Jack Wild

 Wild and Marty Krofft met at the 1968 premiere of Oliver! They thought that he would be a great lead for their show called H.R. Pufnstuf. Wild played Jimmy in Pufnstuf's only season (1969) and also as in H.R. Pufnstuf segments in the second (and final) season of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour and in the movie Pufnstuf (1970), which was released shortly after the show was cancelled.Wild later appeared in Melody (1971 along with Oliver! co-star Mark Lester) and Flight of the Doves (1971, with an additional Oliver! Ron Moody was his co-star. The year 1972 was the year that Wild appeared as a stowaway in an episode of The Onedin Line on BBC TV. The Onedin Line. Wild was Reg in The 14 (1973), the film of David Hemmings. On television, Wild appeared in a BBC adaptation of Our Mutual Friend in 1976. In the early 1970s, Wild was considered a teen heartthrob, alongside David Cassidy and Barry Williams. Wild expressed his sadness in 1999.