Mark Lester is an English former child actor, osteopath, and acupuncturist. He starred in a number of British and European films in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1980s, he trained as an osteopath specialising in sport injuries.
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Mark Lester is an English former child actor, osteopath, and acupuncturist. He 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 Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist. In 1977, after appearing in the all-star international action adventure film The Prince and the Pauper, he retired from acting. In the 1980s, he trained as an osteopath specialising in sport injuries. Lester has four children with his first wife, whom he married in 1993. He is a patron of the theatre charity The Music Guild of Great Britain and America and is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
He has also been involved in several charities, including the British Association of Obstetrics and Gynaeologists and the British Osteopaths Association. He was awarded an OBE for his services to osteopathy in 2005. He also has an MBE for services to the theatre and a BAFTA for his contributions to the British Film Institute and the London Film Festival. He lives with his second wife, a psychiatric nurse, in Cheltenham.
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