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[h3]Errol Flynn was born to parents Theodore Thomson Flynn, a biologist, and Marrelle Young, an adventurous young woman and descendant of a sailor on HMS Bounty. [/h3]
Young Flynn was a unruly child who could be counted on to find trouble. When the family moved to England, Errol managed to have himself thrown out of every school he was enrolled in. In his late teens he set out to find gold, but instead found a series of short lived odd jobs.
Although he hadn't really planned on an acting career, Flynn become a star with his very first film, 'Captain Blood', in 1935. He was typecast as a swashbuckler and played the role in several films including 'The Adventures of Robin Hood', 'The Sea Hawk 'and 'The Adventures of Don Juan'.
He also played opposite Olivia de Havilland in the western movie, 'Dodge City' in 1939.
During the shooting of 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex', Flynn and co-star [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/290:0/Bette_Davis.htm]Bette Davis[/urlnew] had some legendary off-screen fights. His reputation as a womaniser led to the expression "In like Flynn".
He was well known for having wild parties and was eventually brought up on a statutory rape charge, in 1942, by teenagers Betsy Hansen and Peggy Satterlee. The trial took place in January and February of 1943, and Flynn was cleared of the crime, but he suffered both personally and in his career.
By the mid 1950s, he was something of a self-parody, but still won some acclaim as a drunken ne'er-do-well in 'The Sun Also Rises'.
His autobiography was published just months after his death from alcoholism and contains humorous anecdotes about Hollywood. Flynn wanted to call the book 'In Like Me', but his publishers refused. It is instead called 'My Wicked, Wicked Ways'.
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- Errol met his second wife while she was working at a food counter at the courthouse where one of his rape trials was being heard.
- After being banned from drinking on set, Errol would inject oranges with vodka and eat them during his breaks.
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Cuban Rebel Girls (1959)
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
The Big Boodle (1957)
Istanbul (1957)
The Dark Avenger (1955)
King's Rhapsody (1955)
Lilacs in the Spring (1955)
Crossed Swords (1954)
The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
William Tell (1953)
Against All Flags (1952)
Mara Maru (1952)
Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
Hello God (1951)
Kim (1950)
Rocky Mountain (1950)
Montana (1950)
That Forsyte Woman (1949)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Silver River (1948)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Escape Me Never (1947)
Cry Wolf (1947)
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
San Antonio (1945)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Uncertain Glory (1944)
Northern Pursuit (1943)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
Desperate Journey (1942)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Dive Bomber (1941)
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Virginia City (1940)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Dodge City (1939)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
The Sisters (1938) .
Four's a Crowd (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Perfect Specimen (1937)
Another Dawn (1937)
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Green Light (1937)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Captain Blood (1935)
Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
Murder at Monte Carlo (1934)
I Adore You (1933)
In the Wake of the Bounty (1933)
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