Errol Flynn did more than most for others. Children the world over have been and still are thrilled and brought joy by the kind of films he made, and that is more than most of us can say we have done. Not only children, but also brought joy to adults in this often sad, and sometimes futile condition of men and women's lives. He himself said, towards the end of his life," One night I was stopped by a woman in a wheelchair. She said, ' Thank-you for all the wonderful hours. If you knew what my life has been, you would know what I am saying." I walked off thinking 'Maybe my life hasn't been a waste. If you can help another human being on this planet, you can't be wasting your time. " Flynn was a deep man, not the fluff and bubble, the hijinks that he indulged in, although that was a side of him. The real Flynn was the one first mentioned, who had a conscience, who had a sense of calling. " I allow myself to be known as a colourful fragment in a drab world, " he said. I knew a couple of people who knew him. The first thing they said when I mentioned him was, " He was intelligent. "
In 1933 the movie, "In The Wake of The Bounty " was released starring Errol Flynn as Fletcher Christian. It was filmed in Australia and directed by Charles Chauvel. Therefore, his acting debut was not in England, but in Australia.
I just watched “In Like Flynn” about his life before pictures. A must video to watch! I just fell in love with him all over again. I loved watching his movies as a kid at my grandparents house. I always loved the classics and Errol playing a pirate or Robin Hood made any little girl swoon. 💋
I agree, although in my opinion, and I admit it is a minority one across the board, to be a great hero you have to have a great opponent/adversary/enemy-- when you "overamp" the hero you get a comic book-a bad comic book like DC and Marvel have been for about 15 years. I am not suggesting Flynn's movies were this extreme but sometimes they came to the edge. I always wondered what the screen chemistry would have been if instead of Ronald Reagan, the actor who was supposed to play the role of George Custer in "Santa Fe Trail" namely JOHN WAYNE, got the role. They never played in any film together.
I've always loved Errol Flynn's movies, but know he was a complicated, amazing, sad man. Thanks for posting this -- I already knew most of this information, but the way it's presented here is quite well done.
It’s amazing how people, especially the men, can criticize, demean & judge another person without knowing the true facts about the person & their life. These people read or hear one negative statement about Errol & think they can condemn him to death. How pathetic! Saying you’ll never see him in heaven! Remember, judge severely not or you will be severely judged yourself!
People who judge severely don't know how to stop it. Because identifying there's something wrong with the way you think is too introverted for most of those selfish pricks.
Absolutely, READ THE BOOK " My days with Errol Flynn" by his stuntman Buster Wikes, close friend all the way through. He brought his body back from Vancouver to california. Buster Wiles shows evidence IN HIS BOOK, he Wasn't a communist. Once again lies Hollywood and gossip against a star !!!
I've always liked Errol Flynn, he's always been my hero. My favourite films are 'they died with their boots on' and 'The sea hawk', this to me is Flynn at his best. watch the banter between Errol and Flora Robson, great stuff. If you haven't seen these two films, you're missing Errol Flynn at his untimate best, and i'm sure true fans will agee.
Same , his biggest fan since mid 60's , my opinion never changed; so what he wasn't as good an actor as Tracy, Cagney, Bogart, his films JUST as entertaining, the ultimate hero. Nobody ALSO mentions Flynn, Hale Sr, Guin Bigboy Willians as a comedy trio; Dodge City, Virginia City, Santa Fe Trail, hilarious, great chemistry.
Errol Flynn led one of the most adventurous and interesting lives of all time. He was played out when he passed away at age 50. I'm sure that he left this life with few regrets, except to do it all over again. We should all be so fortunate.
His first wife once said, "I loved him anyway and he was, as everyone suspected, an endearing rascal." I am a loyal fan, I would repeat the same thing--I love him anyway...
You really can't say he didn't live an exciting life. It was ups and downs but man his ups were higher than everrest. No doubt the law should've rightfully smacked him harder but in the end his own heartbeat got him as he neglected his health to fullfill his thirst for truth.
he told the truth in his book which was incredible, but ultimately sad. but he told the truth, warts and all. he should have won an oscar for The Dawn Patrol. and was very underrated as an actor. he wore the tights and sword and managed to pull it off.
He certainly could have been nominated for "Best Actor" for a few of his roles, particularly for ""The Adventures of Robin Hood". No other actor could have played that role as well as Flynn.
Died with there boots on, Flynn let his hair down, his most polished. Sea Hawks good too. I like Captain Blood alot, his westerns had great chemistry with Hale Sr and Bigboy Williams, hilarious!. Oliva and Erroll up there with ANY screen team. Ending scene with Olivia and Errol Died with their Boots on one if the most touching moments ever. AND it was true/,unfulfilled love , fading, knowing this could be the end. That scene took Olivia a couple days to recover; HOW SPECIAL THEY WERE TOGETHER ! I've watched Errol since the early to mid 60's; my opinion never changed all my life, I knew he was the greatest !
Surprising that there is no mention of Flynn's screen debut as Fletcher Christian in the Australian film "In the Wake of the Bounty" (1933). Nice to see the late Tony Thomas being interviewed. I knew him. He truly was a gentleman and a scholar.
