Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Mark Lester

Index Mark Lester

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. [1]

85 relations: ABC News (Australia), Academy Awards, Anglicanism, BBC News, Bee Gees, Belgravia, Bill Sikes, Black Beauty (1971 film), Black belt (martial arts), British Film Institute, Britt Ekland, Carol Reed, Charles Dickens, Charlton Heston, Cheltenham, Child actor, Corona Theatre School, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Daily Express, Danger Man, Diana Dors, DNA paternity testing, Edward VI of England, Eyewitness (1970 film), Fahrenheit 451, Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film), Ferrari, GCE Advanced Level (United Kingdom), George C. Scott, Golden Bear, Halliford School, Harry Secombe, Jack Wild, Jews, John Mills, Johnny Green, Kathe Green, Kirk Douglas, Lionel Bart, Melody (1971 film), Michael Jackson, Musical film, News of the World, Oliver Reed, Oliver Twist, Oliver Twist (1948 film), Oliver Twist (character), Oliver! (film), Osteopathy, Our Mother's House, ..., Oxford, Oxfordshire, Paris Jackson (actress), Raquel Welch, Redneck (film), Rex Harrison, Richmond Park, Robert Dhéry, Ron Moody, Run Wild, Run Free, Scalawag (film), Shani Wallis, Shelley Winters, Shepperton, Spaceflight IC-1, Sperm donation, Surrey, Susan George (actress), Television in the United Kingdom, Telly Savalas, The Counterfeit Constable, The Daily Telegraph, The First Time on the Grass, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series), The Human Jungle (TV series), The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America, The Prince and the Pauper (1977 film), Then Came Bronson, Tom Canty, Tower House School, Tracy Hyde, University College of Osteopathy, What the Peeper Saw, Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, 25th Berlin International Film Festival. Expand index (35 more) »

ABC News (Australia)

ABC News is a national news service in Australia produced by the News and Current Affairs division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

New!!: Mark Lester and ABC News (Australia) · See more »

Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

New!!: Mark Lester and Academy Awards · See more »

Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the Protestant Reformation.

New!!: Mark Lester and Anglicanism · See more »

BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

New!!: Mark Lester and BBC News · See more »

Bee Gees

The Bee Gees --> were a pop music group formed in 1958.

New!!: Mark Lester and Bee Gees · See more »

Belgravia

Belgravia is an affluent district in West London, shared within the authorities of both the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

New!!: Mark Lester and Belgravia · See more »

Bill Sikes

William "Bill" Sikes is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

New!!: Mark Lester and Bill Sikes · See more »

Black Beauty (1971 film)

Black Beauty is a 1971 British drama film, based on the Anna Sewell novel of the same name.

New!!: Mark Lester and Black Beauty (1971 film) · See more »

Black belt (martial arts)

In East Asian martial arts, the black belt denotes a high competence in the martial art.

New!!: Mark Lester and Black belt (martial arts) · See more »

British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom.

New!!: Mark Lester and British Film Institute · See more »

Britt Ekland

Britt Ekland (born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress and singer.

New!!: Mark Lester and Britt Ekland · See more »

Carol Reed

Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Third Man (1949).

New!!: Mark Lester and Carol Reed · See more »

Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

New!!: Mark Lester and Charles Dickens · See more »

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter or Charlton John Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist.

New!!: Mark Lester and Charlton Heston · See more »

Cheltenham

Cheltenham, also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a regency spa town and borough which is located on the edge of the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire, England.

New!!: Mark Lester and Cheltenham · See more »

Child actor

The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began their acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor.

New!!: Mark Lester and Child actor · See more »

Corona Theatre School

Corona Theatre School (formerly Corona Academy) was founded in 1957 as a performing arts academy, operating in the region of west London.

New!!: Mark Lester and Corona Theatre School · See more »

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) is a vocal folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash.

New!!: Mark Lester and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young · See more »

Daily Express

The Daily Express is a daily national middle market tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom.

New!!: Mark Lester and Daily Express · See more »

Danger Man

Danger Man (titled Secret Agent in the United States, and Destination Danger and John Drake in other non-UK markets) is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968.

New!!: Mark Lester and Danger Man · See more »

Diana Dors

Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English film actress and singer.

New!!: Mark Lester and Diana Dors · See more »

DNA paternity testing

DNA paternity testing is the use of DNA profiling (known as genetic fingerprinting) to determine whether two individuals are biologically parent and child.

New!!: Mark Lester and DNA paternity testing · See more »

Edward VI of England

Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death.

New!!: Mark Lester and Edward VI of England · See more »

Eyewitness (1970 film)

Eyewitness (also entitled Sudden Terror) is a 1970 British drama film directed by John Hough.

New!!: Mark Lester and Eyewitness (1970 film) · See more »

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury, published in 1953.

New!!: Mark Lester and Fahrenheit 451 · See more »

Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film)

Fahrenheit 451 is a 1966 British dystopian drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, and Cyril Cusack.

New!!: Mark Lester and Fahrenheit 451 (1966 film) · See more »

Ferrari

Ferrari N.V. is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello.

