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Mark Lester

1958 - Today

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Mark Lester (born Mark A. Letzer; 11 July 1958) is an English former child actor who starred in a number of British and European films in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968 he played the title role in the film Oliver!, a musical version of the stage production by Lionel Bart based on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist. Lester also made several appearances in a number of British television series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Lester has received more than 2,809,816 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 20 in 2019). Mark Lester is the 6,439th most popular actor (down from 5,420th in 2019), the 4,744th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,118th in 2019) and the 727th most popular British Actor.

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  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mark Lester ranks 6,439 out of 13,578. Before him are Eric Douglas, Raj Babbar, Norman Kerry, Erica Durance, Larry Miller, and Samantha Morton. After him are Nana Mizuki, Douglas Rain, Wanda Hendrix, Joseph Calleia, Aisha Tyler, and Sidney Fox.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Mark Lester ranks 396. Before him are Dmitry Kozak, Habib Koité, Dietmar Bartsch, Kazuaki Nagasawa, Bipin Rawat, and Eric Douglas. After him are Maurice LaMarche, Lex Luger, John Metgod, Julio Alberto Moreno, Bob Bradley, and Oscar Nunez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Mark Lester ranks 4,744 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Seebohm (1832), Peter Kemp (1878), Terry McDermott (1951), Murray Rose (1939), Tony Woodcock (1955), and Samantha Morton (1977). After him are Pete Quaife (1943), George Rodger (1908), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), John Pond (1767), Steve Ovett (1955), and John Gray (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Mark Lester ranks 727. Before him are Gina McKee (1964), William Russell (1924), Phyllis Logan (1956), Stephanie Beacham (1947), Alfie Allen (1986), and Samantha Morton (1977). After him are Nicollette Sheridan (1963), Juliet Stevenson (1956), Heather Angel (1909), Patricia Quinn (1944), Daniel Massey (1933), and Jean Kent (1921).

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Television and Movie Roles

Oliver!
Oliver
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 26o 19686.986 / 10
Melody
Daniel Latimer
Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible.
Mar 28o 19717.2 / 10
The Prince and the Pauper
Prince Edward / Tom Canty
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 to play a joke on the court by dressing in each other's clothes, but the plan goes awry when they are separated and each must live the other's life.
Jun 3o 19776.1 / 10