Whiting also starred in a handful of films during the 1930s, including the British musical Sailing Along (1938) with Jessie Matthews, and the American comedy Give Me a Sailor (1938) with Martha Raye, Bob Hope and Betty Grable. He featured in a dozen popular television shows in the 1950s, as his career drew to a close. In 1953, he won the 10th Annual Donaldson Award for Best Musical Supporting Performance in Hazell Flagg, and came second in 1954, for his role in The Golden Apple.
