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Errol Flynn Biography

Birth Name:Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn

Birth Place:Hobart, Australia

Profession Actor, Soundtrack, Writer, Producer, Director

Fast Facts

Was awarded a star outside of Hobart's heritage State Cinema in Tasmania
In 2005, a suburb of his hometown was renamed "Errol Flynn Reserve" in his honor
Before pursuing a career in acting, he owned a tobacco plantation and started a copper mining company
Quote: "The public has always expected me to be a playboy and a decent chap never lets his public down․"
Quote: "By instinct I'm an adventurer; by choice I'd like to be a writer; by pure, unadulterated luck, I'm an actor․"
Quote: "I allow myself to be understood as a colorful fragment in a drab world․"
Widely recognized for his roles as a romantic swashbuckler
Although he was Australian, the publicity department at Warner Brothers would constantly claim that he was from Ireland
Is a descendant of King Edward III of England, the monarch he would portray in "The Dark Avenger․"
Is the inspiration for the character Fandral in the Marvel comic "Thor․"