Errol is in my mind the most handsome and charming actor ever to be seen on the big screen with an excellent voice to go!❤️ An amazing man who should have had a longer life😢. His co star in 8 movies, the sweet and wonderful Olivia de Havilind is still alive, 101 years, 2 months and 10 days today. 58 years after the death of Errol! They died with their boots on is a classic👏❤️👍
Ending scene Errol and Olivia Died with there boots on; as dramatic as any in history. I was in contact with Olivia, I sent her noojs and photos. She sent me a couple signed letters I still have.
Such a great man, too bad its sad , same thing happend to Valentino. The woman he really wanted really loved didn't love him. Erroll really wanted Olivia, but he didn't know how to properly split with Lily. Some if his later life health problems were because of his Mom. We all have issues, and health, etc.
I agree with you totally, I think the sea hawk is a wonderful film. It shows what a good actor he was especially in Elizabeth and Essex. Bette Davies dislike him very much but later on admitted to Olivia, when they were watching Robin Hood together that he was...after all, a very good actor. Another of my fave films of Errol's is too Much Too Soon and That Forsyte Woman. They were all so wondferful weren't they... they outshone any of our stars today.
The biography I read concluded the New Guinea murder trial was a tall tale, there's no court record of it having taken place, and the surviving expats living there at the time said it never happened.
If when you pass your friends says things like 'Remember when he and his 15 year old bride moved into a island hotel he won in a card game?', you sucked the marrow outta life. It makes me happy someone is out there living like a wild man.
My hero too since I was 8. Gentleman Jim, Died w/ Boots On, Captain Blood and of course Adventures of Robin Hood. Find, if you can "The Perfect Specimen"
@j-boogiebrown9961 a lot of aussies actually find his accent to be aussie, not English at all. Only Americans and non aussies find his accent English bec they can't tell the difference
That’s what killed him! I’m in my sixties and noticed the friends I knew who were dropping dead had the same thing in common they all had young wives as Clint Eastwood said it’s a good man who knows his limitations
He threw the directors wife down the staircase? And stealing from fellow students? His parents really neglected his up bringing. I like his movies. but as a human being, I wouldn't want to be friends with the likes of him.
@@TheVatonaught Flynn, who was an accomplished writer, needed help with it, but I suspect that it's a mostly accurate relating of his exploits. Flynn's life was relatively short (50 years), but he sure packed a lot of high living into it. Hopefully, he wasn't disappointed when he moved on to his next life, if there is one.
He was a free spirit; low lifestyle that criticize him and people like him ; Jim Morrrison. People are just jealous they didn't have as much fun. Addiction has happend to stars all through the 20th century. Most of my entertainment heroes had addiction probmlems; it us what it is; whatever happens happens. DONT judge just enjoy there talent, there art, there genius...
Lots of swashbuckler actors...Tyrone Power, Stewart Granger, Robert Taylor. But Errol Flynn made it seem effortless. Like Luciano Pavarotti singing tenor
Flynn idolized John Barrymore, and they were very close. There are a lot of parallels in their lives. The most tragic role to watch is Errol Flynn playing Barrymore in "Too Much Too Soon".
Hmmm . Errol Flynn is a Legend. He personifies the word Dashing . If he was born at the turn of the century he would be known as a "Sport" by his lifestyle . Had more beautiful ladies and young ladies than all of us in this comment section combined. Unfortunately , I don't think I'm going to see ol Errol in heaven :(
He had quite a life considering that he got away with at least two cases of rape, statutory and/or otherwise. He didn't have so much "genius for living", as much as he just enjoyed excesses of all kinds, had very little moral compass, and expected to pay no price for it. There was a similar man at our college, who picked his victims from among the coeds. I was one of them. It isn't only about the rapes, the college man was a stalker too. Read David Niven's autobiography. He says quite a bit about Mr Flynn, from firsthand knowledge.
FLYNN IN ROBIN HOOD WAS THE PERFECT ANTIHERO. I ESPECIALLY FELT HIS COMPASSION AS HE SHOWED MAID MARION THE SAD PLIGHT OF THE POOR PEOPLE WHO LIVED UNDER THE TYRANNY OF PRINCE JOHN. HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR IN THE 1930,S WAS A SIGN OF THIS TYPE OF SYMPATHY FOR THE UNDERDOG.
No! You want to be a reputed dirty pervert then don't think 'we all'. There are significant other sectors of society who clearly do not have that as any way to live a good life.
