Dave Willetts

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dave Willetts
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Jun 24, 1952(1952-06-24)
Age	72
Birthplace	Birmingham
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Dave Willetts Biography

Dave Willetts is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on June 24, 1952 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. The family was established In Marston Green, Birmingham, in 1952. He was later raised to Acocks Green. He attended Cottesbrooke Infants elementary school, and later on to Sheldon Heath Comprehensive (now known as King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy). His father was employed at Rover. He is a graduate of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme program. After leaving school at the age of 16 He joined Girling Brakes as an apprentice located in Cwmbran, Wales. Then he moved to a different Girlings plant located in Pontypool along with his former girlfriend Lyn. A night out he went with colleagues to watch “No, No Nanette” by the New Venture Players, an amateur drama group from Newport. It was staged in Dolman Theatre. Dolman Theatre. While he has never visited an theatre, and being enthralled by the production and the acting, he began to become interested in amateur drama. He auditioned for New Venture Players next production and finally got the role. Following a decade spent in South Wales, he returned to Birmingham to accept the position of manager. Then, he was an executive in charge of quality for British Leyland, an engineering firm that produces parts used in automotive manufacturing within the Midlands.sheridan engineering However, He also took part in his local Leamington and Warwick Operatic society to play a role in “Music Man”. He later played the role of “Charlie Gordon” in an amateur production of the Charles Strouse musical, Flowers for Algernon which was staged at the Priory Theatre in Kenilworth. Peter McGarry, the theatre critic for The Coventry Evening Telegraph gave him praise for his performance.

He appeared in 2004 when he starred as a character in his role in the West End show Ragtime along with Maria Friedman. In the month of December that same year, he performed as Aladdin as Bromley. He played the leading character of ‘Adam Pontipee’ Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the West End (2006). The tour was a national one in 2002. The actor then took on the part of ‘Emile de Beaucque and the national tour in 2002. He then appeared in the UK tour of Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific that was touring the UK from July 2008 to July.

Willetts has recorded several albums, mostly collections of songs from musicals. Including ‘Once in a Lifetime’, released just before his 60th birthday. He has performed on albums alongside Lesley Garrett, Clive Rowe and Claire Moore amongst others. Including appeared on ‘Music And Songs From Aspects of Love/Phantom of the Opera’ in 2008.

In October 2014, he appeared as Father God in ‘Love Beyond’ at SSE Wembley Arena. Then in 2015, he appeared in ‘Pure Imagination’ at the St James Theatre, London in a musical based on the work by Leslie Bricusse. In 2017, he appeared as the White Rabbit in Wonderland, a new musical by Frank Wildhorn also starring Wendi Peters and Kerry Ellis.

The director Trevor Nunn put Willetts into the cast of the original London production Les Miserables and within a year, he became an understudy to Colm Wilkinson as the leading role of Jean Valjean which Willetts was eventually able to take over when Wilkinson quit at the end of 1986, to be part of his fellow actors in the Broadway company. In 1987, after Michael Crawford departed London for the US premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, Willetts succeeded him at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the West End. He then performed the role of The Phantom in Manchester during the UK tour, to acclaim from critics which culminated in the Evening News Theatre Award. He received his first opportunity to play the role. He starred alongside Petula Clark as Someone Like You, a musical that she had written the music.

Dave Willetts Net Worth

Dave Willetts is one of the richest Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dave Willetts 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Dave Willetts (born 24 June 1952 in Birmingham) is an English actor and singer who is known for playing lead part on stage in West End musicals.

He is married to Lyn (originally originally from Warwickshire,) a former nurse and teacher in the nursery. They were married in 1972. He has two daughters, Kerry as well as Leanne (born at Pontypool, ), and three grandsons which include Rafferty Kit and Rafferty. Kit. They reside in Baginton close to Coventry.

In 2007, Dave played the role of ‘Julian Marsh’ in a UK Tour of 42nd Street. He returned to the role in 2012, when the show again toured the UK. He played Max in a scaled-down production of Sunset Boulevard at the Comedy Theatre (now The Harold Pinter), directed by Craig Revel Horwood in September 2008. For which he was nominated for Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical.

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Dave Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Dave Willetts celebrates birthday on June 24 of every year.