"as Nancy. In 1968, the show was adapted for film, with a screenplay by Vernon Harris and direction by Carol Reed. It starred original Fagin Ron Moody with Jack Wild, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester, Harry Secombe and Leonard Rossiter. The 1968 motion picture won six Academy Awards including Best Picture, and received nominations for both Moody and Wild. It was first telecast in the United States by ABC-TV in 1975. The film went to cable in the US in 1982, and it is still regularly broadcast. On March 1, 2013, it was announced that a remake of ""Oliver!"""
"original West End production in 1960, and reprised it in the 1984 Broadway revival, garnering a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. For his performance in the 1968 film ""Oliver!"", he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Musical/Comedy), the Best Actor award at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination in the same category. Reflecting on the role, Moody states: ""Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime. That summer of 1967 [during filming] was one of the happiest times of my life"". He reprised his"
"awarded Honorary Life Membership of Equity by its governing Council for distinguished service to the union. Graham Hamilton Graham Hamilton (born 27 November 1944 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a British stage and television actor who was the 15th President of Equity, the actors' trade union, between 2008 and 2010. Formerly Vice-President for ten years, Hamilton has been involved in Equity's ruling Council since 1973, during his acting career in plays and musicals in the West End. He is known chiefly for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! After working in the West End, he became famous for playing the"
"Graham Hamilton Graham Hamilton (born 27 November 1944 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is a British stage and television actor who was the 15th President of Equity, the actors' trade union, between 2008 and 2010. Formerly Vice-President for ten years, Hamilton has been involved in Equity's ruling Council since 1973, during his acting career in plays and musicals in the West End. He is known chiefly for his portrayal of Fagin in Oliver! After working in the West End, he became famous for playing the villain in over twenty-one pantomimes, appearing at major theatres throughout the UK. In 2007, he was"
"couple had six children. Ron Moody died in a London hospital on 11 June 2015, aged 91. His death left Shani Wallis, who played Nancy, and Mark Lester who played Oliver, the last surviving principal cast members from the motion picture ""Oliver!"" 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. Moody earned a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the film, as well as a Tony Award nomination"
"brought to Broadway in 1964, Fagin was portrayed by Clive Revill, but in a 1984 revival, Moody reprised his performance opposite Tony Award winner Patti LuPone, who played Nancy. Moody later stated: ""Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime."" Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley's portrayal of Fagin in Roman Polanski's 2005 screen adaptation was also inspired by the 1948 version. In the 1980 ATV series ""The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist"", Fagin was played by David Swift. In this 13-episode series, Fagin has escaped his hanging by pretending to have had a stroke, which"
"1998. The role of Fagin was later played by many notable British actors and comedians including George Layton, Russ Abbot, Jim Dale and Robert Lindsay (who won an Olivier Award for his performance in 1997). Bill Sikes was later portrayed by Steven Hartley and Joe McGann, and Nancy by Sonia Swaby, Claire Moore and Ruthie Henshall. The show was a lavish affair and moved from its original intimate melodramatic feel to a more cinematic and symphonic feel that would accommodate an audience familiar with the 1968 motion picture. This production featured brand new music and lyrics written by Lionel Bart,"
"In 1968, Oliver was taken to Japan, by the Japanese film company Toho Productions. ""Consider Yourself"" was translated into Japanese. Australian actor Robin Ramsay played Fagin. Most of the cast were British, along with two London original Workhouse boys, Ray Millross and Terry Latham. The rest of the workhouse boys were American. In 1983, a new production of ""Oliver"" was the first musical produced by Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theatre as part of its inaugural season as a self-producing theatre. The Australian tour was a successful trip through Sydney, Melbourne, and Singapore from 2002 to 2004. The show, which mirrored Sam"
"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. Moody earned a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the film, as well as a Tony Award nomination for the stage production. Other notable projects include ""The Mouse on the Moon"" (1963), Mel Brooks's ""The Twelve Chairs"" (1970) and ""Flight of the Doves"" (1971), in which Moody shared the screen with ""Oliver!"" co-star Jack Wild. Moody holds the peculiar distinction"
"Oliver Twist (1933 film) Oliver Twist is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by William J. Cowen. It is the earliest sound version of Charles Dickens's novel of the same name. It stars Dickie Moore as Oliver, Irving Pichel as Fagin, Doris Lloyd as Nancy, and William ""Stage"" Boyd as Bill Sikes. Pichel played Fagin without resorting to any mannerisms which could be construed as offensive. Released by Monogram Pictures, the film was made on an extremely low budget. It never really achieved much success and was out of circulation for many years, but resurfaced on television in the 1980s."
