Career
Oliver had minor roles in television and film until starring as Bastian in the 1984 movie The NeverEnding Story. Subsequently, he was cast as the lead in Tim Burton's short film Frankenweenie and as the android 'Daryl' in the 1985 film D.A.R.Y.L., a part for which he won a Saturn Award. Oliver appeared in the Ron Howard movie Cocoon and later in Cocoon: The Return. His last role in a feature film was Willie Saravian in Paul Bartel's 1989 ensemble comedy Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills.
In his teens Oliver left acting to join the Church of Scientology's Sea Org and was stationed at its Gold Base compound. As is common practice among teenagers in the Sea Org, he married a fellow Scientologist at age 19. He has since divorced. Later Oliver became a printer and photographer specializing in nineteenth century processes such as collodion and Woodburytype. His work has been displayed in museum and gallery exhibitions and used in films. In 2007 he published A History of the Woodburytype.
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