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Jack Wild

1952 - 2006

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Jack Wild (30 September 1952 – 1 March 2006) was an English actor and singer. He is best known for his role as the Artful Dodger in the film Oliver! (1968), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 16, becoming the fourth-youngest nominee in the category. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Wild has received more than 3,583,642 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jack Wild is the 8,156th most popular actor (down from 7,528th in 2019), the 5,681st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,201st in 2019) and the 914th most popular British Actor.

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  • 3.6M

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  • 40.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jack Wild ranks 8,156 out of 13,578. Before him are Jack Huston, Holmes Herbert, Huang Zitao, Guy Henry, Lacey Chabert, and Lee Yoo-mi. After him are A. K. Hangal, Colin O'Donoghue, Grant Gustin, Kim Greist, David Charvet, and Nathalia Dill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Jack Wild ranks 651. Before him are Maura Tombelli, Antônio Silva, Joseph W. Tobin, Hughie Thomasson, Ted Tally, and Leon Wilkeson. After him are Ellen McLain, Billy Powell, Lajos Rácz, John Waite, Denís Milar, and Nina Zyuskova. Among people deceased in 2006, Jack Wild ranks 373. Before him are Comandanta Ramona, Nandini Satpathy, Buck Owens, Elizabeth Allen, Gennadiy Tsygankov, and Payao Poontarat. After him are Kenneth Richmond, Shekhar Mehta, Byron Nelson, Marian Marsh, Nadira, and Brian Labone.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Wild ranks 5,681 out of 8,785. Before him are Simon Kirke (1949), James Allison (1968), Holmes Herbert (1882), Guy Henry (1960), Stan Bowles (1948), and George Newberry (1917). After him are Darren Fletcher (1984), Tom Bridger (1934), Aimee Lou Wood (1995), Richard Seddon (1845), Karl Shuker (1959), and Saunders Lewis (1893).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Jack Wild ranks 914. Before him are Sean Biggerstaff (1983), Marc Warren (1967), Jane Leeves (1961), Jack Huston (1982), Holmes Herbert (1882), and Guy Henry (1960). After him are Aimee Lou Wood (1995), Phoebe Fox (1987), Kathleen Byron (1921), Carole Ann Ford (1940), Hero Fiennes-Tiffin (1997), and Chris Larkin (1967).

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Television and Movie Roles

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Much
Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. But upon arrival he discovers his dead father in the ruins of his family estate, killed by the vicious sheriff of Nottingham, Robin and Azeem join forces with outlaws Little John and Will Scarlett to save the kingdom from the sheriff's villainy.
Jun 14th 19916.9 / 10
Oliver!
The Artful Dodger
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 headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.
Sep 26th 19687 / 10
Pufnstuf
Jimmy
Jimmy (Jack Wild) ventures to Living Island with his magical, talking flute, Freddy. Once there, he befriends many of the island's inhabitants, but the evil Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) is determined to steal Freddy the flute away from the boy to impress the visiting Witches' Council and win the Witch of the Year Award.
May 13th 19706.1 / 10