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).
Mark Lester Biography / Wiki
Name | Mark Lester |
Also Know | |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
Date of Birth | 1958-07-11 |
Age(as in 2022) | 64 |
Deathday |
Mark Lester Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
The Prince and the Pauper | Prince Edward / Tom Canty | 1977-06-03 | Tom Canty is a poor English boy who bears a remarkable resemblance to Edward, Prince of Wales and son of King Henry VIII. The two boys meet and decide… |
Black Beauty | Joe Evans | 1971-01-01 | Anna Sewell’s classic 1877 novel beautifully comes to life in this family drama set in England. Told from the point of view of Black Beauty himself, t… |
Melody | Daniel Latimer | 1971-03-28 | Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible…. |
Eyewitness | Ziggy | 1970-06-05 | A boy who cries wolf witnesses a political assassination on the island of Malta. But will anyone other than his granddad believe him?… |
What the Peeper Saw | Marcus | 1972-10-14 | A wealthy author’s second wife begins to suspect that her 12-year old stepson may have murdered his mother, who mysteriously died in a bathtub acciden… |
Little Adventurer | Mike Richard | 1973-03-03 | Mickey, a smart student from England, is on his trip to Japan for vacation. He meets with a Chinese girl Lin Fang on the way. They each have the same … |
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? | Christopher Coombs | 1972-02-11 | A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre “Hansel and Gretel” twist…. |
Run Wild, Run Free | Phillip Ransome | 1969-03-28 | Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, this 1969 British children’s film stars Mark Lester as a young boy, unable to speak, who befriends both a wild colt w… |
Scalawag | Jamie | 1973-04-22 | A crew of land locked pirates, led by the aptly named Peg, go in search of burried treasure hidden by the treacherous Mudhook and his twin brother. Th… |
Love Under the Elms | 1975-09-08 | An adolescent boy and girl meet at a rural, turn-of-the-century Austrian resort where they are vacationing with their respective liberal-minded, singl… | |
Michael Jackson: Chase the Truth | Himself | 2019-08-13 | “Michael Jackson: Chase the Truth” takes an investigative look into the legal battles of the global superstar. Close friends, former staff and researc… |
Redneck | Lennox Duncan | 1973-02-02 | Franco Nero and Telly Savalas star in the story of a trio of jewel thieves on the lam after a heist goes very wrong. Wrecking their car they take anot… |
The Counterfeit Constable | Gérald | 1964-10-10 | An extremely funny film about a group of French rugby supporters who go to see a match at Twickenham and one of them inadvertently receives a blow in … |
Louis, Martin & Michael | 2003-11-16 | In 2001, Louis Theroux decides to set out on a journey to interview Michael Jackson. When Michael comes to the UK, Louis approaches Uri Geller but get… | |
13 Moments that Destroyed Michael Jackson | 2019-06-16 | A look at how Michael Jackson’s life was far from charmed…. | |
Our Mother’s House | Jiminee | 1967-09-14 | Seven British children bury their mother and hide her death, until their long-lost father returns…. |
Seven Sinners | Chief Constable | 1936-06-01 | Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at an hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery … |
Michael Jackson: The Inside Story – What Killed the King of Pop? | himself | 2010-01-26 | Documentary that traces the last months of Michael Jackson’s life, examines the circumstances that led to his untimely passing, and explores the contr… |
The Unforgettable Harry Secombe | Himself | A celebration of the life and career of Sir Harry Secombe, one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers…. | |
Spaceflight IC-1 | Don Wolcott | 1965-08-01 | In the year 2015, a spaceship, the IC-1, travels through outer space looking for a suitable planet to settle on. The commander, Captain Ralston, is st… |
The Boy Who Stole the Elephant | Davey | 1970-09-20 | A frontier huckster, Colonel Ryder, and a young orphan, Davey, operate a travelling tent show. They are loaned an elephant by an old friend, Molly, wh… |
Oliver! | Oliver | 1968-09-26 | Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys he… |
Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror | Himself – Friend of Michael’s | 2017-03-31 | A biopic drama-documentary about the ‘King of Pop’, that mixes real footage and new interviews with people around him (most notably his mother Katheri… |
Fahrenheit 451 | Second Schoolboy (uncredited) | 1966-09-07 | In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,  |
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