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No wonder he was such a good actor. He wasn’t acting, he was just being himself. Just as much the charismatic, daring individual in life as on the screen. What a sad life.
An incredible life. People want to focus on the negative,but just think about today's stars Hanks, Pitt,cruise I like them all, but none have anywhere near the charisma,nor interest as a person. It's like comparing Barry Obama and Bubba Clinton to JFK.
Why sad ? He lived more than two lives in his 50 years. Had he not drank himself to death he may have lived to be 100. The doctor told him at one point , he only had a few weeks to live , he said then the hell with it I'll party for two weeks , two years later he died with a girlfriend of 24 . Needless to say he wasn't an organ donor , none of his organs were working except one , you guessed it , he died with a hard on.
@@billblaken2699 Believe the propaganda because it makes us feel good and smug and he's not here to defend himself so cut loose and believe what you will
"My Wicked, Wicked Ways" was written as a joke by Flynn. He made up or exaggerated a lot of his life, though he did write two novels in his life that are just as entertaining. Part of the problem with Flynn was that he didn't see himself living long after he was diagnosed with a heart condition. That's the real reason he didn't participate in WWII, which Warners kept quiet about. He died at 50 and the coroner even made mention that this man died at 50 but has the internal organs of an eighty year old.
I don't think it's quite a joke,but he left a lot of interesting stuff out as well and not just affairs and trysts He punched out more than one person, in fact it was several that made the papers, but not in the book..In the excellent recent book Errol Flynn The Illustrated Life Chronology with over a 1000 photos, there are pictures of him with Howard Hughes, and one with FDR. In fact he was a guest of The Roosevelt's and won a horse race. As I recall, there's nothing in his Autobiography about either one, though I read it about 30 years ago. I believe in the paperback edition there are a few chapters that were cut because Jack Warner was still alive. If so...I'll have to pick it up. Some of the best pictures of him were on the Tennis Court, and on his boat. He apparently was quite good and seemed to be having a blast. Anyway between 1935 and The Rape Trial, (he was as much The King Of Hollywood as Gable, Grant, or Cooper.)which he was found innocent and 9 women on the Jury did not believe The young Ladies.
@@vernpascal1531 Did you hear this one? The bunch of rowdies who were Errol's friends said that "charging Errol Flynn with rape was like charging a man for eating at a banquet."
Hollywood was only a next step in his packed lifetime, he was an exceptionally handsome man and times being what they were then women would be throwing themselves at him. He lived his life on his terms and unfortunately died at a very young age, but you can't deny that over one hundred and twelve years since his birth he is still a legend of the golden age of Hollywood.
Errol Flynn is a MOVIE STAR!! He Entertained us all with a Swashbuckling Smile. His Private Life is His Alone. We Should all be Grreatful for the Fabulous Movies he made for us all…We Need Movies Like that More than ever. It’s Good for Kids…I remember seeing My First Errol Flynn movie he starred with Olivia de Havilland in a Pirate Movie..I Forget the named of it. I was 7 1/2 yrs. old at the time it was raining outside on a Saturday& the Movie was on T.V. It was Fantastic!! All us Popcorn eaters Salute Ya Errol Flynn!! GOD BLESS YOU
Judy. The pirate movie was likely Captain Blood. I believe it was his first starring role in a film. Olivia and Errol were In a few films together, Robin Hood being one. I had a huge crush on him when I was a kid.
Wow, I too remember loving his movies when I was little & he was such a good actor. I was too poor for the Saturday afternoon popcorn but thank goodness we had a TV to watch the BBC 2 movies instead of football on the other 2 channels. Yes children we only had 3channels & they made us pay for it, what a cruel world. He was my first crush too.
As a Huge fan of Errol, I think that his off-screen lifestyle did 2 things, first, he acted in that same style which we all loved to watch, second, it shortened his life and gave us less for us to enjoy, But wow do we enjoy the movies he did give us. Side note, the movie, My Favorite Year, is loosely based on Errol, with an actor that seemed to walk in Errol's footsteps, Peter O'Toole
Errol was a better actor than he was ever given credit for,but at times he was his own worst enemy-by behaving the way he did he lost the respect of his peers and the public such a shame
@@bernardcassidy6497 absolutely!-some of the big and lesser known stars of the era were even worse being frequently on trouble with the law for drug, alcohol abuse,assault(Lawrence Tierney, Barbara Payton,)but seem to be forgotten about because they weren't as big a name as Errol
He was self destructive, I read My Wicked Wicked Ways and saw a man just trying to find the meaning of life and direction to his. The ladies were his achilles heel, as was alchohol.
