Fate destined me to play Fagin. It was the part of a lifetime, and I was the only actor to be in the stage production and in the film.

His surname was legally changed to Moody in 1930. Moody then 80 but still spry and Jack Wild (seriously ill with oral cancer at the time) recreated their dance from the closing credits of the film. He acted again with former Oliver! co-star Jack Wild in Flight of the Doves.