Errol Flynn

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AKA: Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn
Nationality: Australian
Birthdate: 06/20/1909
Birthplace: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Death Date: 10/14/1959

biography

This swashbuckling, devastatingly handsome and dissolute adventure hero of the 1930s and 40s was just as famed for his off-screen adventures. Born in Tasmania, Flynn spent his youth as a shipping clerk, sailor, plantation manager, gold and diamond prospector, and, finally, an actor. He made his screen debut as Fletcher Christian in the Australian film "In the Wake of the Bounty" (1932), then moved to London for "Murder in Monte Carlo" (1934).

In Hollywood, Flynn spun his wheels in "The Case of the Curious Bride" and "Don't Bet on Blondes" (both 1935), before Warner Brothers made him a leading Continued

Credits

Mike Campbell
1957
John Barrymore
John Beaumont
King Richard of Laurentia
Jim Brennan
Major Forsythe
Prince Edward

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Became second cook on an ocean-going schooner
1926 
Worked as shipping clerk in Sydney, Australia
1927 
Became a government cadet in New Guinea, an overseer on a copra plantation, a partner in a charter schooner, and gold miner in New Guinea
1930 
Bought schooner ("Sirocco"); boat chartered by American filmmakers making film of New Guinea head-hunters who also took footage of skipper (Flynn) which was shown in Australia
1930 
Wrote articles for THE SYDNEY BULLETIN in New Guinea
Continued

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