"An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves. Oliver Twist (1933 film) Oliver Twist is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by William J. Cowen. It is the earliest sound version of Charles Dickens's novel of the same name. It stars Dickie Moore as Oliver, Irving Pichel as Fagin, Doris Lloyd as Nancy, and William ""Stage"" Boyd as Bill Sikes. Pichel played Fagin without resorting to any mannerisms which could be construed as offensive. Released by Monogram Pictures, the film was made on an extremely low budget."
"went to the United States in 1961 and joined the Theatre Company of Boston. He then toured the country in The National Repertory Theatre, with Eva Le Gallienne and Faye Emerson. In 1964 he took the role of Fagin in the hit musical ""Oliver!"" on Broadway, a role he played for a further two years in New York, followed by a record-breaking national tour. He shared the bill with the Beatles, singing a song from the musical in a subsequently memorable edition of The Ed Sullivan Show. In 1966 Ramsay recreated his role of Fagin for a West End revival"
"Aubrey Woods Aubrey Harold Woods (9 April 1928 – 7 May 2013) was an English actor and singer. Woods was born on 9 April 1928 in Edmonton, Middlesex and educated at the Latymer School. His first film role was as Smike in ""The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby"" (1947). On stage he played the role of Fagin in Lionel Bart's production of ""Oliver!"" at the New Theatre, St Martin's Lane in the 1960s alongside Nicolette Roeg and Robert Bridges. He played Alfred Jingle in the TV musical ""Pickwick"" for the BBC in 1969. Woods' best remembered film role is"
"distinguished by their different costumes, especially their coats. Pryce used a patched red and brown coat, while Lindsay used the traditional dark green overcoat seen in the 1968 film version. In Disney's 1997 live action television production, ""Oliver Twist"", Fagin is played by Richard Dreyfuss. In the 1997 film ""Twisted"" (a film loosely based on Dickens' ""Oliver Twist"") the Fagin character is played by actor William Hickey. In the 2003 film ""Twist"" (a film loosely based on Dickens' ""Oliver Twist"") Fagin is played by actor Gary Farmer. In the 2007 BBC television adaptation Fagin is played by Timothy Spall. Contrary"
"Fagin (Alec Guinness), an old Jew who trains children to be pickpockets. Fagin sends Oliver to watch and learn as the Dodger and another boy try to rob Mr. Brownlow (Henry Stephenson), a rich, elderly gentleman. Their attempt is detected, but it is Oliver who is chased through the streets by a mob and arrested. A witness clears him. Mr. Brownlow takes a liking to the boy, and gives him a home. Oliver experiences the kind of happy life he has never had before, under the care of Mr. Brownlow and the loving housekeeper, Mrs. Bedwin (Amy Veness). Meanwhile, Fagin"
"Oliver Twist (1922 film) Oliver Twist is a 1922 silent film adaptation of Charles Dickens' ""Oliver Twist"", featuring Lon Chaney as Fagin and Jackie Coogan as Oliver Twist. The film was directed by Frank Lloyd. Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy, Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually taken in by a gang of thieves who befriend him for their own purposes. All the while, there are secrets from Oliver's family history waiting to come to light. The film was considered lost, until a"
"school, and based in Palmers Green, Middlesex, followed by the London School of Economics in Central London, where he trained to become an economist. During World War II he enlisted in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and became a radar technician. Despite training to be an economist, Moody began appearing in theatrical shows and later decided to become a professional actor. Moody worked in a variety of genres, but is perhaps best known for his starring role as Fagin in Lionel Bart's stage and film musical ""Oliver!"" based on ""Oliver Twist"" by Charles Dickens. He created the role in the"
"is a kind-hearted but poor man living in New York. He lives on a houseboat with his five dogs and is desperately searching for money to repay his debts to the New York loan shark Sykes. He is voiced by Dom DeLuise. In 1994, ""Oliver!"" was revived in London. Fagin was played by many noted British actors and comedians, including Jonathan Pryce, George Layton, Jim Dale, Russ Abbot, Barry Humphries (who had played Mr Sowerberry in the original 1960 London production of ""Oliver!"") and Robert Lindsay, who won an Olivier Award for his performance. The different actors playing Fagin were"
