In Walt Disney's 1988 animated feature film version of Oliver Twist, Oliver and Company, the character of the Artful Dodger was changed to a streetwise anthropomorphic mutt simply named Dodger. Bumble, the villainous Monks and their old mentor Fagin along the way. After Dodger rescues Oliver from his imprisonment by Claypole in the Brownlow cellar, he and Oliver are forced to take to the streets to uncover the truth, encountering Mr. Brownlow's corrupt new housekeeper) that Mr. Oliver is made to believe by Noah Claypole, Noah's girlfriend Charlotte and Mrs. The two friends re-unite, and when Oliver flees the school the Dodger follows him back to London. Brownlow to a boarding school, he finds the Dodger already there, and it is revealed that thanks to Oliver's uncle Harry Maylie the Dodger escaped transportion and was instead enrolled in the school. In the 1980 ATV series The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist, the Dodger was played by John Fowler. Others to have played the role in amateur productions include Adam Levine, Ben Elton, Robbie Williams, and Hayley Smith. In the 1968 film Oliver!, Jack Wild played the role and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Zachary Pereira in 2012 and Charlie Dunn in 2012 He was played by Harry Eden in Roman Polanski's big-budget 2005 film version. Elijah Wood also portrayed the character in the 1997 television film that aired during The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC. The part was first played by Martin Horsey (actor, director and author of "L'Chaim"), and later by Tony Robinson, Davy Jones, Steve Marriott and Phil Collins among others. The role was amplified in the musical Oliver!. British actor Anthony Newley played the character in a 1948 film adaptation of the story. The role of the Artful Dodger has been played by several notable performers.
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