The Psychedelic World Of HR Pufnstuf: Facts You Didn’t Know

Jack Wild Sang in a Higher Register on the Show Because He Hit Puberty Late

Jack Wild is an amazing singer and dancer – his work in Oliver! proves it. Wild ended up getting more solo songs than everyone else on the show combined. Part of the reason why the young actor was able to hit such a high register as flawlessly as he did was because he was a late bloomer.

Wild’s voice didn’t properly break until he was 19 years old. Wild started filming H.R. Pufnstuf when he was just 16 years old, and could believable play an 11-year-old purely because of his prepubescent voice. Who said being a later bloomer was a bad thing?