b. 22 June 1901 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 15 February 1961, New York City, New York, USA. On stage from his youth, by the 20s Whiting was often on Broadway and usually in musicals. His appearances in this decade include Aren't We All? and Stepping Stones (both 1923), Annie Dear (1924), When You Smile (1925), Rainbow Rose, The Ramblers (1926), Yes, Yes, Yvette (1927), She's My Baby and Hold Everything! (both 1928), and Heads Up (1929). In the 30s he was in America's Sweetheart (1931, singing Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's ‘I've Got Five Dollars' with Ann Sothern), ...