Everyone seems to forget in order for a man to be able to have so many relationships there must be many women willing to jump into bed with him. We must stop blaming men for the decisions taken by women. Every relationship needs at least two people. Each person involved is responsible for their own actions.
Women are naturally attracted to popular, successful, wealthy men, so while the women were responsible in their own way, Flynn lacked any self control and no one held him accountable for his behavior.
I saw him in person at the Beverly Crest. The alcohol destroyed his liver and his face was swollen but when he smiled he was beautiful to kook at. I hope he's having a great time wherever he his. .RIP
It's because the parents brought him up the way they were brought up. You can't give away what you don't have. If you don't love yourself you cant love anybody else. From other places I get that his parents weren't real invested in him. They left for Europe and left him alone when he was pretty young for a extended period of time. What kind of parent does that?
@@brianwalsh1401 Brian, I spent a great deal of time with Errol's closest boyhood friend in Hobart ' Don Norman'. There was strong discipline in Errol's home. He was often grounded for his mischief. And that speaks of parental care. Don once told me " if you could have harnessed Errol's energy, you could have powered the city for a year ". Errol's father Professor Theodore was in fact a real life 'Indiana Jones' and Errol was only too happy to go along for the ride. And indeed Errol did travel with his father by sailing ship to Sydney, and often. Theodore grew up in Coraki, northern NSW and then the family moved to Moruya, southern NSW. His academic prowess was becoming evident and his family moved to Newtown to ensure his scholarship education was realised. These are not the hallmarks of negligence. The very real problem Errol faced was his beauty. As a little boy he was so pretty he was mistaken as a girl. His young cousins in Sydney nick named him 'Girlie' Another problem was teasing in Hobart. Over lunch one day, Don was regaling the early Errol years, " he took up boxing because he had dark olive skin and the kids at school would taunt him, calling him " darkie". As for Errol being " left behind" you have to factor in the travel times between Australia and England. 2 months each way by sailing ship. The school curriculum did not innervate Errols mind. He spent a lot of time with his father on field trips in Tasmania encountering a real time learning experience. School was a laborious prospect after spending time around a luminary intellect like his father. Errol's genius was one of 'Living' and that he did. And boy, didnt he power the city ! (?) Errols youth was not conventional, granted, but he entertained the entire world. And rather than pull him apart, perhaps we should just be grateful that we had him at all.
I love Errol, he was a true adventurer, and a chaser of adventure. He was handsome, naughty, funny and a typical Aussie really. If Olivia thought he was lovely, she had good taste, then her opinion is good enough for me.
so you love Errol, he died over 60 years ago, real life is better than the fictionous crap that came out of hollywood, Errol just took advantage of the hard of thinking , people like yourself, as a famous american showman once said, there's one born every minute
Wrong !!! He never divorced Patrice Wymore, they remained legally married until his death at 50 in 1959. A very talented actress and singer, she continued living in their Jamaica farm and kept appearing in films like Ocean's Eleven, in which she surprised Frank Sinatra with an impromptu throwing of an ashtray at him (his reaction is priceless !)..
Bette didn't really dislike Errol. She considered him beautiful to look at. She just resented the fact that he was higher paid AND she felt he wasn't up to her level as a costar. She considered him a featherweight adventure movie hero, not an actor. (She always admired costars like Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Henry Fonda, etc...) This outlook cost her GWTW/Scarlett. Years later, many years later and too late, she caught "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" and realized that she'd been wrong about his talent. She had to acknowledge that he was good and his performance held up over time.
To bad I don't think that he ever knew that Bette Davis did in fact take back what she originally thought of his acting and him. By the time she finally acknowledged that he was probably gone already. He felt she hated him.
