Based on the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, Oliver! also starred Mark Lester in the title role, Ron Moody as Fagin, Oliver Reed as Bill Sikes, Harry Secombe as Mr Bumble, and Jack Wild as ...

Actor Jack Wild, who played The Artful Dodger in 1968 film Oliver!, has died at the age of 53. Wild was nominated for an Oscar when he was just 16 for the role. He also starred in late-1960s US ...

Oliver Twist holding out the begging bowl became ... Leonard Rossiter and Hylda Baker as the Sowerberrys, Harry Secombe as Bumble, Peggy Mount as Mrs Corney. A beguiling small-scale version ...

Sir Harry Secombe ... with the 1968 release of the musical motion picture “Oliver!” in which he starred as Mr. Bumble. Secombe was also a hit on stage in 1965 as the baldpated Mr. Pickwick ...

The show was acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic and led to other roles, such as Mr Bumble in the music Oliver! Harry Secombe appeared regularly on television from the 60s onwards, and had his ...

One hundred years ago today, entertainer Sir Harry Secombe was welcomed into the world. Most famous for his roles in The Goon Show and as Mr Bumble in the musical Oliver, he was also a solo ...

SIR HARRY SECOMBE, who has died aged 79 ... people were evidently having the time of their lives." Secombe also played Mr Bumble in Oliver, and, in 1967, d'Artagnan in The Four Musketeers at ...

One hundred years ago today, entertainer Sir Harry Secombe was welcomed into the world. Most famous for his roles in The Goon Show and as Mr Bumble in the musical Oliver, he was also a solo ...