Mark Lester

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mark Lester (born Mark A. Letzer; 11 July 1958) is an English former child actor known for playing the title role in the 1968 musical film version of Oliver! and starring in a number of other British and European films of the 1960s and 70s. Lester was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, to actress Rita Keene Lester and actor and producer Michael Lester (originally Michael Boris Letzer). His father was Jewish and his mother Anglican. He attended the independent Halliford School in Shepperton, Middlesex, and the independent Corona Theatre School in Ravenscourt Park London, and had supporting roles in several British television series, including The Human Jungle and Danger Man.