His career took off and he featured in many musicals where, as stated by Broadway chronicler Thomas Hischak: "he played the all-American boy who gets the all-American girl". Whiting’s debut on Broadway was in the 1922 edition of Ziegfeld Follies, in which he sang " Flappers" with the Connor Twins (sisters Thelma and Velma) during a dance by Jimmy Nervo.
Career 1922–1930: Early Broadway musicals, "You're the Cream in My Coffee" Whiting was born on Jin Philadelphia, where he worked as a stenographer before going on the vaudeville stage as a young amateur actor with the Mask and Wig Club at the University of Pennsylvania, and developing a career as a singer and dancer, often portraying a smiling, blond leading man.
1953 Donaldson Award for Best Musical Supporting Performance