15 when they got together part 2 or 3 tells of the trial of being accused of raping a 15 yr old and a 17, all the while during the trial he had had smuggled a 15 yrs old stunning girl in from mexico. the trial was the beginning of end for him. check out bio.. tasmanian devil ..errol flynn
Bev Aadland, Errol's 'girlfriend' is my hanai mother. The fact is my grandmother, Flo Aadland, author of Big Love and basis for the movie about Errol's and my mother's last days with him, The Last of Robin Hood, pushed hard for Bev to be in show business. My mom lied about her age to get into the studios as a dancer. She acted far more mature than her age and was successful getting a job. Errol happened to walk through the dance studio one day and saw my mom and because to be hired you had to be 18, assumed she was 18. So, it's not as if he was searching out underage girls at the time, at least, not with my mom. And when he did meet her, he wasn't 50, he was 47, I believe. And, yes, after awhile he did find out about her true age, but by that time they were very intimately involved and were actually in love with each other. My grandmother was well aware of the situation and later served time for 'contributing to the delinquency of a minor', I think it was 60 days. So, all judgments aside, my mom was treated very well and very respectfully by Errol and she told me so on many occasions. In the movie, The Last of Robin Hood, Dakota Fanning played my mom (UNCANNY resemblance, I might add), Kevin Kline played Errol Flynn, and Susan Sarandon played my grandmother, Florence Aadland. When I met them to talk about the film, all of them were extremely gracious! Aloha
Flynn was really Australian In his final yrs he lived at the famed "Garden of Allah"-(now of course demolished?) A limited actor, but deserved an Oscar shot for s. actor for Hemingway's 1957 "Sun Also Rises" He chose to be laid to rest very top (317 acres) in GLENDALE's massive "Forest Lawn" Only about 35ft from The Great: Spencer Tracy!
jeff shannon I don't agree with you. In Too Much Too Soon he showed his acting ability, and particularly in a brilliant picture he produced - Uncertain Glory. He himself said he was miscast in Westerns and if you see him do Shakespeare in Too Much Too Soon he can act, no doubt about it. He was typecast as he said, for box office - money as he said. He also said acting is ridiculous. pretending.
He wanted to be laid to rest in Jamaica but his estranged wife (their divorce hadn't been finalized at the time of his death) had him buried in CA. She's buried next to him now.
Errol Flynn what are you doing with a 17 yr girl at your age only you know when it came to actor ,not manny could play your role as good .Errol your colour of your skin made you get away with a lot things unfortunately you forgot the more famous and power a person gets you got be a role model for the up and coming future actor lessons must be learned.R.I.P Errol
can anyone tell me how to watch too much, too soon. I've been attempting to find this movie, but I cannot get a copy anywhere, I dunno how to download it. Would really appreciate it if someone could help out
Read the book "My days with Errol Flyyn Buster Wiles his stuntman. Knew Errol better than anyone, a thexway through. He brought his body back from Vancouver to California. And Buster has documented evidence Errol was Not a spy or communist. JUST ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD LIE. The Elvis of actors, and the most fascinating life, most adventurous fun films to watch. He's been my heroe all my life since around the mid 60's.
He was a naughty lad, who lived life to the full, very flawed, too good looking for his own good, had he been more plain he probably wouldn't have got away with so much but he certainly had charm. I think his mothers treatment of him must have had a profound effect upon him but in the end I bet he was a hoot
Jon Hall, Tyrone Power, Robert Taylor, Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas (102 years old now), Burt Lancaster John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Robert Mitchum, Victor Mature, Gregory Peck, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, etc., etc., and so forth.
His father Proffessor Flynn was a naturalist zoologist . They looked very much the same. His collection of interesting zoological specimens is still on exhibition at the Hobart Museum.
As an Anglo /Irish grandma , I have seen the Irish self destruct buttons on many , many occasions and still can't quite understand why we seem to be this way . The reason I say we ...is simply because it applies to myself and too many friends and family , if any anthropologist wanted to work on this weird mind set they may be able to help future generations of Irish men and women. It seems that the more intelligent or successful one is the more one self destructs , from famous poets , authors , sport personalities , geniuses of literature , statesmen etc , too many for just coincidence and such a terrible waste of life . Maybe because of the fact that Ireland was , for so many centuries , an Occupied Country has given us a feeling of inferiority, yet their are benefits because we can be vociferous about the apartheid and illegal occupation of PALESTINE and detest and despise the blatant genocide which is obvious to people who recognize the evil of illegal occupation of PALESTINIAN LAND and the HYPOCRISY OF THE NAZI ZIONIST JEWS .
My thoughts about your comment was that you had written a tangled ball there. Then I saw your name. So no way am I interested in opening your box. But suffice to say the tangled ball of ideologies you put together is seemlingly insane as far as I see. Sorry. I did not know the Zionists were or are NAZIs. Are you picking out the Jews from amongst the Zionists? Why are you picking on Jews? Some Irish Republicans supported Hitler during the second WW2. He also picked on Jews ordering death. You wrote of illegal occupation. But is it? Representatives of the Arab League supported the formation of the PLO who were an International terrorist organisation. They chose to murder civilians. The PLO were kicked out of Jordan after war or trobles started when they were allowed refuge there. Kicked out of the Lebanon after war (100,000 murdered (10,000 Christians)). They went to Libya and there was war. Then after 2011 they went to Syria. There is war there and over 600,000 are dead and over 8 million fled. Both Gadaffi and Assad are or were Socialist. So who are the NAZIs. BAATH Party is an Arabic acronym. It is Arabic for 'Arab NAZI Party'. I think that if you want real help finding an answer you need to keep the situations in the Middle-east separate and not mingle them. The answer is partly natural order. You were born of two parants who likly were on sides not always as loving as your parants. So you are a fusion of two (Anglo Irish. My nephew is as well). I am also a fusion. One part of my mind are flying spitfires and the other flies messersmits. Around and around they fly. It's in my genes. IE conflict. Two parts ready to kill the other. But love conquers. So it's that stronger love that keeps the fusion (The self (my self)) together. But many thousands of films, article and other media have been written and published showing my side knocking the living daylights out of each other. People also pay to watch or view such as entertainment. But they won't think it entertainment when both guns are firing through their walls when they are screaming in agony. It's just the way it seems to be. See not every one are lovers in society. What I mean, is that fighting is in your genes. Your love keeps you together and not every one has that love. There is centuries of conflict in genes and some haven't the love or do not know of the love. So they have a few pints and bang. Their minds are 'out of order', losing control. So some strange weird shit rises inside them from the bubbling torment inside. That something can be anger. Or lost of controlled anger.