He was a man's man and that is all that needs to be said. I read his autobiography and it was spot on. He never slagged anyone off that was not in a position to answer back, unlike many of the current look at me famous sorts of today.
@@catherinebishop4062 If you take the time to read up on him you will find that some of the near fatal scrapes he got himself into and accounted for himself very well, then you realise he was no Saint nor was he a meek and mild mouse that was prepared to bend over.
One day when I was younger in the early 70s, I found a picture of my Dad dinking this huge Stein of beer, so when questioning my Mother, she pulled out these old pictures of when they went to Germany on vacation. Well one of those pictures my Dad was drinking with this very handsome man...well it was Erroll Flynn!! I was an Immediate Fan!!! My Dad told me he was such a Great Guy!! My Dad's favorite Actor!! RIP Mr Flynn!! You were an Amazing Actor and our Families Favorite Actor! Sadly 😭 lost my Father in 2017 😭 the Saddest Day in My Life!! 💔😭😭
Everyone likes a bad boy...we need people like him..no mamby pappy softy ..Am missing the likes of Richard Harris,Richard Burton,Peter o toole, George best ,Oliver Reed..
Errol is my cousin removed a few generations, so I know his family background a little bit. His maternal, great grandfather was an Irishman, a Hennessy, who was very swashbuckling in his own way as well as a rebel, (great story) his grandfather was an Australian/Irish patriot who protested a lot and his uncles were all sea Captains. My take on him is that he grew up on the stories of his great grandfather and craved a life that was full because the majority of his family, male and female, died young of heart conditions. I don't condone his treatment of women but I see, understand and admire his lust for life. ❤
@@Jerseybytes2 1,2,3.... Damn funny movie! How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying is great, Hello Dolly, There Was A Crooked Man, His Girl Friday & Daddy Long Legs also come to mind....
Flynn was a wildman the original Badboy. Blessed with good looks he lived life to the full. Alcohol not old age ultimately destroyed his looks. He lived up to an image he could not sustain.
According to his last wife Patrice Wymore, very shortly before his death Errol told her he regretted nothing with his life choices and if he could live his life again he would change nothing!
In many ways I think Flynn was self aware of his bad boy image and used it to his advantage career-wise. In his book “My Wicked, Wicked, Ways” he confesses to the awareness of his contradictory nature as a person & attributed it to his skill as an actor; while also arguing that it’s almost inherent in the Darwinian condition of humanity, but something that most people try to conceal with shame.
Flynn was a great actor and biggest star in Hollywood in those days and he was a charming man man liked by millions of fans and he will never be forgotten. There is so many jealous people even today who make up lies about Flynn. Flynn is the greatest of all of the Hollywood stars. This is a fact!
He was expelled from our school for sleeping with the matrons. His name was removed from the records. But there was still documents about him. Funnily he wasnt the only legend expelled for the same thing. He wasn't expelled for fighting at all. That was something he made up.
Flynn's original title for his autobiography was, "In Like Me". A brilliant title, but the publisher wouldn't go for it. I think Flynn's finest acting was his portrayal of John Barrymore in "Too Much Too Soon". Barrymore died half-way through the flick, and that's when I walked out. Saw the first half twice more, though. Brilliant. Flynn died in Vancouver, BC. He had come here with Beverly Aadland to sell his yacht. He died at the Georgian Towers hotel, half a block from my apartment. That's the closest I ever got to him. sad to say. Some years later the coroner divulged that there was evidence of several bouts of VD on his, um, body.
Back in 1980's or there about I took a tour of Bidwell Park in Chico California. That was where they filmed parts of Robin Hood, as it had a forest like atmosphere. As told by the park guides, the studios painted the leaves on the trees as they started turning brown before the filming was completed. As for Earl Flynn, according to the tourist guides, he talked some local farmers into going hunt. Geese or ducks I think it was. Anyway, the got caught by the Game Warden and given fines. Earl offered to pay everyone's fine, which was nice, but the farmers refused because that was like saying they were poor broke farmers and they would pay their own fines. (I love going to small town museums as you learn so much about local history)
Followed his life all over the world from N.G. to Tasmania and else where. His autobiography dismissed by all who new him. Was considered all B.S. An amazing character.
A life well lived I'd say, and apart from breaking a few hearts and numerous affairs he had a lot of good friends, especially David Niven who mentioned Errol in his autobiography, The Moons a Balloon
There is always a dichotomy of human souls: it’s the people we are deep down inside filled with insecurity and the ones that we project that we would like people to believe we are. Actors exploit this for a living. For acting is basically “lying“. Film live this human dichotomy to superb ‘ nth’ degree.
I read his biography. In reality, his behavior was much worse than portrayed here. One episode describes his fighting ability and his habit of picking fights at parties and other gatherings. He enjoyed beating up other actors, etc. On one occasion, he picked a fight with actor Victor Jory. Flynn didn't know it, but Jory was an accomplished boxer. According to the biography, Jory beat the hell out of Flynn. It was said that Flynn didn't pick any more fights after that episode. Flynn was really an ugly individual in many ways....
That must've been on the set of Dodge City. He had a famous fight with John Huston when they both beat the crap out of each other on the lawn. Flynn used to spar with an ex-boxer called Mushy Callaghan so he was pretty handy. To be fair, the stuntmen on Charge Of The Light Brigade tried to pick on Flynn by shoving a lance up his horse's bum. Flynn took the stuntman to the cleaners. You can find the details in The Moon's A Balloon by Niven.
I'm sure Flynn was probably a bully from a young age and never grew out of it. Bully's love to dominate people and pick on people they think they can take. Apparently he picked the wrong person this time. Good!
@@brianwalsh1401 Errol Flynn died at age 50 pretty much a physical and emotional wreck. His friend, David Niven, relates a contact with him just prior to Flynn's death. Niven said that Flynn told him he found a wonderful new book that he was reading. When Niven asked him for the title, Flynn made Niven promise not to laugh. He then told Niven it was the Bible. Flynn died some time shortly after that encounter.
yeah completely wrong mate about Errol, his last words were ive had a great time, and i believe he would do it all again the same way, thats how he was, i do believe he had Demons within him, but there will never be anybody like him ever again, so there is a beauty in that, just living from day to day not having a care, there is a tremendous freedom in that, and Errol had that freedom, that many of us are scared to show.
You not show the reason for the rebellious behavior of Flynn: her mother was an adulterer and had several sexual adventures in the familiar house; the little Errol was a witness of some of these encounters, but both, mother and father were unfaithful (his father for travel several times by his profession: zoologist and his mother for cause of these absences).
Olivia De Haviland said she saw this shabby man staring at her with empty eyes, and realized with horror it was Errol. The decades of abuse from alcohol and heroin had ruined his looks, and he was utterly broke through poor investments. They spoke for a while, then he walked away. She wept with sorrow over his physical decline. He was dead a month later. His close friend David Niven also mentions Errol's self-inflicted ruin in "The Moon's A Balloon". At the peak of his powers, Errol was fabulous. "The Adventures Of Robin Hood" and "Objective Burma!" are magnificent films.
From what I read, his tragic and traumatic relationship with his mother resulted in the rather tragic life he led as an adult. He hated the typecasting of Hollywood and wanted to be more than just an action hero, but he made too much money for the studios to change the formula. He had a troubled relationship with women, most likely from the memories of his mother, which led to his eventual undoing as a movie star. He was immensely talented, charismatic , and handsome, all to no avail, dead at 50.
Errol Flynn almost seemed like as much of a psychopath as his Doppleganger the real Tommy D from Goodfellas. In real life the real Tommy actually looked identical to Errol Flynn. My uncle went to school with him, They called him junior Flynn.
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There's a lot more in his autobiography which I'd highly recommend. He said he was a slaver and a murderer but he wasn't a Nazi spy - that was his mate. Whether, any of it is true or not though is really up to you.
Yep he was a bad boy ,but I would like to have been bad with him. He knew what he was doing, live fast love hard, die young with a happy memory. Was great.
I was watching a show about Packard cars, and they were showing one that was owned by Clark Gable. The 1930's convertible had running boards, and Gable was having trouble with female fans jumping on his car. It was said he sold the car to Flynn who encouraged the young ladies to jump on his car, lol
Errol Flynn’s son Sean was a reporter with a friend in Vietnam during the Vietnam War and Cambodia and they disappeared never to be found again. Most authorities believe they met foul play.
