Jack Wild was only 18 when did this HR PufNstuf...then they did a movie of the same name Pufnstuf....he was doing OK and High with young teens in 1969 to 1970...No One knows once future...Jack Wild did not know he would be drug user..he was not then..he was not allow
....Jack auditioned as The Artful Dodger for several subsequent stage productions of Oliver!, he was always turned down because he was too short. However, he was chosen to portray the Artful Dodger for the 1968 movie version. He received critical acclaim and several nominations:
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer
BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer
H.R. Pufnstuf. Wild starred in this American family television series that launched in 1969, and he was paid $1,000,000 to play "Jimmy", a boy washed up on "Living Island"
Pufnstuf (film) 1970 it was a hit...made at least 25 million. Jack Wild was paid more than $3,000,000.
The most prominent of these was "H.R. Pufnstuf & The Brady Kids Live at the Hollywood Bowl", which was performed and recorded in 1973...This had the highest rating...Jack Wild made appearance he was 20....
The Network CBS had cancel the show because Jack Wild was showing his age, he was 18 not twelve..he was playing a twelve year old.....Second time he played a twelve old was Melody.
Jack Wild (30 September 1952 – 1 March 2006) Jack Wild's biggest problem he was 5ft 8 Inches some state he was 5ft 5 inches but stuck playing twelve to fifteen old all of his life......he did drugs, smoked himself to death....during this time period he did not do a lot....he was happy to be rich.
I was smoking since I was twelve. The people around me - the agents, personal and business managers - could hardly say, "You can't have a drink." I was employing them, after all. By the time I was nineteen I thought I was God. stated by Jack Wild.
Arthur Wild (September 8-1951– September 20, 2000)- he was the older brother of Jack Wild...he had the same problems stuck playing teens...early twenties....both were fashion gossip magazines...posters....for teen girls.
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