Leonard Whiting (born 30 June 1950) is an English actor who is best known for his role as Romeo in the 1968 Zeffirelli film version of Romeo and Juliet opposite Olivia Hussey's Juliet, a role which earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor and so by his Marcus S. Castor at The Summertime Killer, opposite Calista Flockhart's Barbara Scarlotti. He was touted as a star in the making, the next Laurence Olivier and the next great British actor.
I was thrust for a long moment into international stardom. When that happens, people want to see you in that same persona again and again. Orson Welles once said 'I started at the top and worked my way downward.' I can identify with that. Interview with People Magazine, 1992.
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Children: Sarah, with model Cathee Dahmen, and theatre director Charlotte Westenra, with Valerie Tobin.