Mark Lester
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Mark Lester (born Mark A. Letzer; 11 July 1958) is an English former child actor who appeared in a number of British and European films in the 1960s and 1970s.
He appeared in Oliver!, a musical interpretation of Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, in 1968.
Lester has appeared in a number of British television shows.
After appearing in the all-star international action adventure film The Prince and the Pauper, he resigned from acting in 1977.
He began working as an osteopath specialising in sports injuries in the 1980s.
Early life
Mark Lester was born in Oxford, England, to actress Rita Keene Lester and actor and producer Michael Lester (originally Michael Boris Letzer). His father is Jewish and his mother, Anglican. Lester was educated at three independent schools in Ravenscourt Park, West London, first at Corona Theatre School, a boys' preparatory school near Richmond Park (also in West London), and at Halliford School in Shepperton, Surrey.
Later life
Lester had access to some of his paychecks from his films at the age of 18. He bought a Ferrari and a house in Belgravia and went to dances, nightclubs, and restaurants, often paying for friends and taking drugs. He became a black belt in his twenties; as a result, he became interested in sports injuries and osteopathy. He began his A-Levels at the age of 28, studying Chemistry and Biology. Lester, an osteopath, began studying at the British School of Osteopathy, and in 1993, Lester founded the Carlton Clinic, an acupuncture clinic in Cheltenham.
He is a patron of The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.
Personal life
Lester has four children with Jane, his first wife, whom he married in January 1993 and divorced in 2005. In 2006, he married Lisa, a psychiatric nurse, in his second marriage.
Lester was a close friend of Michael Jackson and is the godfather to Jackson's three children. Lester gave an interview to British tabloid newspaper News of the World in August 2009, in which he said he might be the biological father of Paris, the late singer's daughter. Lester said he was a sperm donor for Jackson in 1996 and that he was able to perform a paternity test to see if he was the father. "I always heard from Michael that Michael was the father of these children," Brian Oxman, the Jackson family's former lawyer, denied the assertion in a television interview. Lester said he was one of 20 sperm donors for Jackson in 2019. Lester appears in Michael Jackson's documentary, Chase the Truth, in which he denies charges of sexual assault against Jackson, which had been dismissed by Wade Robson and James Safechuck.
Acting career
Lester appeared in several British television series, including The Human Jungle and Danger Man, beginning with supporting characters. Lester appeared in Robert Dhéry's film Allez France in 1964 at the age of six. (1964) (English title The Counterfeit Constable) with Diana Dors.
He appeared in Spaceflight IC-1: An Exploration in Space (1965), played a small part in Fahrenheit 451 (1966) and played a smaller part in Our Mother's House (1967).
Lester appeared in the title role in Lionel Bart's film adaptation of "Ocean" in 1967. Jack Wild, Ron Moody, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, and Oliver Reed were co-starred in this multiple Academy Award-winning adaptation by Charles Dickens' novel and was directed by Carol Reed. Since Lester could not sing, his singing was dubbed by Kathe Green, daughter of the film's music arranger Johnny Green.
In Run Wild, Run Free (1969), Lester's opposite John Mills appeared as a dysfunctional and estranged only child, earning him acclaim. In the first regular episode of Then Came Bronson ("The Runner"), he appeared as a troubled child and also appeared on The Ghost & Mrs. Muir. Columbia wanted to sign him to a long-term deal, but Lester's parents refused.
Lester appeared in Eyewitness (1970), a British thriller starring Susan George; The Boy Who Stole the Elephant (1970), a Disney television film; and The Girl Who Stole the Elephant (1970), a British thriller with Susan George; and The Furious Auntie Roo? Shelley Winters, 1971, a shelley Winters.
He was reunited with Wild in Melody (1971), which depicted schoolchildren in love based on a script by Alan Parker. In the film, Tracy Hyde portrayed Melody, which featured music from Bee Gees and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
Lester appeared in a film adaptation of Black Beauty (1971). He had intended for a Treasure Island version but it was never made. His performing appearances in the United Kingdom would start to wane after this period. This coincided with a decline in the British film industry.
Lester remained in demand for films outside of England: What the Peeper Saw (1972), a British film with British director Robert Nero (1973), in Italy; Little Adventurer (1973), a Japanese film; and La Prima volta sull'erba, 1974), which was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.
Lester starred in the all-star film The Prince and the Pauper (1977), starring Robert Welch, Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, George C. Scott, and Oliver Reed, who had appeared Bill Sikes in Oliver!
"I bought myself a Ferrari and started wandering through Europe for 18 months," the singer said.