New!!: Mark Lester and Ferrari · See more »

GCE Advanced Level (United Kingdom)

The General Certificate of Education (GCE) Advanced Level, or A Level, is a main school leaving qualification in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

New!!: Mark Lester and GCE Advanced Level (United Kingdom) · See more »

George C. Scott

George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American stage and film actor, director, and producer.

New!!: Mark Lester and George C. Scott · See more »

Golden Bear

The Golden Bear (Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival.

New!!: Mark Lester and Golden Bear · See more »

Halliford School

Halliford School is a selective boys independent school, which also admits girls into its sixth form, in Lower Halliford, Shepperton, Surrey, England.

New!!: Mark Lester and Halliford School · See more »

Harry Secombe

Sir Harry Donald Secombe, CBE (8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001) was a Welsh comedian, actor and singer.

New!!: Mark Lester and Harry Secombe · See more »

Jack Wild

Jack Wild (30 September 1952 – 1 March 2006) was an English actor and singer, best known for his debut role as the Artful Dodger in Oliver!, (1968) for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor as well as Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations.

New!!: Mark Lester and Jack Wild · See more »

Jews

Jews (יְהוּדִים ISO 259-3, Israeli pronunciation) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and a nation, originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The people of the Kingdom of Israel and the ethnic and religious group known as the Jewish people that descended from them have been subjected to a number of forced migrations in their history" and Hebrews of the Ancient Near East.

New!!: Mark Lester and Jews · See more »

John Mills

Sir John Mills, (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills, 22 February 190823 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades.

New!!: Mark Lester and John Mills · See more »

Johnny Green

John Waldo Green (October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989) was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist.

New!!: Mark Lester and Johnny Green · See more »

Kathe Green

Kathe Jennifer Green (born September 22, 1944) is a Californian actress, model and singer.

New!!: Mark Lester and Kathe Green · See more »

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch, December 9, 1916) is an American actor, producer, director, and author.

New!!: Mark Lester and Kirk Douglas · See more »

Lionel Bart

Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals.

New!!: Mark Lester and Lionel Bart · See more »

Melody (1971 film)

Melody is a 1971 British film directed by Waris Hussein about puppy love.

New!!: Mark Lester and Melody (1971 film) · See more »

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer.

New!!: Mark Lester and Michael Jackson · See more »

Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing.

New!!: Mark Lester and Musical film · See more »

News of the World

The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011.

New!!: Mark Lester and News of the World · See more »

Oliver Reed

Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his upper-middle class, macho image, hellraiser lifestyle, and "tough guy" roles.

New!!: Mark Lester and Oliver Reed · See more »

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress is author Charles Dickens's second novel, and was first published as a serial 1837–39.

New!!: Mark Lester and Oliver Twist · See more »

Oliver Twist (1948 film)

Oliver Twist is a 1948 British film and the second of David Lean's two film adaptations of Charles Dickens novels.

New!!: Mark Lester and Oliver Twist (1948 film) · See more »

Oliver Twist (character)

Oliver Twist is the title character and protagonist of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

New!!: Mark Lester and Oliver Twist (character) · See more »

Oliver! (film)

Oliver! is a 1968 musical drama film directed by Carol Reed and based on the stage musical of the same name, with book, music and lyrics written by Lionel Bart.

New!!: Mark Lester and Oliver! (film) · See more »

Osteopathy

Osteopathy is a type of alternative medicine that emphasizes manual readjustments, myofascial release and other physical manipulation of muscle tissue and bones.

New!!: Mark Lester and Osteopathy · See more »

Our Mother's House

Our Mother's House is a 1967 British drama film directed by Jack Clayton.

New!!: Mark Lester and Our Mother's House · See more »

Oxford

Oxford is a city in the South East region of England and the county town of Oxfordshire.

New!!: Mark Lester and Oxford · See more »

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.

New!!: Mark Lester and Oxfordshire · See more »

Paris Jackson (actress)

Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson (born April 3, 1998) is an American actress, model, singer and activist.

New!!: Mark Lester and Paris Jackson (actress) · See more »

Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch (born Jo Raquel Tejada; September 5, 1940) is an American actress and singer.

New!!: Mark Lester and Raquel Welch · See more »

Redneck (film)

Redneck (Senza ragione) is a 1973 Italian-British crime-thriller film directed by Silvio Narizzano.

New!!: Mark Lester and Redneck (film) · See more »

Rex Harrison

Sir Reginald Carey Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990), known as Rex Harrison, was an English actor of stage and screen.

New!!: Mark Lester and Rex Harrison · See more »

Richmond Park

Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, was created by Charles I in the 17th century as a deer park.

New!!: Mark Lester and Richmond Park · See more »

Robert Dhéry

Robert Dhéry (27 April 1921 – 3 December 2004) (born Robert Léon Henri Fourrey or Robert Foullcy) was a French comedian, actor, director and screenwriter.

New!!: Mark Lester and Robert Dhéry · See more »

Ron Moody

Ron Moody (born Ronald Moodnick, 8 January 1924 – 11 June 2015) was an English actor, singer, composer and writer best known for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! (1968) and its 1983 Broadway revival.