The Lethargic Ponderer You lost me there. The Guy? Who? In the video, Errol Flynn? Or the Author of the book 'The Young Errol ', 'John Hammond Moore' 4:02? Or 'Tempus Fugit' who explained she was a Grandmother. IE not a guy (male).
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Errol Flynn did more than most for others. Children the world over have been and still are thrilled and brought joy by the kind of films he made, and that is more than most of us can say we have done. Not only children, but also brought joy to adults in this often sad, and sometimes futile condition of men and women's lives. He himself said, towards the end of his life," One night I was stopped by a woman in a wheelchair. She said, ' Thank-you for all the wonderful hours. If you knew what my life has been, you would know what I am saying." I walked off thinking 'Maybe my life hasn't been a waste. If you can help another human being on this planet, you can't be wasting your time. " Flynn was a deep man, not the fluff and bubble, the hijinks that he indulged in, although that was a side of him. The real Flynn was the one first mentioned, who had a conscience, who had a sense of calling. " I allow myself to be known as a colourful fragment in a drab world, " he said. I knew a couple of people who knew him. The first thing they said when I mentioned him was, " He was intelligent. "
by today's standards he'd be done for rape, pedophilia, fraud, theft, drug use...even murder
He was never charged with pedophilia
In 1933 the movie, "In The Wake of The Bounty " was released starring Errol Flynn as Fletcher Christian. It was filmed in Australia and directed by Charles Chauvel. Therefore, his acting debut was not in England, but in Australia.
I just watched “In Like Flynn” about his life before pictures. A must video to watch! I just fell in love with him all over again. I loved watching his movies as a kid at my grandparents house. I always loved the classics and Errol playing a pirate or Robin Hood made any little girl swoon. 💋
Plenty flawed, but he'll forever be on the pedestal with Barrymore, Fairbanks,& the other "Legends of Hollywood"
Fascinating wonderful man, & a terrific actor.
Thanks, Flynn is still an fascinating person.
I love Errol Flynn. I think he was a fabulous actor. Yes he was a bit on the wild side but do not judge others or you will be judged too
On the wild side ? Well he was Australian.
The BEST, the adventure; the heroe, the most fun movies to watch. And like Elvis you couldn't take your eyes off him.
Go ahead and judge me, I am not a sexual predator…
I’m reading Errol Flynn’s book “My Wicked, Wicked Ways.” He had quite the adventurous life, to say the least.
Hey, flaws notwithstanding, Flynn remains the greatest screen hero of 'em all.
I agree, although in my opinion, and I admit it is a minority one across the board, to be a great hero you have to have a great opponent/adversary/enemy-- when you "overamp" the hero you get a comic book-a bad comic book like DC and Marvel have been for about 15 years. I am not suggesting Flynn's movies were this extreme but sometimes they came to the edge.
I always wondered what the screen chemistry would have been if instead of Ronald Reagan, the actor who was supposed to play the role of George Custer in "Santa Fe Trail" namely JOHN WAYNE, got the role. They never played in any film together.
I've always loved Errol Flynn's movies, but know he was a complicated, amazing, sad man. Thanks for posting this -- I already knew most of this information, but the way it's presented here is quite well done.
wonderful looking man who lived too hard and died too soon, rip Errol!
Exactly
@@mrb4886 correct im trying this myself
Why do people love them and then try to destroy them
He was a human man. We all hurt sometimes.
Simply the best x
It’s amazing how people, especially the men, can criticize, demean & judge another person without knowing the true facts about the person & their life. These people read or hear one negative statement about Errol & think they can condemn him to death. How pathetic! Saying you’ll never see him in heaven! Remember, judge severely not or you will be severely judged yourself!
People who judge severely don't know how to stop it. Because identifying there's something wrong with the way you think is too introverted for most of those selfish pricks.
Absolutely, READ THE BOOK " My days with Errol Flynn" by his stuntman Buster Wikes, close friend all the way through. He brought his body back from Vancouver to california. Buster Wiles shows evidence IN HIS BOOK, he Wasn't a communist. Once again lies Hollywood and gossip against a star !!!
I've always liked Errol Flynn, he's always been my hero. My favourite films are 'they died with their boots on' and 'The sea hawk', this to me is Flynn at his best. watch the banter between Errol and Flora Robson, great stuff. If you haven't seen these two films, you're missing Errol Flynn at his untimate best, and i'm sure true fans will agee.
