Film acting debut in title role of "The Adventures of Dusty Bates"
1948
Breakthrough screen role as the Artful Dodger in "Oliver Twist", directed by David Lean
1956
First Americn film, "Above Us the Waves"
1961
Breakthrough stage production, the musical "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off"; co-wrote book and score with Leslie Bricusse; also directed and starred; opened in London; transferred to Broadway in 1962
1964
Had second stage success as songwriter and star of "The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd"
