Wild was born into a working-class family in Royton, Lancashire, on 30 September 1952. In 1960, at the age of eight, with his parents and his elder brother Arthur, he moved to Hounslow, in Middlesex, where he got a job helping a milkman, which paid about five shillings.

Nov 28, 2024 · Like many child actors, Jack Wild discovered that stardom wasn’t all glitz and glamor—it came with a serious dark side. 1. His Poor Habits Started Young. From the 1960s to the 2000s, English actor Jack Wild created a charming, …

Feb 14, 2021 · Despite playing the part of The Artful Dodger and sounding like the archetypal cockney kid from Central Casting, Jack Wild was actually born in Lancashire and moved to London as a child.

Jun 9, 2023 · Jack Wild lived a "rags to riches" story thanks in part to 'Oliver!' but his life ultimately ended in an untimely tragedy after much struggle.

Jack Wild was born in England. He was discovered by a theater agent while playing soccer as a child. He had his best-known adult acting role in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Jack Wild was a Libra and was born in the Baby Boomers Generation.

Mar 3, 2006 · Jack Wild, who earned an Oscar nomination as a teenager for playing the Artful Dodger in the film Oliver! and was known to a generation of children as the hero of H.R. Pufnstuf, has died from...

Sep 30, 2017 · Jack Wild (1952-2006) was born on the last day of September. Wild was probably the first star I was ever aware of, seeing as how he was the Artful Dodger in Oliver! (1968), one of the few musicals I knew and liked as a kid, and played the boy Jimmy in Sid and Marty Krofft’s groundbreaking psychedelic kids series H.R. Pufnstuf (1969-1970).

Mar 3, 2006 · Obituary: child actor Jack Wild, star of ‘H.R. Pufnstuf’ and ‘Oliver!’. LONDON — Jack Wild, who earned an Oscar nomination as a teenager for his role as the Artful Dodger in the 1968 film...

Jack Wild (30 September 1952 – 1 March 2006) was an English actor best remembered for his performances in both stage and screen productions of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver! with Ron Moody, Mark Lester, Shani Wallis and Oliver Reed.

Jack's birth was registered in the Oct-Nov-Dec quarter of 1952 in the Middleton district. Wild was the son of Jack Wild and Vera Boardman. He had one brother, Arthur. Wild was an English actor who, for his role as the Artful Dodger in Oliver!