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).
Self (archive footage)
Film 1985
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Film 1990
Jamie Durie
Film 1953
Phil Gayley
Film 1946
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Film 1943
Brian Hawke
Film 1952
Ned Sherwood
Film 1957
Francis Monroe Warren II, alias F.X. Pettijohn
Film 1941
Jeffrey Bushdinkle, the Groom (uncredited)
Film 1949
Capt. Courtney
Film 1938
Clay Hardin
Film 1945
Kerry Bradford
Film 1940
Capt. Lafe Barstow
Film 1950
Robert Kensington 'Bob' Lansford
Film 1938
Douglas S. Lee
Film 1941
"Mike" McComb
Film 1948
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Film 1983
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Film 1943
Jean Picard
Film 1944
David Van Dusen
Film 1935
Gregory Mason
Film 1952
Captain Denny Roark
Film 1937
Gregory Moxley
Film 1935
Prince Edward
Film 1955
Forsythe
Film 1958
John Barrymore
Film 1958
Robin Hood (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1949
Himself / Narrator
Film 1952
Morgan Lane
Film 1950
Sebastian Dubrok
Film 1947
Self / Various Roles (archive footage) (archive sound)
Film 2005
Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard
Film 1950
Dyter
Film 1935
Dr. Newell Paige
Film 1937
Fletcher Christian
Film 1933
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Film 1941
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Film 1993
James Brennan
Film 1957
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Film 1982
The American Correspondent
Film 1959
John 'Beau' Beaumont
Film 1954
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Film 2013
William Tell
Film 1953
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Film 1974
Renzo
Film 1954
Himself - Reporter
Film 1959
Richard, King of Laurentia
Film 1955
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Film 1933
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Film 1947
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Film 2002
Robin Hood (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1938
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Film 1935
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Film 1937
Errol Flynn
Film 1935
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Film 1944
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Film 1946
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Film 1943
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Film 1975
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Film 2007
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Film 1946
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Film 1952
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Film 2010
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Film 1942
Francois Villon
Film 1956
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Tv 1950
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Tv 1948
Self - Guest
Tv 1956
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Tv 1948
Self - Host
Tv 1956
Self - Panelist
Tv 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Tv 1950
Francois Villon
Tv 1955