![]() ![]() He made one of his first appearances as a performer in 1918, aged nine, when he served as a page boy to Enid Lyons in a queen carnival. He attended The Hutchins School, Hobart College, The Friends School and Albuera Street Primary School and was expelled from each one. ![]() Future World Correspondence Chess Champion Cecil Purdy was one of his classmates. įlynn received his early schooling in Hobart. Despite Flynn's claims, the evidence indicates that he was not descended from any of the Bounty mutineers. Both of his parents were Australian-born of Irish, English and Scottish descent. Flynn described his mother's family as "seafaring folk" and this appears to be where his lifelong interest in boats and the sea originated. His mother was born Lily Mary Young, but shortly after marrying Theodore at St John's Church of England, Birchgrove, Sydney, on 23 January 1909, she changed her first name to Marelle. His father, Theodore Thomson Flynn, was a lecturer (1909) and later professor (1911) of biology at the University of Tasmania. His most notable roles include Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), which was later named by the American Film Institute as the 18th greatest hero in American film history, the lead role in Captain Blood (1935), Major Geoffrey Vickers in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), and the hero in a number of Westerns such as Dodge City (1939), Santa Fe Trail (1940), and San Antonio (1945).Įarly life Flynn, alongside Enid Lyons, as a page boy in a queen carnival at the age of nine Flynn at South West London College in 1923Įrrol Leslie Thomson Flynn was born on 20 June 1909 at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Battery Point, Tasmania. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia de Havilland, and reputation for his womanising and hedonistic personal life. Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. ![]()
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