My info was that Sean was Errol's son. He died in Vietnam when on a motor bike driven into noman's land between soldiers shooting at each other. He was sitting in reverse position as pillion passenger using a movie camera. A dare devil act that his dad might have done in his youth.
He earned his bad boy reputation, Well he was Irish decent liked the drink, His son Sean Flynn was a hell of photographer unfortunately was killed as a war photographer in Vietnam
@@mariannesouthward5676 should have put during the Vietnam war was missing presumed dead , he was in pnom pen in Cambodia and went to a press meeting in Sigon went to follow a lead never seen again,
Flynn has been vilified for his lifestyle, in 1942 he was rejected for service in WWII because of an athletic heart and was told he had two years to live. He is quoted as saying that if that was the case he would live a lifetime in those two years. This life altering diagnosis started him on the path of self destruction that led to his early demise at the age of fifty in 1959. We will never know how Flynn might have turned out if the rejection had not occurred but regardless people are still talking about him sixty some years following his death. There will never be another Errol Flynn.
Well, it must be said that his mother treated him horribly and when he was at the boarding school she never visited him. He was left alone at school during the holidays...I could see why he became a jerk. If his own mother didn't care about him, why should he care about other people. Still, Ioved most of his movies and my favorite was and is "Captain Blood".💫💫💫💫💫
There is a song entitled Errol Flynn by Billy Bob Thorton‘s group, The Boxmasters that is quite moving… It is written by Amanda McBroom, who also wrote the famous classic The Rose
What a great time to live in! Men were able to be men and no questions asked. Who cares about how “short” Errol Flyn lived? He had a wonderful full life!! Good for him!!! What is the point of living a long and mediocre life?
I have read My wicked wicke ways and a lot about Errol. What can you say. He was rough, tough extremely good looking but had a sad way of planning in his life. He just let things happen and they did.
He certainly was a Hollywood bad boy. I think he enjoyed being that way. He didn’t do anything to change his ways. I saw a show where Tracy Nelson lived in his house and said it was haunted by his ghost. Kept saying happy new year to her. She said her father who had a fear of flying suddenly started doing model airplanes. Really weird. Then she said she felt is was Errol that convinced her father to go to the other side. Eerily he was killed on New Year’s Eve in a plane crash. So I guess he is a bad boy in the afterlife. Interesting
I'd be interested in a scholarly analysis of Flynn's medical/mental state. Could he have been suffering from ADHD, Bi-Polar Disorder, or some other explanation for his seemingly "manic" behavior? I know that many of the kids I grew up with who were considered "troublemakers" would today be diagnosed with conditions and given medications to help.
That is an excellent point. It always seemed odd to me that his mom was so cruel to him. Perhaps she was also bi-polar (not to insinuate that all people who are bi-polar are cruel to their children).
Those are not issues from those days. Those issues began because of shots that are given to kids when their little and the PTSD condition because of shots given to the military. (That isn't to say that people don't get affected in someway when fighting in wars. But, take a good look at those that fought in the WW1 and WW2 the other times as well. Never ever heard of any of those soldiers coming back losing and utterly losing their minds. I believe that being because of the situation that Errol went through because of his mom and the abuse that he suffered at her hands shaped the way he became throughout his life. Neither parent was really there for him when he's getting shipped off to a boarding school. That's only going to increase the bad behavior. As they have said throughout the decades. Kids act out to get attention. And he was seeing just how far he could push the envelope.
He was still pretty hot in his decline in my opinion. By the way the very excellent movie “My Favorite Year” with Peter O’Toole is loosely based on Flynn’s later years. If you can find it, watch it.
Really very good writer as well as actor. Highly intelligent and controversial. He had it all! Completely outrageous and larger than life in every way. Meteoric I think is the word!
Did Kevin Kline portray him in a biopic or something? You showed several images in which the actor Kevin Kline was shown as you stated he was Flynn. So I'll assume he must have portrayed Flynn in a movie or something.
