--- name: "Jack Wild" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-wild" roles: ["Actor"] born: "30 September 1952" died: "1 March 2006" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 70 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T05:02:16.935174+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jack Wild Actor. Born 30 September 1952 in Royton, near Oldham, England, UK. Died 1 March 2006. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 30 September 1952, Royton, near Oldham, England, UK - **Died:** 1 March 2006 - **Active:** 1968–1991 - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 76 (1), 1990s 65 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Wild, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928349/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/140029 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Oliver!*](https://film.one/film/oliver.md) (76) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Jack Wild was an English actor and singer. He is best known for playing the Artful Dodger in the 1968 film *Oliver!*, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 16. Wild also starred in the television series *H.R. Pufnstuf* (1969–1970) and its 1970 film adaptation, as well as in the films *Melody* (1971) and *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991). He appeared in smaller roles later in his career, including in *Basil* (1998). Born on 30 September 1952 in Royton, Lancashire, England, Wild died of oral cancer on 1 March 2006 in Tebworth, Bedfordshire, England. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991), Fi1m 65, as Much — [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-prince-of-thieves.md) - *Oliver!* (1968), Fi1m 76, as The Artful Dodger — [page](https://film.one/film/oliver.md) ## Complete filmography (39) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Moussaka & Chips* (2005), as Durgen Fleece - *Lock, Stock...* (2000), series, as Bill - *Basil* (1998), as Peddler - *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor - *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (1991), as Much — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-prince-of-thieves.md) - *Alice* (1982), as Mock Turtle - *The Government Inspector* (1976), series, as Osip - *Keep It Up Downstairs* (1976), as Peregrine Cockshute - *Our Mutual Friend* (1976), series, as Charles 'Charley' Hexam - *The 14* (1973), as Reg - *The Pied Piper* (1972), as Gavin - *The Onedin Line* (1971), series, as Peter Thompson - *Flight of the Doves* (1971), as Finn Dove - *Melody* (1971), as Ornshaw - *Pufnstuf* (1970), as Jimmy - *Get It Together* (1970), series, Actor - *H.R. Pufnstuf* (1969), series, as Jimmy - *First Confession* (1969), as Jackie - *Oliver!* (1968), as The Artful Dodger — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/oliver.md) - *Sir Arthur Conan Doyle* (1967), series, as Jacky Finch - *A Game, Like, Only a Game* (1966), as Peter - *Danny the Dragon* (1966), Actor - *Stranger from Dragonara* (1966), as Gavin - *In Search of Zoomite* (1966), as Gavin - *Potter in Pursuit* (1966), as Gavin - *Dannicaforilithermidor* (1966), as Gavin - *The Invisible Space Bubble* (1966), as Gavin - *Danny Gets Jet-Propelled* (1966), as Gavin - *Dragon Trail* (1966), as Gavin - *The Runaway Bubble* (1966), as Gavin - *Dragon Hunt* (1966), as Gavin - *The Tent with Four Legs* (1966), as Gavin - *Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come......?* (1965), as Danny - *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Jackie - *Out of the Unknown* (1965), series, as Danny - *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Donny Simmonds, Edmund Tudor - *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Actor - *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Schoolboy - *The Liberace Show* (1952), series, Actor ## Gallery - ![Trade ad for Jack Wild's single "Some Beautiful".The image has been cropped from not relevent text. The original can be viewed at the source below. (1970)](https://film.one/media/person/398615/gallery-3d9b7866f776.jpg) Trade ad for Jack Wild's single "Some Beautiful".The image has been cropped from not relevent text. The original can be viewed at the source below. (1970) — Capital Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Jackwild-march1970.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jack Wild](https://film.one/media/person/398615/gallery-2ecb97749c4c.jpg) Jack Wild — Joost Evers / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Jack_Wild_%281968%29.jpg/1280px-Jack_Wild_%281968%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Serie. Jack Wild (Dodger in film "Oliver") tijdens persconferentie in (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/398615/gallery-2730cd8e8984.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Serie. Jack Wild (Dodger in film "Oliver") tijdens persconferentie in (1968) — Joost Evers / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Serie._Jack_Wild_%28Dodger_in_film_Oliver%29_tijdens_persconferentie_in_bioscoop_D%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-8849.jpg/1280px-Serie._Jack_Wild_%28Dodger_in_film_Oliver%29_tijdens_persconferentie_in_bioscoop_D%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-8849.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Serie. Jack Wild (Dodger in film "Oliver") tijdens persconferentie in (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/398615/gallery-7bbcb436b2b1.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Serie. Jack Wild (Dodger in film "Oliver") tijdens persconferentie in (1968) — Joost Evers / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Serie._Jack_Wild_%28Dodger_in_film_Oliver%29_tijdens_persconferentie_in_bioscoop_D%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-8848.jpg/1280px-Serie._Jack_Wild_%28Dodger_in_film_Oliver%29_tijdens_persconferentie_in_bioscoop_D%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-8848.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Serie. Jack Wild (Dodger in film "Oliver") tijdens persconferentie in (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/398615/gallery-e5acda8a9523.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Serie. Jack Wild (Dodger in film "Oliver") tijdens persconferentie in (1968) — Joost Evers / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Serie._Jack_Wild_%28Dodger_in_film_Oliver%29_tijdens_persconferentie_in_bioscoop_D%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-8846.jpg/1280px-Serie._Jack_Wild_%28Dodger_in_film_Oliver%29_tijdens_persconferentie_in_bioscoop_D%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-8846.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1969: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Oliver!* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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