"On the production's transfer to the West End in April 1967, Barry Humphries played Fagin. During the 1970s, Webb carved out a career as a respected, though not yet famous, West End actress and singer. In 1971, she was one of the original company of the London production of ""Godspell"", the musical based on the Gospel of Matthew, opposite David Essex, Julie Covington and Jeremy Irons. The original London cast recording of the production includes her performance of ""Bless the Lord"". She later played Nellie Cotterill in the 1973 original London production of ""The Card"", a musical written by Tony"
"able to produce many comedic and imitative voices, like Milligan's radio colleague Peter Sellers, and he was used somewhat like Sellers in Milligan's later work. Bluthal worked extensively in British theatre. In 1960 he played Fagin in the original production of the musical ""Oliver!"" in the West End (replacing Ron Moody). His appearances at the National Theatre included ""Tales from Hollywood"", ""Entertaining Strangers"", Peter Hall's production of ""Antony and Cleopatra"" (with Judi Dench and Anthony Hopkins), ""Yonaadab"", ""The Tempest"", ""The Winter's Tale"", and ""Cymbeline"". His other television appearances include the ""Sykes and a..."" episode ""Sykes and a Bath"", broadcast on"
"of ""Oliver!"", with Marti Webb as Nancy. Returning to Australia, Ramsay's role as Charlie Cousens, the dodgy real estate agent in ""Bellbird"", Australia's first successful television soap opera, garnered him considerable public notice. A regular character on the show from August 1967, Ramsay decided to leave in May 1968 to take the role of Fagin in a Japanese stage production of ""Oliver!"". When the show's producers decided to kill off his character, staging what has been described as ""one of the most-watched and best-remembered moments in Australian TV history"", fans wrote protesting his death and even sent flowers to his"
"chance trip to Goldfield, Nevada to witness a prize fight led to Goodwin's involvement in promoting mining stocks in association with George Graham Rice. Goodwin quit his partnership with Rice shortly before the latter was arrested for mail fraud. Perhaps Goodwin's most famous role was as Fagin in a 1912 stage adaptation of Dickens' ""Oliver Twist"" in which he appeared with Marie Doro and Constance Collier. He reprised this role for a film which still survives and is preserved in the Library of Congress. He acted in a handful of films between 1912 and 1916. Goodwin owned a cafe and"
"whichever Oliver you go and see you're going to get a fantastic performance."" And Mackintosh adding, ""The talent we have unearthed has been terrific."" Cameron Mackintosh confirmed that Rowan Atkinson will be performing the part of Fagin in the stage show. The four remaining Nancys were divided into pairs, The ""Northern Nancys"" and the ""Celtic Nancys"" for two group performances. The show performances and missions were: In the week following the show, it was claimed that Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh had fallen out over Lloyd Webber's decision to eliminate Rachel Tucker who Mackintosh had wanted to see in"
"Shani Wallis Shani Wallis (born 14 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. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the West End, and for the role of Nancy in the 1968 Oscar-winning film musical ""Oliver!"". Wallis was born in Tottenham, Middlesex, and made her first stage appearance at the age of four and later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) on a scholarship and resumed her theatrical career appearing in many London and provincial productions. She"
"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. Following the success of his 1946 version of ""Great Expectations"", Lean re-assembled much of the same team for his adaptation of Dickens' 1838 novel, including producers Ronald Neame and Anthony Havelock-Allan, cinematographer Guy Green, designer John Bryan and editor Jack Harris. Lean's then-wife, Kay Walsh, who had collaborated on the screenplay for ""Great Expectations"", played the role of Nancy. John Howard Davies was cast as Oliver, while Alec Guinness portrayed Fagin and Robert Newton played Bill"
