Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (1909 - 1959)

Born 20 Jun 1909 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Lenora Verna Eddington — married about 1943 (to about 1949) in California, USA

Husband of Patricia Ann (Wymore) Flynn — married 23 Oct 1950 in Monaco

Died 14 Oct 1959 at age 50 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Errol Flynn is Notable.

Errol Flynn was an Australian actor who gained worldwide fame during what was known as Hollywood's "Golden" era and was best known for his romantic swashbuckler roles in films.

Life Events

Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was born on 20th June 1909 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, the only son and eldest child of Theodore Flynn and Lily née Young.

He attended several schools in Hobart but was expelled from each of them. Showing an early aptitude for acting, he made his first appearance, aged just nine years, as a page boy to Enid Lyons (an Australian politician, she was the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives and the first woman to serve in the federal cabinet) in a Queen carnival (a fund-raising event). By 1924 Errol had been sent to a private boarding school in London, England, where he remained for two years. After he returned to Australia, he attended the Sydney Church of England Grammar School ("Shore"), from which he was expelled for theft.
After a brief stint as a junior clerk in Sydney, at age 18 he tried his hand at tobacco planting and gold mining in the Morobe Goldfield, to Papua New Guinea. he spent the next several years between New Guinea and Sydney.

In 1932 his acting career began in earnest when he played the part of Fletcher Christian in Charles Chauvel's film In the Wake of the Bounty.

In 1933 he went to England where he acted with the Northampton Repertory Company until signing a contract with Warner Brothers. After Murder at Monte Carlo, he moved to California, where he shot to stardom in 1935 as the swashbuckling hero in Captain Blood. He made about sixty films in his heyday as one of Hollywood's most handsome actors. The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Dawn Patrol, The Prince and the Pauper, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, and The Sea Hawk are some of his more famous films. He was granted American citizenship in 1942. In his later years he lived mostly aboard his schooner Zaca.

Errol passed away, aged just fifty years, on 14th October 1959 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Sources

• William Bryden, Flynn, Theodore Thomson (1883–1968), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, First published in hardcopy 1981
• TCM Bio
• findagrave.com

See also:

• Wikipedia: Errol Flynn
• Wikidata: Item Q93188, en:Wikipedia
• THE WEEK-END IN SYDNEY (1930, February 17). Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), p. 5 (DAILY). Retrieved February 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84921672
• AVALON THEATRE. (1934, January 12). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved February 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24903283
• A VISIT TO HOLLYWOOD (1935, May 4). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 12. Retrieved February 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30084791
• My son, Errol (1959, December 30). The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), p. 3. Retrieved February 27, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44024191

People - LifeTree (Links)

• Charles Edward Chauvel OBE (1897 - 1959). Australian filmmaker
• Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG AC CH, 19th prime minister of Australia (1968 to 1971)