Robin Stead I'd add "Captain Blood", "Elizabeth and Essex", "The Adventures of Don Juan", "Robin Hood", "Master of Ballentrae", and others
Same , his biggest fan since mid 60's , my opinion never changed; so what he wasn't as good an actor as Tracy, Cagney, Bogart, his films JUST as entertaining, the ultimate hero. Nobody ALSO mentions Flynn, Hale Sr, Guin Bigboy Willians as a comedy trio; Dodge City, Virginia City, Santa Fe Trail, hilarious, great chemistry.
They Died With Their Boots On , my favorite of his.
Errol Flynn led one of the most adventurous and interesting lives of all time. He was played out when he passed away at age 50. I'm sure that he left this life with few regrets, except to do it all over again. We should all be so fortunate.
You are mislead- he was unhappy.
BINGO
His first wife once said, "I loved him anyway and he was, as everyone suspected, an endearing rascal." I am a loyal fan, I would repeat the same thing--I love him anyway...
@๓๏гɭยภ ђยภՇ Stockholm syndrome is a fallacy.
Lili said that? Hard to believe she was very bitter towards him
For all his flaws ,he just seemed like a free spirit.
Well said.
You really can't say he didn't live an exciting life. It was ups and downs but man his ups were higher than everrest. No doubt the law should've rightfully smacked him harder but in the end his own heartbeat got him as he neglected his health to fullfill his thirst for truth.
The rape trial also made him suicidal and his heavy drinking and drugs is his way of suicide
a complicated man, but a true star of Hollywood.
People give him no sympathy for his sufferings, read his biography.
he told the truth in his book which was incredible, but ultimately sad. but he told the truth, warts and all. he should have won an oscar for The Dawn Patrol. and was very underrated as an actor. he wore the tights and sword and managed to pull it off.
He certainly could have been nominated for "Best Actor" for a few of his roles, particularly for ""The Adventures of Robin Hood". No other actor could have played that role as well as Flynn.
Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn. Another good one. What a character what a guy.
Sam Moss He damn sure did it HIS WAY! " IN LIKE FLYNN " ya' can't beat that!
Sam Moss From SE ASIA I AGREE he was UNIQUE
Died with there boots on, Flynn let his hair down, his most polished. Sea Hawks good too. I like Captain Blood alot, his westerns had great chemistry with Hale Sr and Bigboy Williams, hilarious!. Oliva and Erroll up there with ANY screen team. Ending scene with Olivia and Errol Died with their Boots on one if the most touching moments ever. AND it was true/,unfulfilled love , fading, knowing this could be the end. That scene took Olivia a couple days to recover; HOW SPECIAL THEY WERE TOGETHER ! I've watched Errol since the early to mid 60's; my opinion never changed all my life, I knew he was the greatest !
Surprising that there is no mention of Flynn's screen debut as Fletcher Christian in the Australian film "In the Wake of the Bounty" (1933). Nice to see the late Tony Thomas being interviewed. I knew him. He truly was a gentleman and a scholar.
Errol is in my mind the most handsome and charming actor ever to be seen on the big screen with an excellent voice to go!❤️
An amazing man who should have had a longer life😢.
His co star in 8 movies, the sweet and wonderful Olivia de Havilind is still alive, 101 years, 2 months and 10 days today.
58 years after the death of Errol! They died with their boots on is a classic👏❤️👍
still living
The Elvis of actors; AND the most fascinating life...
Ending scene Errol and Olivia Died with there boots on; as dramatic as any in history. I was in contact with Olivia, I sent her noojs and photos. She sent me a couple signed letters I still have.
Olivia died in 2020 age 104.
What a Life.
Such a great man, too bad its sad , same thing happend to Valentino. The woman he really wanted really loved didn't love him. Erroll really wanted Olivia, but he didn't know how to properly split with Lily. Some if his later life health problems were because of his Mom. We all have issues, and health, etc.
I agree with you totally, I think the sea hawk is a wonderful film. It shows what a good actor he was especially in Elizabeth and Essex. Bette Davies dislike him very much but later on admitted to Olivia, when they were watching Robin Hood together that he was...after all, a very good actor. Another of my fave films of Errol's is too Much Too Soon and That Forsyte Woman. They were all so wondferful weren't they... they outshone any of our stars today.
wobble108 There are reasons he's still a subject of conversation 60+ yrs after his death.
The biography I read concluded the New Guinea murder trial was a tall tale, there's no court record of it having taken place, and the surviving expats living there at the time said it never happened.
What book? Because there are 3 authors who have zilch credibility
He lived life to the full
No time to be bored
Many others died younger!
If when you pass your friends says things like 'Remember when he and his 15 year old bride moved into a island hotel he won in a card game?', you sucked the marrow outta life. It makes me happy someone is out there living like a wild man.
He had a great time and died young and so the story goes !
My hero too since I was 8. Gentleman Jim, Died w/ Boots On, Captain Blood and of course Adventures of Robin Hood. Find, if you can "The Perfect Specimen"
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Hero he was a pedophile
This is by far the best biography of Flynn there is ..
no leaves LOTS of interesting details. check out tasmanian devil .. errol flynn
Just an ordinary Aussie bloke..RIP legend
Part Irish.
