Errol Flynn
Age: 50 | From: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Person Details
Birthday: 1909-06-20 13:26:48
Death: 1959-10-14 13:26:48
Aliases: Эррол Флинн , Errol Leslie Flynn
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Movie Involvements: 72
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Bambi Awards
(1948) Self (archive footage)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
(1938) Robin Hood
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941) George Armstrong Custer
Dodge City
(1939) Wade Hatton
Captain Blood
(1935) Dr. Peter Blood
The Sea Hawk
(1940) Captain Geoffrey Thorpe
Santa Fe Trail
(1940) Jeb StuartActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2010 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2009 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Himself (Archive footage) | |
| 2005 | Self / Various Roles (archive footage) (archive sound) | |
| 2002 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1997 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1993 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | (Archive footage) | |
| 1985 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1983 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1982 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1975 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1974 | (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | The American Correspondent | |
| Himself - Reporter | ||
| 1958 | Forsythe | |
| John Barrymore | ||
| 1957 | Mike Campbell | |
| Ned Sherwood | ||
| James Brennan | ||
| 1956 | Self - Guest | |
| 1955 | Richard, King of Laurentia | |
| Prince Edward | ||
| 1954 | John 'Beau' Beaumont | |
| Renzo | ||
| 1953 | Jamie Durie | |
| William Tell | ||
| 1952 | Brian Hawke | |
| Himself / Narrator | ||
| Gregory Mason | ||
| Self | ||
| 1951 | Capt. Michael Fabian | |
| 1950 | Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard | |
| Capt. Lafe Barstow | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| Self - Panelist | ||
| Morgan Lane | ||
| 1949 | Robin Hood (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Soames Forsyte | ||
| Jeffrey Bushdinkle, the Groom (uncredited) | ||
| 1948 | Don Juan de Maraña | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| "Mike" McComb | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1947 | Self | |
| Sebastian Dubrok | ||
| Mark Caldwell | ||
| 1946 | Self | |
| Phil Gayley | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1945 | Clay Hardin | |
| Capt. Nelson | ||
| 1944 | Self | |
| Jean Picard | ||
| 1943 | Corporal Steve Wagner | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Gunnar Brogge | ||
| 1942 | Self | |
| James J. Corbett | ||
| Flight Lt. Terry Forbes | ||
| 1941 | George Armstrong Custer | |
| Douglas S. Lee | ||
| Self | ||
| Francis Monroe Warren II, alias F.X. Pettijohn | ||
| 1940 | Jeb Stuart | |
| Captain Geoffrey Thorpe | ||
| Kerry Bradford | ||
| 1939 | The Earl of Essex | |
| Wade Hatton | ||
| 1938 | Robin Hood (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Capt. Courtney | ||
| Frank Medlin | ||
| Robert Kensington 'Bob' Lansford | ||
| Robin Hood (archive footage) | ||
| Robin Hood | ||
| 1937 | Self | |
| Gerald Beresford Wicks | ||
| Captain Denny Roark | ||
| Miles Hendon | ||
| Dr. Newell Paige | ||
| 1936 | Major Geoffrey Vickers | |
| 1935 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Dr. Peter Blood | ||
| Errol Flynn (uncredited) | ||
| David Van Dusen | ||
| Gregory Moxley | ||
| Dyter | ||
| 1933 | Extra (uncredited) | |
| Fletcher Christian | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Book | |
| 1985 | Book | |
| 1959 | Screenplay | |
| 1951 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Producer | |
| 1953 | Producer | |
| 1947 | Associate Producer | |
| 1944 | Associate Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |