15 Facts About Mark Wynter

Mark Wynter was born on Terence Sidney Lewis; 29 January 1943 and is an English singer and actor, who had four Top 20 singles in the 1960s, including "Venus in Blue Jeans" and "Go Away Little Girl".

Mark Wynter enjoyed a lengthy career from 1960 to 1968 as a pop singer and teen idol, and developed later into an actor in film, musicals and plays.

Mark Wynter was entered as one of the contenders for the UK's place in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, with "Dream Girl", but finished fourth behind The Allisons.

Mark Wynter's cover version of the American hit by Jimmy Clanton, "Venus in Blue Jeans", was his biggest success.

Some recorded material came to light in 2004 when Wynter discovered old tapes.

On 8 April 1968 Mark Wynter escaped from a burning Boeing 707 aircraft, BOAC Flight 712, upon which he had been a passenger, and which had exploded shortly after landing back at Heathrow Airport following a fire in its number 2 engine, killing five people, including stewardess Barbara Jane Harrison, who was posthumously awarded the George Cross.

Mark Wynter played the leading role in Conduct Unbecoming for more than a year at the Queen's Theatre in London, and for six months in Australia.

Mark Wynter appeared with Julia McKenzie in On the Twentieth Century, and in Charley's Aunt.

Mark Wynter starred in Side By Side By Sondheim in Toronto, Chichester, and on the UK tour.

Mark Wynter has appeared frequently in the rest of the UK and portrayed Emile de Becque in a UK national tour of South Pacific.

Mark Wynter was still working actively and successfully in theatre throughout the English speaking world well into the 1990s.

In 2007, Mark Wynter toured the UK in a number of plays and musicals.

Mark Wynter toured in plays for producer Bill Kenwright, and pop tours for The Flying Music Company.

In 2017, Mark Wynter went on a UK tour with The Solid Gold Rock'n'Roll Show, which featured Eden Kane, Marty Wilde and Mike Berry.

Mark Wynter is married to Emma, and has three children.