From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leonard Whiting
Leonard Whiting
Leonard Whiting of Mystery and Imagination. Whiting performed lead vocals
on the song "The Raven".
Born Leonard Whiting Whiting ended his film career, for the most part, in
30 June 1950 (1950-06-30)
London, England, U.K. the mid-70s and subsequently placed his focus upon his
theatrical career as an actor and writer.[1] Whiting now
Occupation Actor lives in the Haverstock area of London.
Years active 1968–1990
Spouse Cathee Dahmen (1971–1977) Filmography
Lynn Presser (1995–present)
Film
Leonard Whiting (born 30 June 1950) is a British actor Year Film Role Other notes
who starred as Romeo in the 1968 Zeffirelli film version 1968 Romeo and Juliet Romeo Mon-
of Romeo and Juliet opposite Olivia Hussey’s Juliet, a role tague
which earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star
1969 Infanzia, vocazione Giacomo
Of The Year - Actor.
e prime esperienze Casanova
di Giacomo Casano-
Biography va, veneziano
The Royal Hunt of Young
Early life the Sun Martin
Whiting was born in the Wood Green area of London, 1970 Say Hello to Yester- Boy
England, the only son of Arthur Leonard Whiting and day
Peggy Joyce O’Sullivan. He has English, Irish and some
1972 À la guerre comme Franz Keller
Romani/Gypsy ancestry.[1] Whiting attended the St.
à la guerre
Richard of Chichester School, Camden Town, leaving just
a week or two before beginning work on Romeo and Juliet 1974 Rachel’s Man Jacob
(1968). Television
Year Title Role Notes
Career 1966 The Wonderful Jimmy the Episode:
Episode The
Whiting was spotted by an agent at a recording studio World of Disney Dip Legend of
at the age of 12. After hearing him sing, the agent sug- Young Dick
gested he try out for Lionel Bart’s Oliver! which constantly Turpin (1)
needed replacements for its child performers. Whiting Episode:
Episode The
played the Artful Dodger in the long-running London Legend of
musical for 18 months, and for 13 months appeared at Young Dick
Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre in the production of Turpin (2)
Congreve’s "Love for Love" opposite Olivier, which
1973 Frankenstein: The Victor NBC TV-
toured Moscow and Berlin.
True Story Frankenstein Movie
Director Franco Zeffirelli described his discovery,
made from 300 youngsters who auditioned during more 1990 The Dreamstone Urpgor Voice Role
than three months: "He has a magnificent face, gentle
melancholy, sweet, the kind of idealistic young man
Romeo ought to be."
References
In the mid-1970s, his voice caught the attention of [1] Brennan, Sandra. "Biography".
Abbey Road and The Dark Side of the Moon engineer Alan http://www.starpulse.com. Retrieved 2 December
Parsons, who was in the process of recording what was 2011.
to be the first album by The Alan Parsons Project, Tales
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leonard Whiting
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• LeonardWhitingFans at Yahoo!
• Leonard Whiting at the Internet Movie Database Date of birth 30 June 1950
• Leonard Whiting Tribute Site Place of birth London, England, U.K.
• Romeo and Juliet Tribute to Leonard Whiting (Russian Date of death
and English)
Place of death
Persondata
Name Whiting, Leonard
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