New!!: Mark Lester and Ron Moody · See more »

Run Wild, Run Free

Run Wild, Run Free is a 1969 British drama film directed by Richard C. Sarafian and starring John Mills and Mark Lester.

New!!: Mark Lester and Run Wild, Run Free · See more »

Scalawag (film)

Scalawag is a 1973 film directed by Kirk Douglas, his first of two films directed, the other being Posse.

New!!: Mark Lester and Scalawag (film) · See more »

Shani Wallis

Shani Wallis (born 16 April 1933) is an English-born American actress and singer of theatre, television and film, in both her native United Kingdom and in the United States.

New!!: Mark Lester and Shani Wallis · See more »

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters (born Shirley Schrift; August 18, 1920 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress whose career spanned five decades.

New!!: Mark Lester and Shelley Winters · See more »

Shepperton

Shepperton is a suburban village in the borough of Spelthorne, in the county of Surrey in England, southwest of Charing Cross, London, bounded by the Thames to the south and much of the east and which is in the northwest bisected by the M3 motorway.

New!!: Mark Lester and Shepperton · See more »

Spaceflight IC-1

Spaceflight IC-1: An Adventure in Space is a 1965 black-and-white British science-fiction movie starring Bill Williams and Norma West.

New!!: Mark Lester and Spaceflight IC-1 · See more »

Sperm donation

Sperm donation is the provision (or "donation") by a man (known as a sperm donor) of his sperm (known as donor sperm), principally for it to be used in the artificial insemination of a woman or women who are not his sexual partners.

New!!: Mark Lester and Sperm donation · See more »

Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

New!!: Mark Lester and Surrey · See more »

Susan George (actress)

Susan Melody George (born 26 July 1950) is an English film and television actress, film producer, and Arabian horse breeder.

New!!: Mark Lester and Susan George (actress) · See more »

Television in the United Kingdom

Television in the United Kingdom started in 1936 as a public service which was free of advertising.

New!!: Mark Lester and Television in the United Kingdom · See more »

Telly Savalas

Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (Αριστοτέλης "Τέλλυ" Σαβάλας; January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American singer and character actor whose career spanned four decades of television.

New!!: Mark Lester and Telly Savalas · See more »

The Counterfeit Constable

The Counterfeit Constable is a 1964 French comedy film directed by Robert Dhéry and Pierre Tchernia and starring Ronald Fraser, Diana Dors and Arthur Mullard.

New!!: Mark Lester and The Counterfeit Constable · See more »

The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

New!!: Mark Lester and The Daily Telegraph · See more »

The First Time on the Grass

The First Time on the Grass (La prima volta sull'erba, and known in the United States as Love Under the Elms) is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Gianluigi Calderone.

New!!: Mark Lester and The First Time on the Grass · See more »

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series)

The Ghost & Mrs.

New!!: Mark Lester and The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (TV series) · See more »

The Human Jungle (TV series)

The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists, for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series, which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.

New!!: Mark Lester and The Human Jungle (TV series) · See more »

The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America

The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America and the Theatre and Film Guild of Great Britain and America is a registered theatre charity and non-profit making theatre organisation based in London.

New!!: Mark Lester and The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America · See more »

The Prince and the Pauper (1977 film)

The Prince and the Pauper (US title: Crossed Swords) is a 1977 action adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer, based on The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain.

New!!: Mark Lester and The Prince and the Pauper (1977 film) · See more »

Then Came Bronson

Then Came Bronson is an American adventure/drama television series starring Michael Parks that aired on NBC.

New!!: Mark Lester and Then Came Bronson · See more »

Tom Canty

Tom Canty is a fictitious character from Mark Twain's novel The Prince and the Pauper. He was born the same day as Edward Tudor, the Prince of Wales in 1537 and grew up in a life of poverty with his alcoholic and abusive father.

New!!: Mark Lester and Tom Canty · See more »

Tower House School

Tower House School is an independent prep school for boys aged 4 to 13.

New!!: Mark Lester and Tower House School · See more »

Tracy Hyde

Tracy Constance Margaret Hyde (born 16 May 1959) is a British former actress and model who shot to fame in the 1971 film Melody after being discovered by film producer, David Puttnam.

New!!: Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde · See more »

University College of Osteopathy

The University College of Osteopathy (UCO), formerly the British School of Osteopathy (BSO), is the largest and the oldest school of osteopathy in the United Kingdom.

New!!: Mark Lester and University College of Osteopathy · See more »

What the Peeper Saw

Night Hair Child (also released under the titles Night Child, Child of the Night, What the Peeper Saw, Tua Presenza Nuda and Diabólica Malicia) is a 1971 horror film starring Mark Lester, Britt Ekland, Hardy Krüger and Lilli Palmer.

New!!: Mark Lester and What the Peeper Saw · See more »

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? is a 1971 British horror-thriller film directed by Curtis Harrington and starring Ralph Richardson, Shelley Winters and Mark Lester.

New!!: Mark Lester and Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? · See more »

25th Berlin International Film Festival

The 25th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June – 8 July 1975.

New!!: Mark Lester and 25th Berlin International Film Festival · See more »

Redirects here:

Lester, Mark.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lester

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »