Artful Dodger
Fictional character from the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the character from Oliver Twist. For other uses, see Artful Dodger (disambiguation).
Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, is a character in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel Oliver Twist.[1] The Dodger is a pickpocket and his nickname refers to his skill and cunning in that occupation. In the novel, he is the leader of the gang of child criminals on the streets of London trained and overseen by the elderly Fagin. The term has become an idiom describing a person who engages in skillful deception.
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The Artful Dodger | |
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Created by | Charles Dickens |
Portrayed by | Edouard Trebaol (1922) Anthony Newley (1948) Melvyn Hayes (1962) Davy Jones (1963) Phil Collins (1964) Jack Wild (1968) Martin Tempest (1982) David Garlick (1985) Elijah Wood (1997) Alex Crowley (2007) Harry Eden (2005) Adam Arnold (2007) Hayley Smith (2011) Kielan Ellis (2014) Kyle Coffman (2015) Wilson Radjou-Pujalte (2016) Rita Ora (2021) Billy Jenkins (2022) Hayden Lawry (2023) Thomas Brodie-Sangster (2023) |
Voiced by | Billy Joel |
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Full name | Jack Dawkins |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Pickpocket |
Nationality | English |
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