Errol Flynn

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: Acting

Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1909-06-20

Died: 1959-10-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1933	In the Wake of the Bounty	Fletcher Christian	48
2	1933	I Adore You	Extra (uncredited)	0
3	1935	Murder at Monte Carlo	Dyter	0
4	1935	The Case of the Curious Bride	Gregory Moxley	60
5	1935	Don't Bet on Blondes	David Van Dusen	50
6	1935	Pirate Party on Catalina Isle	Errol Flynn	56
7	1935	Captain Blood	Dr. Peter Blood	72
8	1935	A Dream Comes True	Himself (uncredited)	55
9	1936	The Charge of the Light Brigade	Major Geoffrey Vickers	65
10	1937	Green Light	Dr. Newell Paige	63
11	1937	The Prince and the Pauper	Miles Hendon	67
12	1937	Another Dawn	Captain Denny Roark	62
13	1937	The Perfect Specimen	Gerald Beresford Wicks	57
14	1937	Breakdowns of 1937	Self	60
15	1938	The Adventures of Robin Hood	Robin Hood	75
16	1938	Out Where the Stars Begin	Robin Hood (archive footage)	65
17	1938	Four's a Crowd	Robert Kensington 'Bob' Lansford	51
18	1938	The Sisters	Frank Medlin	61
19	1938	The Dawn Patrol	Capt. Courtney	68
20	1938	Breakdowns of 1938	Robin Hood (archive footage) (uncredited)	50
21	1939	Dodge City	Wade Hatton	69
22	1939	The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex	The Earl of Essex	63
23	1940	Virginia City	Kerry Bradford	61
24	1940	The Sea Hawk	Captain Geoffrey Thorpe	72
25	1940	Santa Fe Trail	Jeb Stuart	57
26	1941	Dive Bomber	Douglas S. Lee	63
27	1941	Footsteps in the Dark	Francis Monroe Warren II, alias F.X. Pettijohn	69
28	1941	Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1	Self	0
29	1941	They Died with Their Boots On	George Armstrong Custer	66
30	1942	Desperate Journey	Flight Lt. Terry Forbes	58
31	1942	Gentleman Jim	James J. Corbett	72
32	1942	Breakdowns of 1942	Self	60
33	1943	Edge of Darkness	Gunnar Brogge	61
34	1943	Show-Business at War	Self	70
35	1943	Thank Your Lucky Stars	Self	61
36	1943	Northern Pursuit	Corporal Steve Wagner	59
37	1944	Uncertain Glory	Jean Picard	66
38	1944	Breakdowns of 1944	Self	65
39	1945	Objective, Burma!	Capt. Nelson	68
40	1945	San Antonio	Clay Hardin	57
41	1946	Peeks at Hollywood		0
42	1946	Never Say Goodbye	Phil Gayley	63
43	1946	Blow-Ups of 1946	Self	60
44	1947	Cry Wolf	Mark Caldwell	59
45	1947	Escape Me Never	Sebastian Dubrok	47
46	1947	Blow-Ups of 1947	Self	63
47	1948	Silver River	"Mike" McComb	59
48	1948	Adventures of Don Juan	Don Juan de Maraña	64
49	1949	It's a Great Feeling	Jeffrey Bushdinkle, the Groom (uncredited)	59
50	1949	That Forsyte Woman	Soames Forsyte	59
51	1949	Rabbit Hood	Robin Hood (archive footage) (uncredited)	67
52	1950	Montana	Morgan Lane	56
53	1950	Rocky Mountain	Capt. Lafe Barstow	57
54	1950	Kim	Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard	62
55	1951	Adventures of Captain Fabian	Capt. Michael Fabian	52
56	1952	Deep Sea Fishing	Self	0
57	1952	Mara Maru	Gregory Mason	48
58	1952	Cruise of the Zaca	Himself / Narrator	55
59	1952	Against All Flags	Brian Hawke	61
60	1953	The Story of William Tell	William Tell	0
61	1953	The Master of Ballantrae	Jamie Durie	57
62	1954	Crossed Swords	Renzo	40
63	1954	Lilacs in the Spring	John 'Beau' Beaumont	55
64	1955	The Dark Avenger	Prince Edward	60
65	1955	King's Rhapsody	Richard, King of Laurentia	30
66	1956	The Sword of Villon	Francois Villon	0
67	1957	Istanbul	James Brennan	60
68	1957	The Big Boodle	Ned Sherwood	49
69	1957	The Sun Also Rises	Mike Campbell	59
70	1958	Too Much, Too Soon	John Barrymore	49
71	1958	The Roots of Heaven	Forsythe	62
72	1959	The Truth About Fidel Castro Revolution	Himself - Reporter	90
73	1959	Cuban Rebel Girls	The American Correspondent	20
74	1969	The Extraordinary Seaman	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	26
75	1974	That's Entertainment!	(archive footage) (uncredited)	73
76	1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)	57
77	1976	Hooray for Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	0
78	1982	Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!	Self (archive footage)	60
79	1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	65
80	1985	Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers	Self (archive footage)	0
81	1990	Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths	(archive footage)	57
82	1993	Touring Australia	Self (archive footage)	0
83	1997	The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender	Self (archive footage)	52
84	2002	The Kid Stays in the Picture	Self (archive footage)	66
85	2005	The Adventures of Errol Flynn	Self / Various Roles (archive footage) (archive sound)	78
86	2007	Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn	Self (archive footage)	90
87	2009	1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year	Self (archive footage)	75
88	2010	Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff	Self (archive footage)	67
89	2013	Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored	Self (archive footage)	55
90	2025	Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	68

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Bambi Awards	Self (archive footage)	90
2	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
3	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Panelist	68
4	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	68
5	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	70
6	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Francois Villon	65
7	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Guest	50
8	1956	The Errol Flynn Theatre	Self - Host	0