So the typical Aussie bloke speaks with an R.P. English accent?
Tasmanian.
@j-boogiebrown9961 a lot of aussies actually find his accent to be aussie, not English at all. Only Americans and non aussies find his accent English bec they can't tell the difference
Awesome... THANX
That’s what killed him! I’m in my sixties and noticed the friends I knew who were dropping dead had the same thing in common they all had young wives as Clint Eastwood said it’s a good man who knows his limitations
" A man has got to know his limitations " .
Only thing is Clint's been tapping younger girls for years and still alive and directing!
Bodine Jeremiah Like a comet-he burnt himself up
He threw the directors wife down the staircase? And stealing from fellow students? His parents really neglected his up bringing. I like his movies. but as a human being, I wouldn't want to be friends with the likes of him.
Sounds great fun to me
Erroll Flynn was the man!
@AbsoluteTruth that's your opinion.
He liked little girls
ya, horny ashell
@@maisiecarruthers695 Not little girls, but teenaged girls, yes.
He was a typical Ozzie bloke who could afford the pub and good looking Sheilas ...
He was part Irish? His father was a professor at Belfast University in Ireland. He apparntly implied he was part Irish. I do not know if he was.
@@MikeGreenwood51 he had Irish lineage.
@@waynej2608 Yes. Thank you. I have heard the same from a RUclips Video. TY.
@@MikeGreenwood51his parents are both aussies, but Irish lineage like many aussies
The biography of Flynn is a great read...
"My Wicked, Wicked Ways" is an autobiography.
Yeah that's the one I read...I think about it to this day (I'm 75) @@RCGoetzke
@@TheVatonaught Flynn, who was an accomplished writer, needed help with it, but I suspect that it's a mostly accurate relating of his exploits. Flynn's life was relatively short (50 years), but he sure packed a lot of high living into it. Hopefully, he wasn't disappointed when he moved on to his next life, if there is one.
Just finished my wicked wicked ways, now reading beams end. Can't get enough of his books
He was a free spirit; low lifestyle that criticize him and people like him ; Jim Morrrison. People are just jealous they didn't have as much fun. Addiction has happend to stars all through the 20th century. Most of my entertainment heroes had addiction probmlems; it us what it is; whatever happens happens. DONT judge just enjoy there talent, there art, there genius...
Kocham alawiu Errol Flynn!♥️♥️😢
Lots of swashbuckler actors...Tyrone Power, Stewart Granger, Robert Taylor. But Errol Flynn made it seem effortless. Like Luciano Pavarotti singing tenor
and he was wonderful in The Dawn Patrol.
love him
Flynn idolized John Barrymore, and they were very close. There are a lot of parallels in their lives. The most tragic role to watch is Errol Flynn playing Barrymore in "Too Much Too Soon".
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Dave La Violette i would like to see it. Where can i get hold of it? I dont suppose it’s on RUclips?
As for the ladies it was " in like Flynn" , indeed ( :
In-deed.
Rumour has it flynn and Fairbanks crossed swords on many occasions.
my youth hero
In real life Errol Flynn preferred those who gave him less competition.He would tolerate those who would not be a threat or challenge.
Yi Seng Not what John Huston said.
How very human !
Hmmm . Errol Flynn is a Legend. He personifies the word Dashing . If he was born at the turn of the century he would be known as a "Sport" by his lifestyle . Had more beautiful ladies and young ladies than all of us in this comment section combined. Unfortunately , I don't think I'm going to see ol Errol in heaven :(
I suppose you expect to be heading 'down escalator'.
Is THIS documentary available anywhere?
He may have lived the most adventurous life of any man of the 20th century.
well a close second to Jack London
He had quite a life considering that he got away with at least two cases of rape, statutory and/or otherwise. He didn't have so much "genius for living", as much as he just enjoyed excesses of all kinds, had very little moral compass, and expected to pay no price for it. There was a similar man at our college, who picked his victims from among the coeds. I was one of them. It isn't only about the rapes, the college man was a stalker too. Read David Niven's autobiography. He says quite a bit about Mr Flynn, from firsthand knowledge.
we need more dashing actors like errol flynn,clark gable,tyrone power and the others.we have nobody today thats for sure.
exactly
Johnny Depp? Maybe?
@@SUPER_WOLFMOON Johnny Depp is not a pedophile.
@@SUPER_WOLFMOON Not anymore. I liked him as an actor but found is offstage presence a little wierd to say the least !
Well, at least he had fun......
is this officially called 'the adventures of Errol Flynn'?
FLYNN IN ROBIN HOOD WAS THE PERFECT ANTIHERO. I ESPECIALLY FELT HIS COMPASSION AS HE SHOWED MAID MARION THE SAD PLIGHT OF THE POOR PEOPLE WHO LIVED UNDER THE TYRANNY OF PRINCE JOHN.
HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR IN THE 1930,S WAS A SIGN OF THIS TYPE OF SYMPATHY FOR THE UNDERDOG.
Exactly. Yet the alarmists, gossip peddlers seem to leave these facts alone.
I have always admired Errol Flynn! One of the objects of my admiration was that he didn't give a fuck ;)
Seemed like he was a sociopath.
