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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

as Self (archive footage)

2009
The Kid Stays in the Picture

as Self (archive footage)

2002
The Roots of Heaven

as Forsythe

1958
The Sun Also Rises

as Mike Campbell

1957
The Big Boodle

as Ned Sherwood

1957
The Dark Avenger

as Prince Edward

1955
Crossed Swords

as Renzo

1954
Against All Flags

as Brian Hawke

1952
Mara Maru

as Gregory Mason

1952
Cruise of the Zaca

as Himself / Narrator

1952
Adventures of Captain Fabian

as Capt. Michael Fabian

1951
Rocky Mountain

as Capt. Lafe Barstow

1950
Kim

as Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard

1950
Montana

as Morgan Lane

1950
That Forsyte Woman

as Soames Forsyte

1949
Rabbit Hood

as Robin Hood (archive footage) (uncredited)

1949
Adventures of Don Juan

as Don Juan de Maraña

1948
Silver River

as "Mike" McComb

1948
Cry Wolf

as Mark Caldwell

1947
Escape Me Never

as Sebastian Dubrok

1947
San Antonio

as Clay Hardin

1945
Objective, Burma!

as Capt. Nelson

1945
Edge of Darkness

as Gunnar Brogge

1943
Northern Pursuit

as Corporal Steve Wagner

1943
Gentleman Jim

as James J. Corbett

1942
Desperate Journey

as Flight Lt. Terry Forbes

1942
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
Santa Fe Trail

as Jeb Stuart

1940
Errol Flynn Errol Flynn

Birthday

1909-06-20

Place of Birth

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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).
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