Errol Flynn: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn
Born	June 20, 1909 • Hobart • Australia
Died	October 14, 1959 (aged 50) • Vancouver • Canada
Married To	Patrice Wymore (married 1950) • Nora Eddington (1943–1949) • Lili Damita (1935–1942)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" (1939) • "Green Light" (1937) • "Istanbul" (1957) • "Rocky Mountain" (1950) • "Adventures of Don Juan" (1948) • "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) • "Santa Fe Trail" (1940) • "Don't Bet on Blondes" (1935) • "Hello God" (1951) • "Uncertain Glory" (1944) • "King's Rhapsody" (1955) • "Murder at Monte Carlo" (1935) • "Playhouse 90" (1957) • "Too Much, Too Soon" (1958) • "The Perfect Specimen" (1937) • "Captain Blood" (1935) • "The Case of the Curious Bride" (1935) • "The Sun Also Rises" (1957) • "The Errol Flynn Theatre" (1956–1957) • "Four's a Crowd" (1938) • "Footsteps in the Dark" (1941) • "Desperate Journey" (1942) • "Adventures of Captain Fabian" (1951) • "Goodyear Theatre" (1959) • "Il maestro di Don Giovanni" (1954) • "Virginia City" (1940) • "In the Wake of the Bounty" (1933) • "They Died with Their Boots On" (1941) • "That Forsyte Woman" (1949) • "The Dark Avenger" (1955) • "Lilacs in the Spring" (1954) • "Mara Maru" (1952) • "Dodge City" (1939) • "Never Say Goodbye" (1946) • "The Big Boodle" (1957) • "Thank Your Lucky Stars" (1943) • "Screen Directors Playhouse" (1956) • "Northern Pursuit" (1943) • "Gentleman Jim" (1942) • "The Prince and the Pauper" (1937) • "The Sisters" (1938) • "Edge of Darkness" (1943) • "Cuban Rebel Girls" (1959) • "Cry Wolf" (1947) • "The Dawn Patrol" (1938) • "Montana" (1950) • "The Roots of Heaven" (1958) • "San Antonio" (1945) • "The Sea Hawk" (1940) • "Silver River" (1948) • "Objective, Burma!" (1945) • "Dive Bomber" (1941) • "Kim" (1950) • "Against All Flags" (1952) • "The Master of Ballantrae" (1953) • "Another Dawn" (1937) • "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1936) • "The Red Skelton Show" (1959) • "Escape Me Never" (1947)
Movies/Tv Shows (Writing/Creator)	"Adventures of Captain Fabian" (1951) • "In Like Flynn" (2018) • "Cuban Rebel Girls" (1959)