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Leonard Whiting (born 30 June 1950) is a British actor who starred 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. Whiting was born in the Wood Green area of London, England, the only son of Arthur Leonard Whiting and Peggy Joyce O'Sullivan. He has English, Irish and some Romani/Gypsy ancestry. Whiting attended the St. Richard of Chichester School, Camden Town, leaving just a week or two before beginning work on Romeo and Juliet (1968). Whiting was spotted by... MORE

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SAY HELLO TO YESTERDAY

Directed by: Alan RakoffWith: Jean Simmons, Leonard Whiting, Evelyn Laye, Jack Woolgar, Constance Chapman, John LeeOne of the most underrated British films produced between the end of the swinging sixties and the beginning of the hippy seventies. Leonard Whiting (Romeo from Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet) plays a young dreamer who is trapped in a working class existence: living in a council house with a father who has no horizon higher than working in the local factory. Jean Simmons is the mature woman, living in a leafy Surrey house with her stockbroker husband and two children, but desperately unhappy. When the two unlikely lovers meet on a train to London, Whiting ignores the come-on from Susan Penhaligon by saying 'today I am going to climb Mount Everest,' and so begins his charm offensive of the mature woman across London's 1970s landscape. Beautifully written and with expert filming by Geoffrey Unsworth, Say Hello to Yesterday is one of the most insightful British films of its day. -- VideoDetective.com.

Say Hello To Yesterday

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Romeo and Juliet - Thus With a Kiss, I Die
Romeo and Juliet (1968) - Thus With a Kiss, I Die - Romeo (Leonard Whiting) is heartbroken over Juliet’s (Olivia Hussey) apparent death and drinks a vial of poison.
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Romeo and Juliet - Art Thou a Man?
Romeo and Juliet (1968) - Art Thou a Man? - Friar Laurence (Milo O’Shea) lectures Romeo (Leonard Whiting) about his disposition and tells him to be happy that Juliet is alive and well.
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Romeo and Juliet - Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo?
Romeo and Juliet (1968) - Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo? - Juliet (Olivia Hussey) wonders aloud about her new love Romeo (Leonard Whiting) and he appears below her balcony.
2:10min

Romeo and Juliet - Give Me My Sin Again
Romeo and Juliet (1968) - Give Me My Sin Again - Romeo (Leonard Whiting) romances Juliet (Olivia Hussey) at her family’s masquerade ball.
1:55min

Romeo and Juliet - Juliet Joins Romeo
Romeo and Juliet (1968) - Juliet Joins Romeo - Juliet (Olivia Hussey) discovers that Romeo (Leonard Whiting) has drunk poison. She kills herself with a dagger to join him in eternity.
1:56min

Romeo and Juliet - Love's Faithful Vow
Romeo and Juliet (1968) - Love's Faithful Vow - Romeo (Leonard Whiting) asks Juliet (Olivia Hussey) for her love’s vow and she responds that it is already his.
2:12min

Romeo and Juliet - I Never Saw True Beauty 'Til This Night
Romeo and Juliet (1968) - I Never Saw True Beauty 'Til This Night - At the Capulet masquerade ball, Romeo (Leonard Whiting) falls in love with Juliet (Olivia Hussey) at first sight.