Dave Willetts (born 24 June 1952 in Birmingham) is an English singer
and actor known for having leading roles in West End musicals.Born in
Marston Green, Birmingham, in 1952 and then brought up in Acocks
Green. He first went to Cottesbrooke Infants primary school and later
to Sheldon Heath Comprehensive (now known as King Edward VI Sheldon
Heath Academy). His father worked at Rover. He has completed a Duke of
Edinburgh Award Scheme programme. After leaving school at 16, he
joined Girling Brakes as an apprentice, in Cwmbran, Wales. He then
moved to another Girlings plant in Pontypool, with his then girlfriend
Lyn. One night he went out with workmates to see “No, No Nanetteâ€
by the New Venture Players, an amateur drama group based in Newport.
based at the Dolman Theatre. Despite rarely ever visiting a theatre,
impressed by the play, he became interested in amateur dramatics. He
auditioned for the New Venture Players next production, added finally
landed a role. After 10 years in South Wales, he returned to
Birmingham to take up a managerial post. He then worked as a quality
manager for British Leyland, an engineering company producing
components for the automotive industry in the Midlands.sheridan
engineering But he also joined the Leamington and Warwick Operatic
society to later star in “Music Man†. He then played 'Charlie
Gordon' in amateur production of Charles Strouse musical, Flowers for
Algernon, at the Priory Theatre in Kenilworth. Peter McGarry, the
theatre critic of the Coventry Evening Telegraph gave him a rave
review of his performance.He then came to the attention of Bob Hamlyn,
artistic director of the Belgrade Theatre, in Coventry who cast him as
"third flunky from the left" in another show by Strouse, Annie. It was
at this time, while Willetts was in his thirties, that he began his
meteoric rise to the top, with the support of his wife. He decided to
give up his management career and became an 'actor', while working
part-time as a waiter and his wife as a childminder.
and actor known for having leading roles in West End musicals.Born in
Marston Green, Birmingham, in 1952 and then brought up in Acocks
Green. He first went to Cottesbrooke Infants primary school and later
to Sheldon Heath Comprehensive (now known as King Edward VI Sheldon
Heath Academy). His father worked at Rover. He has completed a Duke of
Edinburgh Award Scheme programme. After leaving school at 16, he
joined Girling Brakes as an apprentice, in Cwmbran, Wales. He then
moved to another Girlings plant in Pontypool, with his then girlfriend
Lyn. One night he went out with workmates to see “No, No Nanetteâ€
by the New Venture Players, an amateur drama group based in Newport.
based at the Dolman Theatre. Despite rarely ever visiting a theatre,
impressed by the play, he became interested in amateur dramatics. He
auditioned for the New Venture Players next production, added finally
landed a role. After 10 years in South Wales, he returned to
Birmingham to take up a managerial post. He then worked as a quality
manager for British Leyland, an engineering company producing
components for the automotive industry in the Midlands.sheridan
engineering But he also joined the Leamington and Warwick Operatic
society to later star in “Music Man†. He then played 'Charlie
Gordon' in amateur production of Charles Strouse musical, Flowers for
Algernon, at the Priory Theatre in Kenilworth. Peter McGarry, the
theatre critic of the Coventry Evening Telegraph gave him a rave
review of his performance.He then came to the attention of Bob Hamlyn,
artistic director of the Belgrade Theatre, in Coventry who cast him as
"third flunky from the left" in another show by Strouse, Annie. It was
at this time, while Willetts was in his thirties, that he began his
meteoric rise to the top, with the support of his wife. He decided to
give up his management career and became an 'actor', while working
part-time as a waiter and his wife as a childminder.
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