Tabitha Don't you dare call him a psychopath. He's an Australian SO there. I would love to smack you're bloody backside young lady
he was I think- David Niven found him an unreliable friend.
she said sociopath not psychopath
He & Niven used to share a place on the beach. Nickname was "Cirrosis by the Sea"
These guys are all so jealous of Flynn - so judgmental. Of course they've never done shit.
Mike Roberts Well said.
I think Errol Flynn and Charley Sheen would have been great Pals had they been alive at the same time.
As a man I think we all would love to have lived the life he had
No! You want to be a reputed dirty pervert then don't think 'we all'. There are significant other sectors of society who clearly do not have that as any way to live a good life.
Quit your phoney virtue signaling.
Yes, minus the slave trading, Gonorrhea & spousal abuse!
im close
He was 50 and his girlfriend was 17? Something wrong with that picture!
Try 15.
15 when they got together part 2 or 3 tells of the trial of being accused of raping a 15 yr old and a 17, all the while during the trial he had had smuggled a 15 yrs old stunning girl in from mexico. the trial was the beginning of end for him. check out bio.. tasmanian devil ..errol flynn
And those are the things we know of, sure he was guilty of some of the most heinous acts imaginable.
AbsoluteTruth I’ve seen you post twice now about Flynn, all derogatory. It’s incredibly boring, unlike Errol.
Bev Aadland, Errol's 'girlfriend' is my hanai mother. The fact is my grandmother, Flo Aadland, author of Big Love and basis for the movie about Errol's and my mother's last days with him, The Last of Robin Hood, pushed hard for Bev to be in show business. My mom lied about her age to get into the studios as a dancer. She acted far more mature than her age and was successful getting a job. Errol happened to walk through the dance studio one day and saw my mom and because to be hired you had to be 18, assumed she was 18. So, it's not as if he was searching out underage girls at the time, at least, not with my mom. And when he did meet her, he wasn't 50, he was 47, I believe. And, yes, after awhile he did find out about her true age, but by that time they were very intimately involved and were actually in love with each other. My grandmother was well aware of the situation and later served time for 'contributing to the delinquency of a minor', I think it was 60 days. So, all judgments aside, my mom was treated very well and very respectfully by Errol and she told me so on many occasions. In the movie, The Last of Robin Hood, Dakota Fanning played my mom (UNCANNY resemblance, I might add), Kevin Kline played Errol Flynn, and Susan Sarandon played my grandmother, Florence Aadland. When I met them to talk about the film, all of them were extremely gracious! Aloha
Mr Flynn split Hell wide open.
Flynn was really Australian In his final yrs he lived at the famed "Garden of Allah"-(now of course demolished?) A limited actor, but deserved an Oscar shot for s. actor for Hemingway's 1957 "Sun Also Rises" He chose to be laid to rest very top (317 acres) in GLENDALE's massive "Forest Lawn" Only about 35ft from The Great: Spencer Tracy!
jeff shannon I don't agree with you. In Too Much Too Soon he showed his acting ability, and particularly in a brilliant picture he produced - Uncertain Glory. He himself said he was miscast in Westerns and if you see him do Shakespeare in Too Much Too Soon he can act, no doubt about it. He was typecast as he said, for box office - money as he said. He also said acting is ridiculous. pretending.
He wanted to be laid to rest in Jamaica but his estranged wife (their divorce hadn't been finalized at the time of his death) had him buried in CA. She's buried next to him now.
Errol Flynn what are you doing with a 17 yr girl at your age only you know when it came to actor ,not manny could play your role as good .Errol your colour of your skin made you get away with a lot things unfortunately you forgot the more famous and power a person gets you got be a role model for the up and coming future actor lessons must be learned.R.I.P Errol
My very first crush
The gossip columns I know it's there job, but they can jump in a lake. If you dig deep enough you can find dirt on EVERYBODY, even Hedda Hopper.
Go Flynn! Had a great time.
Australia’s first real hedonist.
can anyone tell me how to watch too much, too soon. I've been attempting to find this movie, but I cannot get a copy anywhere, I dunno how to download it. Would really appreciate it if someone could help out
+mind your own business u tube its on amazon to buy i cant remember how much
ive seen it on there
You can buy it on dvd
The mind your own business u tube
CAPT. BLOOD IS ON RIGHT NOW AT 2;45 TO 5;00PM TCM CHANNEL
my friends say I look like Flynn ,guess that's a good thing,
Read the book "My days with Errol Flyyn Buster Wiles his stuntman. Knew Errol better than anyone, a thexway through. He brought his body back from Vancouver to California. And Buster has documented evidence Errol was Not a spy or communist. JUST ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD LIE. The Elvis of actors, and the most fascinating life, most adventurous fun films to watch. He's been my heroe all my life since around the mid 60's.
Mad Man , he did not give a Fuck, Cruised through life, died so young peacefully. he wouldn't have made a good old Man , that wasn't for him.
He said so in his autobiography "My Wicked, Wicked Ways".
R.I P. R.I.P. R.I.P. R.I.P
LET THE DEAD LIE IN PEACE.