"""Oliver Twist"", but he removed Jewish elements from his depiction of Fagin in his public readings from the novel, omitting nasal voice mannerisms and body language he had included in earlier readings. Joel Berkowitz reports that the earliest stage adaptations of ""Oliver Twist"" ""followed by an almost unrelieved procession of Jewish stage distortions, and even helped to popularize a lisp for stage Jews that lasted until 1914"" It is widely believed that the most antisemitic adaptation of ""Oliver Twist"" is David Lean's film of 1948, with Alec Guinness as Fagin. Guinness was made-up to look like the illustrations from the"
"nominations, including Best Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical and Best Featured Actor in a Musical. It won the awards for Best Scenic Design, Best Original Score and Best Music Direction. The Broadway production was revived shortly after the original production closed. The revival opened in 1965 and was directed by Peter Coe. It ran at the Martin Beck Theatre for 64 performances, featuring Victor Stiles as Oliver, Robin Ramsay as Fagin, Maura K. Wedge as Nancy, Joey Baio as The Artful Dodger, Dominic Chianese as Mr. Sowerberry, Alan Crofoot as Mr. Bumble, Danny Sewell"
"Oliver! (film) Oliver! is a 1968 British musical drama film directed by Carol Reed, written by Vernon Harris, and based on the stage musical of the same name. Both the film and play are based on Charles Dickens's novel ""Oliver Twist"". The film includes such musical numbers as ""Food, Glorious Food"", ""Consider Yourself"", ""As Long as He Needs Me"", ""You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two"", and ""Where Is Love?"". Filmed at Shepperton Film Studio in Surrey, it was a Romulus Films production and was distributed internationally by Columbia Pictures. At the 41st Academy Awards for 1968, ""Oliver!"" was"
"trying to ensure his inheritance; Oliver, it turns out, is Mr. Brownlow's grandson. For their involvement in Monks' scheme, Mr. and Mrs. Bumble lose their jobs at the workhouse. Oliver is happily reunited with his newly found grandfather and Mrs. Bedwin, his search for love ending in fulfilment. Alec Guinness's portrayal of Fagin and his make-up was considered anti-semitic by some as it was felt to perpetuate Jewish racial stereotypes. Guinness wore heavy make-up, including a large prosthetic nose, to make him look like the character as he appeared in George Cruikshank's illustrations in the first edition of the novel."
"to the Broadway stage, where it premiered at the Imperial Theatre on January 6, 1963. It closed on November 14, 1964, after 774 performances. The cast featured child actor Bruce Prochnik in the title role alongside Georgia Brown and Barry Humphries, reprising their West End role as Nancy and Mr. Sowerberry, respectively, and Clive Revill as Fagin, replacing Ron Moody. The national tour featured Michael Goodman as The Artful Dodger, but on Broadway the role was played by future Monkee Davy Jones, another veteran of the London production. The Broadway production was a critical success and received ten Tony Award"
"voiced the character Pendle in the Doctor Who audio-drama ""Order of the Daleks"". Doctor Who The Visitation (1982) - The Squire John Savident John Savident (born 21 January 1938) is a British actor, known for his television roles, including his portrayal of Fred Elliott in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"" from 1994 until 2006. He is also known for his performance as Monsieur Firmin in the West End debut of ""The Phantom of the Opera"". Savident was born in Guernsey and still lived there at the time of the German occupation of the Island in 1940. He and his family"
"fell down a darkened stairway at the Benedum Center, where he played Fagin in the Civic Light Opera production of ""Oliver!"" The incident left Cypher playing the character while seated in a wheelchair. In a 2013 interview, Cypher revealed he still walked with a cane. In a 2014 interview, he stated that poverty was the secret to his 47-year-long career. Jon Cypher Jon Cypher (born January 13, 1932) is an American actor. Born in New York City, Cypher graduated from Erasmus Hall High School (1949) and Brooklyn College (1953). Cypher later received a master's degree in marriage and family counseling"
"but did not complete them and decided to study at a drama school instead. Robinson had his first acting role at the age of 13, as a member of Fagin's gang in the original production of the musical ""Oliver!"", including a stint as the Artful Dodger when the boy playing the role failed to turn up. Over the next five years, he appeared in a number of West End shows, in film, and on television. Tony has Jewish ancestry. Too young to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Robinson instead studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama."