Best known for his role as the wily street urchin Oliver Twist, Mark Lester has mostly been absent from our screens since his child acting days, aside from occasional appearances on-screen largely tied to the legacy of pop singer Michael Jackson. But what’s Mark been up to since he was pick-pocketing on the streets of London and begging for just one more bowl of porridge? Mark Lester sitting on a step in a cap and tattered outfit as Oliver in the musical Oliver! Mark Lester will be a familiar face for kids from the mid ’60s and early ’70s Childhood fame At just 8 years old, Mark Lester started acting in films such as Fahrenheit 451 (1966), Our Mother’s House (1967) and, of course, got the lead role in Oliver! (1968) alongside Ron Moody. After the Dickens classic, Mark appeared in several feature films like Black Beauty (1971), Melody (1971) and Who Slew Auntie Roo? (1971). Mark Lester in The Prince and the Pauper. Mark Lester starred alongside Raquel Welch and Oliver Reed in ‘The Prince and the Pauper’ Later career In …