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'' in the 1968 film version of Romeo And Juliet ]] Whiting was born in the Wood Green area of London , England , the only son of Arthur Leonard Whiting and Peggy Joyce O'Sullivan. Whiting attended the St. Richard Of Chichester School , Camden and graduated just a week or two before beginning work on '' Romeo And Juliet '' ( 1968 ). Whiting was spotted by an agent at a recording studio at the age of 12. After hearing him sing, the agent suggested he try out for Lionel Bart 's " Oliver! " which constantly needed replacement for its child performers. Whiting played the '' Artful Dodger '' in the long-running London musical for 18 months, and for 13 months appeared in the National Theatre production of Congreve's "Love for love", which toured Moscow and Berlin . Director Franco Zeffirelli described his discovery, made from 300 youngsters auditioned during more than three months: "He has a magnificent face, gentle melancholy, sweet, the kind of idealistic young man Romeo ought to be." Whiting has married twice, first time to fashion model Cathee Dahmen , and he has two children, one by each marriage. EXTERNAL LINK |
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