Errol Flynn

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1909-06-20

Deathday 1959-10-14 (50 years old)

Place of Birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Also Known As Эррол Флинн, Errol Leslie Flynn

Errol Flynn

Biography

Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (June 20, 1909 - October 14, 1959) was an Australian-American actor and writer. He is popularly remembered as a charismatic romantic hero in the eight films he starred in with Olivia de Havilland. Flynn’s most iconic role came as Robin Hood in "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938). After signing with Warner Bros. Pictures in January 1935, Flynn’s rise to stardom was swift. The studio decided to take a risk casting the unknown 26-year-old as the lead in "Captain Blood" (1935). The film established Flynn as a major Hollywood star and the natural successor to Douglas Fairbanks. The smash hit was followed up by "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1936) and "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938), the most expensive film Warner Bros. had made up to that time. In spite of his Australian accent, Flynn starred in the enormously successful westerns "Dodge City" (1939), "Virginia City" (1940), "Santa Fe Trail" (1940), and "They Died with Their Boots On" (1941). The popularly of these westerns played a part in the genre’s revival. In late 1942, Flynn was charged with statutory rape of two 17-year-old girls. Despite his acquittal, press coverage of the trial led to the ubiquity of the expression, “In like Flynn.” With America’s involvement in WWII, Flynn had tried to enlist but was rated 4-F due to his enlarged heart, latent pulmonary tuberculosis and recurrent malaria (contracted in New Guinea). During the war, he made several films with the director Raoul Walsh. These include "Gentleman Jim" (1942) – one of Flynn’s favorite roles – and war films such as "Desperate Journey" (1942) and "Objective, Burma!" (1945). Embittered by his public image as a womanizer and his inability to serve in the war, Flynn further descended into a life of drug-addiction and alcoholism. His slow deflation became apparent in the waning success of his films and his aging physical appearance. By the late '50s, Flynn mounted a comeback with his turns in "The Sun Also Rises" (1957), "Too Much, Too Soon" (1958) and "The Roots of Heaven" (1958). In 1959, he died of a heart attack in Vancouver, Canada. Flynn’s notorious autobiography "My Wicked, Wicked Ways" (1959) was posthumously published. He also wrote two novels: "Beam Ends" (1937) and "Showdown" (1946).

Known For

Actor

2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

2010
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn

as Self / Various Roles (archive footage) (archive sound)

2002
The Kid Stays in the Picture

as Self (archive footage)

1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)

1993
Touring Australia

as Self (archive footage)

1985
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

as Self (archive footage)

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1974
That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1959
Cuban Rebel Girls

as The American Correspondent

1959
1958
1958
Too Much, Too Soon

as John Barrymore

1957
The Sun Also Rises

as Mike Campbell

1957
The Big Boodle

as Ned Sherwood

1957
Istanbul

as James Brennan

1956
The Sword of Villon

as Francois Villon

1956
1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

1955
King's Rhapsody

as Richard, King of Laurentia

1955
The Dark Avenger

as Prince Edward

1955
Screen Director's Playhouse

as Francois Villon

1954
Lilacs in the Spring

as John 'Beau' Beaumont

1954
1953
1953
1952
Against All Flags

as Brian Hawke

1952
Cruise of the Zaca

as Himself / Narrator

1952
Mara Maru

as Gregory Mason

1952
1951
Adventures of Captain Fabian

as Capt. Michael Fabian

1950
Kim

as Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard

1950
Rocky Mountain

as Capt. Lafe Barstow

1950
Montana

as Morgan Lane

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Rabbit Hood

as Robin Hood (archive footage) (uncredited)

1949
That Forsyte Woman

as Soames Forsyte

1949
It's a Great Feeling

as Jeffrey Bushdinkle, the Groom (uncredited)

1948
Adventures of Don Juan

as Don Juan de Maraña

1948
Silver River

as "Mike" McComb

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self (archive footage)

1948
Bambi Awards

as Self (archive footage)

1947
1947
Escape Me Never

as Sebastian Dubrok

1947
Cry Wolf

as Mark Caldwell

1946
1946
Never Say Goodbye

as Phil Gayley

1945
San Antonio

as Clay Hardin

1945
Objective, Burma!

as Capt. Nelson

1944
1944
Uncertain Glory

as Jean Picard

1943
Northern Pursuit

as Corporal Steve Wagner

1943
Edge of Darkness

as Gunnar Brogge

1942
1942
Gentleman Jim

as James J. Corbett

1942
Desperate Journey

as Flight Lt. Terry Forbes

1941
They Died with Their Boots On

as George Armstrong Custer

1941
Footsteps in the Dark

as Francis Monroe Warren II, alias F.X. Pettijohn

1941
Dive Bomber

as Douglas S. Lee

1940
Santa Fe Trail

as Jeb Stuart

1940
The Sea Hawk

as Captain Geoffrey Thorpe

1940
Virginia City

as Kerry Bradford

1939
Dodge City

as Wade Hatton

1938
Breakdowns of 1938

as Robin Hood (archive footage) (uncredited)

1938
The Dawn Patrol

as Capt. Courtney

1938
The Sisters

as Frank Medlin

1938
Four's a Crowd

as Robert Kensington 'Bob' Lansford

1938
Out Where the Stars Begin

as Robin Hood (archive footage)

1937
1937
The Perfect Specimen

as Gerald Beresford Wicks

1937
Another Dawn

as Captain Denny Roark

1937
1937
Green Light

as Dr. Newell Paige

1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade

as Major Geoffrey Vickers

1935
A Dream Comes True

as Himself (uncredited)

1935
Captain Blood

as Dr. Peter Blood

1935
Don't Bet on Blondes

as David Van Dusen

1935
1933
I Adore You

as Extra (uncredited)

1933
In the Wake of the Bounty

as Fletcher Christian

Producer

1954
Crossed Swords

as Producer

1947
Cry Wolf

as Associate Producer

1944
Uncertain Glory

as Associate Producer

Director

1952
Cruise of the Zaca

as Director

1952
Deep Sea Fishing

as Director