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Leonard Whiting was born on 30 June, 1950 in London, England, is a British actor. Discover Leonard Whiting's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

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Occupation Actor, singer
Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 30 June 1950
Birthday 30 June
Birthplace London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Leonard Whiting Height, Weight & Measurements

At 73 years old, Leonard Whiting height is 5′ 8″ .

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Height 5′ 8″
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Who Is Leonard Whiting's Wife?

His wife is Cathee Dahmen (m. 1971-1977) Lynn Presser (m. 1995)

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Wife Cathee Dahmen (m. 1971-1977) Lynn Presser (m. 1995)
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Children 2

Leonard Whiting Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Leonard Whiting worth at the age of 73 years old? Leonard Whiting’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Leonard Whiting's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1950

Leonard Whiting (born 30 June 1950) is a British semi-retired actor and singer best known for his teenage role as Romeo in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, a role which earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor in 1969.

Whiting was born on 30 June 1950, in Wood Green, moving with his two sisters to Holloway, another area of North London, England.

The only son of Peggy Joyce (O'Sullivan) and Arthur Leonard Whiting, he has English, Irish and some Romani ancestry.

Whiting's love of performing was encouraged at his local Church and Primary School, St Josephs R.C Highgate, where he and sister Linda acted in the school's nativity plays.

1965

Whiting played the Artful Dodger in the long-running London musical for 15 months, and for 13 months in 1965–1966 appeared at Laurence Olivier's National Theatre in the production of William Congreve's Love for Love opposite Olivier, which toured Moscow and Berlin.

Director Franco Zeffirelli described his discovery, from 300 youngsters who had auditioned over a period of more than three months as: "He has a magnificent face, gentle melancholy, sweet, the kind of idealistic young man Romeo ought to be."

1967

Leonard went on to attend St. Richard of Chichester School, Camden Town, leaving in 1967, before his 17th birthday, to begin work on Romeo and Juliet (1968).

Whiting had some success as a child singer, almost winning Butlin's Talent Contest (he came second) hosted in the holiday camp's packed out Gaiety Theatre.

Whiting was later spotted by a theatrical agent at the Connaught Rooms Holborn, where he was performing at a Jewish wedding at the age of 12.

He only sang one song ("Summertime") which he had rehearsed as a one-off song with the group Teal Lewis and the, who provided the evening's entertainment.

This appearance, was set up by his father to get him noticed.

After hearing him sing, the agent suggested he try out for Lionel Bart's Oliver! which constantly needed replacements for its child performers.

The third act nude sequence, it is claimed, was "secretly filmed" in September 1967 by director Franco Zeffirelli, over the objections from the two stars, who played Romeo and Juliet in the film, released in 1968.

If substantiated, this would show that Whiting was aged 17 years and 2 months during the controversially shot scenes-below the legal required age of 18 (as was co-star Olivia Hussey who would've been aged 16) for filming of nude scenes.

The case was dismissed in Los Angeles Superior Court on May 25, 2023.

1968

Olivier did an uncredited narration in the 1968 production of Romeo and Juliet for Zeffirelli.

1970

In the mid-1970s, his voice caught the attention of Abbey Road and The Dark Side of the Moon engineer Alan Parsons, who was in the process of recording what was to be the first album by the Alan Parsons Project, Tales of Mystery and Imagination.

Whiting performed lead vocals on the song "The Raven" and also narrated "To One in Paradise".

Whiting ended his film career, for the most part, in the mid-1970s and subsequently focused on his theatrical career as an actor and writer.

He and his wife live in Steele's Village in Haverstock, north London.

On 30 December 2022, Whiting's lawyer filed joint legal actions with his former co-star Olivia Hussey in Los Angeles against Paramount Pictures for sexual abuse and fraud during the filming of Romeo and Juliet, when he was aged 17 (she was 16), alleging the nude scenes amounted to child abuse.

The reported $100+ million claim for punitive damages is made possible due to the temporary suspension of the statute-of-limitations laws in the State of California for claims of historic sexual abuse allegations.

31 December 2022 was the state's absolute filing deadline for people over 40 years of age.

Paramount Pictures have reportedly earned up to $500 million from the production, and Whiting, according to business manager Tony Marinozzi, wants Paramount held accountable for the mental and emotional abuse suffered over the intervening years.

1971

He played the male lead, opposite Jean Simmons in the 1971 film, Say Hello to Yesterday, a romantic comedy, filmed on location in and around London, set over one day, with him pursuing a bored housewife, twice his age storyline.

In 1971, he married US model Cathee Dahmen and in 1972, they had a daughter, Sarah Beth Whiting, who died in America in 2014 from cervical cancer.

1973

In 1973, he played the title role in the made-for-TV film Frankenstein: The True Story alongside an all-star cast that included James Mason, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Jane Seymour, Agnes Moorehead and David McCallum.

1977

Following his divorce from Dahmen in 1977, Whiting had a relationship with theatre designer Valerie Marion Tobin, who gave birth to their daughter Charlotte.

1978

Whiting was cast as the Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in London's Westminster Theatre between 27 November 1978 and 17 January 1979.

This was a Ken Hill production with the Pharaoh played by Whiting in the style of Elvis Presley.

1982

Charlotte has said publicly that she did not meet her father until she was 12, by which time she had taken her step-father's surname, Westenra (her mother had remarried in 1982).

Charlotte Westenra became a theatre director.

1990

In 1990, Whiting provided the voice of the Urpney scientist Urpgor in the children's animated television series The Dreamstone.

After voicing the character for three seasons, he was replaced by Colin Marsh for the fourth and final season.

1995

In 1995, Whiting married his assistant, Lynn Presser.

2014

In 2014, he reunited professionally with his friend Olivia Hussey for Social Suicide (2015), their first film together in the 46 years since the Franco Zeffirelli production of Romeo and Juliet.

Whiting dated his teenage co-star Olivia Hussey for a time and the two have remained close.