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Errol Flynn is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Associate Producer and Technical Supervisor Australien born on 20 june 1909 at Hobart (Australie)

Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn
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Birth name Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn
Nationality Australie
Birth 20 june 1909 at Hobart (Australie)
Death 14 october 1959 (at 50 years) at Vancouver (Canada)

Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in Hollywood films.

Biography

Lifestyle
Flynn developed a reputation for womanising, hard drinking, and for a time in the 1940s, narcotics abuse. The expression "in like Flynn" is said to have been coined to refer to the supreme ease with which he reputedly seduced women, though there is dispute about its origin. Flynn was reportedly fond of the expression, and later claimed that he wanted to call his memoir In Like Me. (The publisher insisted on a more tasteful title, My Wicked, Wicked Ways.)

His lifestyle caught up with him in 1942 when two under-age girls, Betty Hansen and Peggy Satterlee, accused him of statutory rape at the Bel Air home of Flynn's friend Frederick McEvoy and on board Flynn's yacht, respectively. The scandal received immense press attention. Many of Flynn's fans, assuming that his screen persona was a reflection of his actual personality, refused to accept that the charges were true. Some founded organisations to publicly protest the accusation. (One such group, the American Boys' Club for the Defense of Errol Flynn—ABCDEF—accumulated a substantial membership that included William F. Buckley, Jr.) The trial took place in late January and early February 1943; Flynn's attorney, Jerry Giesler, impugned the women's character and morals, and accused them of numerous indiscretions, including affairs with married men and abortions. Flynn was acquitted, but the trial's widespread coverage and lurid overtones permanently damaged his carefully cultivated screen image as an idealised romantic lead player.


Marriages and family

Flynn was married three times: to actress Lili Damita from 1935 until 1942 (one son, Sean Flynn, 31 May 1941-disappeared 1971); to Nora Eddington from 1943 until 1949 (two daughters, Deirdre born 1945 and Rory born 1947); and to actress Patrice Wymore from 1950 until his death (one daughter, Arnella Roma, 1953–98). In Hollywood, he tended to refer to himself as Irish rather than Australian (his father Theodore Thomson Flynn had been a biologist and a professor at the Queen's University of Belfast in Northern Ireland during the latter part of his career). After quitting Hollywood, Flynn lived with Wymore in Port Antonio, Jamaica in the early 1950s. He was largely responsible for developing tourism to this area and for a while owned the Titchfield Hotel which was decorated by the artist Olga Lehmann. He also popularised trips down rivers on bamboo rafts.

Flynn was a longtime friend of the painter Boris Smirnoff, who painted his portrait several times, as well as those of Lili Damita, Patrice Wymore and celebrity friends such as Edward G. Robinson, Jean Harlow, Norma Shearer and Barbara Stanwyck.

The gossips took note of his close friendships with Lupe Vélez, Marlene Dietrich, Dolores del Río and Carole Lombard. Lombard is said to have resisted his advances. She had already met and fallen in love with Clark Gable, but she liked Flynn and invited him to her extravagant soirees.

His only son, Sean (born 31 May 1941), was an actor and war correspondent. He and his colleague Dana Stone disappeared in Cambodia in 1970, during the Vietnam War, while both were working as freelance photojournalists for Time magazine. Neither man's remains has ever been found, and it is generally assumed that they were killed by Khmer Rouge guerillas. After a decade-long search financed by his mother, Sean was officially declared dead in 1984.

In 2010 a British team uncovered the remains of a Western hostage in the Cambodian jungle, but DNA comparisons with samples from the Flynn family were negative. Sean's life is recounted in the book Inherited Risk: Errol and Sean Flynn in Hollywood and Vietnam.

Flynn's daughter Rory has one son, Sean Rio Flynn, named after her half-brother. He is an actor.