He was a naughty lad, who lived life to the full, very flawed, too good looking for his own good, had he been more plain he probably wouldn't have got away with so much but he certainly had charm. I think his mothers treatment of him must have had a profound effect upon him but in the end I bet he was a hoot
Can u guys gimme a list of legendary action actors, besides Errol Flynn?
Fernando Ramos Marlon Brando,Laurence Oliver, Clark Gable. Just a few. ☺️
Douglas Fairbanks.
Jon Hall, Tyrone Power, Robert Taylor, Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas (102 years old now), Burt Lancaster John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Robert Mitchum, Victor Mature, Gregory Peck, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, etc., etc., and so forth.
@@rhianayoung1846 Good list. Lee Marvin, too.
no we can't
What an uneccessarily lurid voiceover. The Puritan origins of the US always out in the end
The narrator is English not American.
Hey 👋 ,
I believe he was acting throughout his life also l believe he was a deeply unhappy man hence his self destructive lifestyle.
I read his books. Very good and alive he had
"My Wicked Wicked Ways", his autobiography, is a great read. Not this BS....
Yes I have book and I agree with you.
true, but it's so sad.
Mimi g d
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A man's man........and a ladies man too.
A criminal man. Not a man's man.
@3:50 you can get in trouble in Australia for seducing local girls!?????
Free spirits Flynn, Morrison, Dean; free spirits are more interesting; unpredictable, entertaining.
Later this guy says born in Australia?
His father Proffessor Flynn was a naturalist zoologist . They looked very much the same. His collection of interesting zoological specimens is still on exhibition at the Hobart Museum.
Wonder who stole all his money?
This is the 3rd doco i have seen on this fictitious character and none are the same which spells. BS !
ew no.
As an Anglo /Irish grandma , I have seen the Irish self destruct buttons on many , many occasions and still can't quite understand why we seem to be this way . The reason I say we ...is simply because it applies to myself and too many friends and family , if any anthropologist wanted to work on this weird mind set they may be able to help future generations of Irish men and women. It seems that the more intelligent or successful one is the more one self destructs , from famous poets , authors , sport personalities , geniuses of literature , statesmen etc , too many for just coincidence and such a terrible waste of life . Maybe because of the fact that Ireland was , for so many centuries , an Occupied Country has given us a feeling of inferiority, yet their are benefits because we can be vociferous about the apartheid and illegal occupation of PALESTINE and detest and despise the blatant genocide which is obvious to people who recognize the evil of illegal occupation of PALESTINIAN LAND and the HYPOCRISY OF THE NAZI ZIONIST JEWS .
My thoughts about your comment was that you had written a tangled ball there. Then I saw your name. So no way am I interested in opening your box. But suffice to say the tangled ball of ideologies you put together is seemlingly insane as far as I see. Sorry. I did not know the Zionists were or are NAZIs. Are you picking out the Jews from amongst the Zionists? Why are you picking on Jews? Some Irish Republicans supported Hitler during the second WW2. He also picked on Jews ordering death. You wrote of illegal occupation. But is it? Representatives of the Arab League supported the formation of the PLO who were an International terrorist organisation. They chose to murder civilians. The PLO were kicked out of Jordan after war or trobles started when they were allowed refuge there. Kicked out of the Lebanon after war (100,000 murdered (10,000 Christians)). They went to Libya and there was war. Then after 2011 they went to Syria. There is war there and over 600,000 are dead and over 8 million fled. Both Gadaffi and Assad are or were Socialist. So who are the NAZIs. BAATH Party is an Arabic acronym. It is Arabic for 'Arab NAZI Party'. I think that if you want real help finding an answer you need to keep the situations in the Middle-east separate and not mingle them. The answer is partly natural order. You were born of two parants who likly were on sides not always as loving as your parants. So you are a fusion of two (Anglo Irish. My nephew is as well). I am also a fusion. One part of my mind are flying spitfires and the other flies messersmits. Around and around they fly. It's in my genes. IE conflict. Two parts ready to kill the other. But love conquers. So it's that stronger love that keeps the fusion (The self (my self)) together. But many thousands of films, article and other media have been written and published showing my side knocking the living daylights out of each other. People also pay to watch or view such as entertainment. But they won't think it entertainment when both guns are firing through their walls when they are screaming in agony. It's just the way it seems to be. See not every one are lovers in society. What I mean, is that fighting is in your genes. Your love keeps you together and not every one has that love. There is centuries of conflict in genes and some haven't the love or do not know of the love. So they have a few pints and bang. Their minds are 'out of order', losing control. So some strange weird shit rises inside them from the bubbling torment inside. That something can be anger. Or lost of controlled anger.
@@MikeGreenwood51 yup... the guy must have been a little tired...
The Lethargic Ponderer
You lost me there. The Guy? Who? In the video, Errol Flynn? Or the Author of the book 'The Young Errol ', 'John Hammond Moore' 4:02? Or 'Tempus Fugit' who explained she was a Grandmother. IE not a guy (male).
@@MikeGreenwood51 my apologies for the lack of clarity Sir, in short I'm in agreement with your previous comment.....
@@thelethargicponderer6793
LOL. Okay thank you. So the guy was the Anglo/Irish Grandmother, 'Tempus Fugit'
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