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Errol Flynn

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Also known as Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn

Australian actor (1909–1959)

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Errol Flynn was an Australian and American actor and screenwriter. He worked as a character actor and film actor, with a career beginning in 1932. He was employed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and performed in genres including action films, drama films, fantasy films, and film noir. He also wrote in English.

Flynn was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, in 1909. He resided in Hobart, Barnes, Sydney, and Papua New Guinea. He was married to Nora Eddington, Lili Damita, and Patrice Wymore, and had a child named Sean Flynn. He died of a myocardial infarction in Vancouver in 1959. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His works include Showdown, My wicked, wicked ways, Reflections, Errol Flynn. Autobiografía, and L'épreuve de vérité.

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Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • Showdown
  • My wicked, wicked ways
  • Reflections
  • Errol Flynn. Autobiografía
  • L'épreuve de vérité (French Edition)

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Film & TV

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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…

Known for

  • Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood — Self (archive footage)2025
  • Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored — Self (archive footage)2013
  • Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff — Self (archive footage)2010
  • 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — Self (archive footage)2009
  • Warner at War — (archive footage)2008
  • Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn — Self (archive footage)2007
  • The Adventures of Errol Flynn — Self / Various Roles (archive footage) (archive sound)2005
  • The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender — Self (archive footage)1997
  • Touring Australia — Self (archive footage)1993
  • Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths — (archive footage)1990

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Australia
Active from
1909
Active to
1959
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Listeners
260
Total plays
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Errol Leslie Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American film actor, known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films and his flamboyant lifestyle. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Errol+Flynn">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Flynn
Gender
male
Citizenship
Australia
Place of death
Vancouver
Spouse
Patrice Wymore
Father
Theodore Thomson Flynn
Occupation
director
Employer
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Award
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Genre
war film
Official website
www.errolflynn.net
Image
Errol Flynn1.jpg
Height
186
Residence
Port Antonio
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place of burial
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Commons category
Errol Flynn
cause of death
myocardial infarction
date of birth
1909-06-20
date of death
1959-10-14
manner of death
natural causes
Commons gallery
Errol Flynn
start of work period
1932-00-00
writing language
English language
unmarried partner
Beverly Aadland
birth name
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn
end of work period
1959-00-00
name in native language
Errol Flynn
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Encyclopedic overview

Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian and American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia de Havilland and reputation for his womanising and hedonistic personal life.

Flynn's roles include Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), which was later named by the American Film Institute as the 18th-greatest hero in American film history; the lead role in Captain Blood (1935); Major Geoffrey Vickers in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936); and as the hero in a number of Westerns such as Dodge City (1939), Santa Fe Trail, Virginia City (both 1940) and San Antonio (1945).

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