Best films

Kim (1950)
(Actor)
Adventures of Don Juan (1949)
(Actor)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
(Actor)
San Antonio (1945)
(Actor)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
(Actor)

Usually with

Jack Warner
Jack Warner
(23 films)
Perc Westmore
Perc Westmore
(23 films)
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(20 films)
Max Steiner
Max Steiner
(16 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Errol Flynn (72 films)

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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff, 1h26
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Marlene Dietrich, Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Orson Welles, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating76% 3.832483.832483.832483.832483.83248
En 2001, Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) est devenu le premier directeur de la photographie de l'histoire des Oscars à recevoir un Oscar d'honneur. Mais la première fois qu'il a serré la célèbre statuette dans sa main, c'était un demi-siècle plus tôt, lorsque son travail de caméra en Technicolor avait été récompensé pour le Narcisse noir de Powell et Pressburger. Au-delà de The African Queen de John Huston et de War and Peace de King Vidor, les films du duo créatif britannico-hongrois (The Red Shoes et A Matter of Life and Death également) garantissent l'immortalité au célèbre caméraman dont la carrière s'étend sur soixante-dix ans.
The Kid Stays in the Picture, 1h33
Directed by Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Robert Evans, Eddie Albert, Norma Shearer, Ali MacGraw, Francis Ford Coppola, Catherine Deneuve
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating72% 3.6454853.6454853.6454853.6454853.645485
The book chronicles Evans' rise from childhood to radio star to film star to production chief of Paramount Pictures to independent producer, his marriage to Ali MacGraw, his downfall including his 1980 cocaine bust and implication in the murder of Roy Radin, aka "The Cotton Club Murder", his banishment from Paramount Pictures, and his return to the studio in the early 1990s.
Cinema Paradiso, 1h58
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about films, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi, Jacques Perrin, Brigitte Fossey, Antonella Attili
Roles Robin Hood (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating84% 4.2495954.2495954.2495954.2495954.249595
In Rome, in the 1980s, famous Italian film director Salvatore Di Vita returns home late one evening, where his girlfriend sleepily tells him that his mother called to say someone named Alfredo has died. Salvatore obviously shies from committed relationships and has not been to his home village of Giancaldo, Sicily in 30 years. As his girlfriend asks him who Alfredo is, Salvatore flashes back to his childhood.
That's Entertainment!, 2h15
Directed by Jack Haley Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities, Musical films, Documentary films about films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli
Roles (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.89473.89473.89473.89473.8947
Cette nostalgique leçon d'histoire recèle les trésors cachés des plus grandes comédies musicales de la MGM ainsi que de nombreux autres extraits merveilleux mais moins célèbres, avec Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante, Eleanor Powell et même Clark Gable chantant et dansant. « Il était une fois Hollywood » est une véritable gourmandise pour cinéphiles et amateurs de comédies musicales.
Hollywood Without Make-Up
Directed by Ken Murray
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about cities
Actors Kirk Douglas, Ken Murray, Cary Grant, June Allyson, George K. Arthur, Eddie Albert
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating71% 3.578353.578353.578353.578353.57835
The film consists of archive footage of famous Hollywood stars, mostly home movies showing the stars as themselves instead of playing a role in front of the camera.
Cuban Rebel Girls, 1h8
Directed by Barry Mahon, Allen Baron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Beverly Aadland, Errol Flynn, Allen Baron
Roles The American Correspondent
Rating34% 1.704161.704161.704161.704161.70416
Errol Flynn arrives in Cuba on behalf of the Hearst Press, to do a series of articles on the revolution of Fidel Castro. He notices some changes in Cuba caused by the rebellion.
Cuban Story, 50minutes
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Errol Flynn
Roles Himself - Reporter
Rating62% 3.140213.140213.140213.140213.14021
The Roots of Heaven, 2h7
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Environmental films, Politique, Mise en scène d'un éléphant, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Trevor Howard, Juliette Gréco, Errol Flynn, Eddie Albert, Grégoire Aslan, Orson Welles
Roles Forsythe
Rating62% 3.1477853.1477853.1477853.1477853.147785
Set in French Equatorial Africa, the film tells the story of Morel (Trevor Howard), a crusading environmentalist who sets out to preserve the elephants from extinction as a lasting symbol of freedom for all humanity. He is helped by Minna (Juliette Gréco), a nightclub hostess, and Forsythe (Errol Flynn), a disgraced British military officer hoping to redeem himself.
Too Much, Too Soon, 2h1
Directed by Art Napoleon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about television
Actors Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn, Efrem Zimbalist II, Martin Milner, Neva Patterson, Ray Danton
Roles John Barrymore
Rating63% 3.195353.195353.195353.195353.19535
Fourteen-year-old Diana Barrymore is being raised by her domineering mother, a poet. Her father, the famed actor John Barrymore, has not laid eyes on Diana for 10 years, but they share an evening on his boat before John abandons her again.
The Sun Also Rises, 2h10
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about writers, Films about journalists, Sports films, Bullfighting films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn, Eddie Albert, Gregory Ratoff
Roles Mike Campbell
Rating61% 3.0992053.0992053.0992053.0992053.099205
Paris, 1922. Jake Barnes vit à Paris depuis sa démobilisation de la guerre 14/18 et il est journaliste au « New York Herald ». Un soir, il se rend à un bal musette où il retrouve des amis dont le romancier Robert Cohn. Arrive Lady Brett Ashley qui n’est pas une inconnue pour Jake. Elle fut son infirmière à l’hôpital pendant la guerre où ils tombèrent amoureux mais à la suite de sa blessure contractée sur le champ de bataille, Jake est devenu impuissant. Depuis, ils entretiennent une amitié amoureuse. Pour tenter d’oublier cette déconvenue Brett multiplie les aventures. Elle a promis d’épouser un Écossais Mike Campbell, joyeux drille plutôt porté sur la bouteille, tout en étant très courtisée notamment par Robert Cohn qui tombe immédiatement fou d’elle. En compagnie de son ancien compagnon d’armes, Bill Gorton, Jake part à Pampelune en Espagne assister aux corridas. À peine arrivé aux fêtes de la San Fermin, Jake a la surprise de retrouver Brett entourée de tous ses prétendants. Le groupe ne se quitte plus, et participe à toutes les festivités : débarquement des taureaux, encierro à travers les rues, corrida… Brett se laisse courtiser par un jeune torero, Pedro Romero, sous le regard furieux de Robert qui finit par agresser le jeune homme. Le lendemain, Pedro triomphe aux arènes et Jake apprend que Brett s’est enfuie en compagnie du torero. Pour Robert et Mike, la fête est finie. C’est à Biarritz que Jake reçoit des nouvelles de Brett, elle lui lance un appel de détresse espérant démarrer une nouvelle vie avec lui.
Istanbul
Istanbul (1957)
, 1h24
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Errol Flynn, Cornell Borchers, John Bentley, Torin Thatcher, Leif Erickson, Peggy Knudsen
Roles James Brennan
Rating60% 3.0494253.0494253.0494253.0494253.049425
An American becomes mixed up with various criminal activities in Istanbul.
The Big Boodle, 1h24
Directed by Richard Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Errol Flynn, Rosanna Rory, Pedro Armendáriz, Gia Scala, Carlos Rivas, Jacques Aubuchon
Roles Ned Sherwood
Rating56% 2.8057052.8057052.8057052.8057052.805705
Ned Sherwood est croupier à La Havane et se trouve en possession de faux billets sans le vouloir. Des hommes vont partir à sa recherche.
The Big Boodle
Directed by Richard Wilson
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendáriz, Gia Scala, Luis Oquendo, Jacques Aubuchon, Sandro Giglio
Roles Ned Sherwood
Rating56% 2.8057052.8057052.8057052.8057052.805705
In Cuba a man finds himself caught in an opposing situation between criminals and the police.