael's

1965

Spaceflight IC-1

as Don Wolcott

1973

Little Adventurer

as Mike Richard

1966

Fahrenheit 451

as Second Schoolboy (uncredited)

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