The Life and Sad Ending® of Jack Wild 

My Saturday mornings were dedicated to watching HR Pufnstuf!

Unforgettable Dodger.. Without him no Oliver..

Loved H.R Pufnsuf !!! Sad !! So much talent .

Remember Jack very well having watched him on HR Puff n’ Stuff in my youth. So sad he passed away so young, but he did provide much happiness to many people in his short life

I remember him when I was a kid. He was wonderful.

He definitely deserved a Life and Sad Ending video.

Yes i remember Jack Wilde in H.r. Puffanstuff and Oliver too. Sad he had a tough later life. RIP Jack.

So sad I remember as a kid the film Oliver was a staple in our home Watched it every time it aired Jack’s portrayal as the artfull dodger was one of my favourite characters ❤

I watched HR Pufnstuf when I was a kid, along with Lidsville and The Bugaloos. Saturday morning TV made it worth getting up early.

I am in my mid 20's now and have been crushing on Jack Wild for a few years! My favorite is when he was on Sigmund and The Sea Monsters

He was great as the Artful Dodger in Oliver! So sad he destroyed his health with alcohol. Such a waste of life. Very sad indeed.

Jack Wikd was so cute and handsome a very charismatic and talented actor from a child through his adult years. I grew up wat hi g him I was glued to the TV when HR puffin stuff was on!!❤❤😢😢

I would watch HR Pufinstuf sometimes. But I loved "Oliver" and even owned the soundtrack album.. this was waaay before VCR or DVD. He was really talented

Thanks Steve. I grew up watching Jack in H. R. Pufnstuf. Truly a sad ending.

Thank you for your information, l hope your with us for a long time😊

I was a little girl when I saw Oliver at the movies. When the movie was over, I couldn't get Jack's Cockney accent out of my head. From then on, I had UK fever. RIP Jack Wild !

I remember him from the movie Oliver. Excellent entertainer. It's sad he threw his life away for Alcohol. 😢 And yes! It's very cool 😎 Davy Jones was on the same Ed Sullivan show as the Beatles debut 😀 in America 🇺🇸

Great video. Ty

just found your channel im 47 years old but love old movies. so happy to found ya!

Perfectly cast in Oliver snd HR Puffenstuff

I had a crush on him when I was 11

That's so sad. Sadly I'm not old enough to know him well enough on the big screen. I was curious about him after watching a bit of H.R. but damn I didn't think it was that long ago. I wanted to see how he looked now and i found out he died when I was 6. So I had to watch this video to see why exactly.

I remember Jack. Another that I didn't know what happened to them. These people are so young Steve. Maybe fame isn't good for all. So sad.

Very sad. I remember him.

The ultimate Artful Dodger.

What a tragic story 😢

I remember him from when I was about 9 years old.

That short clip from Ed Sullivan looks like it may have included the glamorous Georgia Brown from the Oliver cast! She did the most beautiful profile shots!

I remember him from Oliver and HR Puffinstuf. I thought he was adorable. He must have been an extremely heavy drinker to damage his health the way he did. That youthful face was replaced by the face of a much older and sicker man. R.I.P.

Happy Friday Steve. Like many, i loved HR Puffin stuff , Witchy poo was my favorite. So glad i stopped smoking and drinking !!!!! Was always terrified of emphysema or Cancer. Cheers 😊

He also played The Artful Dodger on an episode of Bewitched

I remember the name vaguely. The Oliver role is the only role of his I remember..

For some reason I have a memory of phil Collins being in the audience of a beatles performance in hard days night.

I sure do remember him on H and R Puffinstuff. It’s so sad about his alcoholism and his sad early death. 😢

So sad he died so young❣️Sweet actor❣️

👍.I Remember H.R. Puffin' stuff.. but that poor guy, Man.

Well done 😮

Uhhh never heard of him, I'm 57 so I grew up in the 70's!

Nobody ever seems to mention his other movie Flight of the Doves 😢

It makes me sad when you say that at the end. 😢

I do remember Jack Wild. I had a copy of TV Guide from 2000, and there was an article of child actors: Where are they now? and Jack Wild was one of them in the article.

I've lost count of the many people I've seen die of alcoholism. I've seen them die as young as 32 to their early 60's. In every case they lost any natural attractiveness gifted to them and in many cases they lost their ability to cognitive process information. I'm a scientist and I have many world renown colleagues who developed Korsakoff syndrome, AKA, alcohol induced dementia. Among my colleagues was a man who made invention of a technology that touches all of our lives everyday. My colleague was arrogant, would not listen to anyone, my intellectual and scientific superior, and he had the one attitude that I've seen kill every alcoholic I've ever known; he felt sorry for himself, there are few things that kill faster than self-pity. At the end of his life he knew that he had done irreparable injury to his brilliant mind; thus, began an insidious battle between his his fear of death (which would inspire brief periods of sobriety) and the pull back to drinking that was driven by the realization that he had lost what made him who he once was.

Steve, do Life And Sad Ending Of Stan Laurel when you get time. Amazing content as always.

That was a sad ending. I watched him on H.R. Pufnstuf.

I'm getting closer to my 'sad ending' and I can't think about it to much because it really bothers me alot. It's scary to think that we all have an ending date already determined, but we just don't happen to know when that is. That's what bothers me.😬 I really do love all your mini-documentaries! They're all done so great! Sorry for rambling.😊

Okay...this will be a bit off the beaten path....but...My little sister was a huge Fan of Jack Wild. Me and my brothers teased her often about her pin up idols she hung on her walls in her bedroom. One day I could help notice how much Jack actually resembled a Pro Wrestler that I watched from time to time on the then early days of cable tv. This wrestler's name was "Superstar" Bill Dundee who was also British and resembled Jack in height as well. This video really brought back some childhood memories! MOO From COW-lumbus, Ohio 👋

I remember him from Oliver!

I also watched HR Puffenstuf,

I remember him from h r Puff and stuff I thought it was perfect for that role Fifty three is young to die

It's really a shame how some of these young actors let drugs and alcohol ruin their life. Well I guess that wouldn't be just actors. That could be just anybody?.

😢❤️🙏

Jack wild was the mechanical boy

I thought he said, at introduction.."I'm what's left of Steve"!! lolololol

May God have mercy on his Soul and All Souls. Amen

I likely would have drank to excess too what with Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo chasing me around a whacked-out Living Island every Saturday morning! 😅

“Consider yourself…,,,,”

Who's your friend when things get rough?

"I'm whats left of Steve😂

Never heard of him

Similar to Steve marriotts story

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first I'd ever heard of him - was he ever exposed to Jimmy Saville?

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Sorry to here you're saying that Google screwed up your lif