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Errol Flynn

Birth Name:
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn
Birth Place:
Hobart, Australia
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack, Writer, Producer, Director
Errol Flynn

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․"

Awards

  • 1936Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (March):Winner
  • 1936Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (December):Winner
  • 1937Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (March):Winner
  • 1937Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (December):Winner
  • 1938Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (June):Winner
  • 1938Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (October):Winner
  • 1938Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (December):Winner
  • 1939Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (June):Winner
  • 1939Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (December):Winner
  • 1940Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (September):Winner
  • 1941Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (March):Winner
  • 1942Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (February):Winner
  • 1945Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (April):Winner
  • 1946Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (February):Winner
  • 1948Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (June):Winner
  • 1950Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (January):Winner
  • 1950Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (December):Winner
  • 1951Bambi - Best Actor - International:Winner
  • 1952Bambi - Best Actor - International:Nominated
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