Inappropriate Details About Errol Flynn, Old Hollywood’s Golden Boy

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  • Опубликовано: 11 ноя 2024

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  • @patriciasnyder6915
    @patriciasnyder6915 3 года назад +146

    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.

    • @raven_ous2585
      @raven_ous2585 2 года назад +2

      What ??!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @vernpascal1531
      @vernpascal1531 2 года назад

      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.

    • @rick6582CNCMedicalParts
      @rick6582CNCMedicalParts 2 года назад +2

      Great Actor & In like flynn ..

    • @blessed7fold
      @blessed7fold 2 года назад +1

      Well said.

    • @Tom-jn6ci
      @Tom-jn6ci Год назад +8

      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.

  • @vernongrant3596
    @vernongrant3596 3 года назад +112

    Here in Australia we just love the fact that a Tasmanian was the King of Hollywood.

    • @terryasheim9038
      @terryasheim9038 3 года назад +6

      Actually that would have been Clark Gable.

    • @vernongrant3596
      @vernongrant3596 3 года назад +18

      @@terryasheim9038 there is an old saying in Australia. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

    • @terryasheim9038
      @terryasheim9038 3 года назад +3

      @@vernongrant3596 😂😂😂

    • @benburndred2226
      @benburndred2226 2 года назад +2

      @@terryasheim9038 no flynn took the cake

    • @vernpascal1531
      @vernpascal1531 2 года назад

      @@terryasheim9038 he was as much The King of Hollywood as Gable from Sea Hawk till The Rape Trial.

  • @johnzeszut3170
    @johnzeszut3170 3 года назад +171

    You don't see guys like Flynn too much no more. He packed at least three life-times into his short years!

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 года назад +5

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    • @ingvarhallstrom2306
      @ingvarhallstrom2306 3 года назад +15

      That's because he would be in jail.

    • @billblaken2699
      @billblaken2699 3 года назад +2

      3 lifetimes of sexual assault....hmmmm...fun actor to watch but was a horrible human being.

    • @bernardcassidy6497
      @bernardcassidy6497 2 года назад +3

      @@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

    • @bernardcassidy6497
      @bernardcassidy6497 2 года назад +1

      @@ingvarhallstrom2306 Really, you are so intelligent it's scary

  • @gbeachy2010
    @gbeachy2010 3 года назад +41

    Were he born a couple decades later, what a great James Bond. ....

    • @TOCC50
      @TOCC50 Год назад

      He was no homo

  • @JSB1882
    @JSB1882 3 года назад +81

    "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.

    • @ElectrologyNow
      @ElectrologyNow 3 года назад +7

      When I was in HS, his "tell-all" book was our Bible (well, the boys anyway).

    • @mjsgambati
      @mjsgambati 3 года назад +2

      @@ElectrologyNow what book is that?

    • @vernpascal1531
      @vernpascal1531 2 года назад +2

      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.

    • @viktoriaironpride4977
      @viktoriaironpride4977 2 года назад +2

      @@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."

    • @buyiphilip
      @buyiphilip Год назад

      too much liquor will kill you

  • @peterfranks6243
    @peterfranks6243 3 года назад +34

    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.

    • @tj.espygil4544
      @tj.espygil4544 3 года назад +5

      Too much drinking.

    • @peterfranks6243
      @peterfranks6243 3 года назад +8

      @@tj.espygil4544 absolutely, he was only 50.... but looked 80

  • @libertycowboy2495
    @libertycowboy2495 3 года назад +33

    My dad was a friend of his in the 40s. Said he was a good friend but could be a bad enemy!

    • @KarmicSalt
      @KarmicSalt Год назад

      did your dad talk about the extra Flynn raped?

    • @2needey1
      @2needey1 7 месяцев назад

      Damn my boss used to tell me “Max you fit in like you’re a living Flynn.” Not sure how to feel about that??

  • @MikeSmith-fs9wh
    @MikeSmith-fs9wh 3 года назад +29

    Flynn was amazing in Robin Hood, my favorite movie of my youth !

  • @deb-1558
    @deb-1558 Год назад +8

    I love Errol Flynn. I'm 27 but he's one of my favourite actors and I loved watching him on screen when I was growing up ❤

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  Год назад +1

      We're happy to know that you're a fan of Errol. Which of his roles appealed to you the most?

    • @deb-1558
      @deb-1558 Год назад +1

      @@FactsVerse Favourite one will always be Robin Hood 😊

    • @kannon965
      @kannon965 8 месяцев назад

      @@FactsVerseI’m just truly discovering him. (I have heard of him previously obviously lol I mean his work) What do you recommend?

  • @loranedrow9088
    @loranedrow9088 3 года назад +42

    It sounds like his mother ruined him. No child is born a devil child. What a shame, he was great on film.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 года назад +2

      Thanks for watching!

    • @frantrictantric
      @frantrictantric 3 года назад +6

      @J Palliser They usually become politicians haha

    • @johndonson1603
      @johndonson1603 3 года назад +4

      What are you talking about, evil ?
      He lived his life to the fullest, good on him.

    • @normadesmond6017
      @normadesmond6017 2 года назад

      haha. easy to blame the mother for him beeing a pedo.

  • @bigbabysld
    @bigbabysld 3 года назад +80

    Greatest Robin Hood ever!!!

  • @HairHoFla
    @HairHoFla 3 года назад +13

    In David Niven's autobiography..he talks about the malibu beach house he shared with Eroll in the mid 30's called it Cirrhosis By The Sea

  • @davidbreazeale7257
    @davidbreazeale7257 3 года назад +36

    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

    • @big_boi823
      @big_boi823 2 года назад +3

      I’m actually related to him because my great grandma was his cousin

    • @CarlosFernandez-r8o
      @CarlosFernandez-r8o 10 месяцев назад

      Did you get to meet his son Sean,who was acwar correspondent there,and was captured by the Khymer Rouge.​@blandgren9620

  • @bryanpalmer9660
    @bryanpalmer9660 3 года назад +36

    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

    • @curtgomes
      @curtgomes 3 года назад +2

      Interestingly, he admitted to that during the waning years of his life. Too little too late.

    • @bernardcassidy6497
      @bernardcassidy6497 2 года назад +10

      His peers were no better, just more discreet and probably much worse

    • @bryanpalmer9660
      @bryanpalmer9660 2 года назад +3

      @@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

    • @hman2912
      @hman2912 2 года назад +1

      And that's saying something if Hollywood doesn't respect you

  • @corineusa1454
    @corineusa1454 3 года назад +18

    Errol Flynn was the most beautiful manly man that ever graced the silver screen.♥️

    • @arthurgearheard4701
      @arthurgearheard4701 2 года назад +2

      Brad Pitt fans may disagree with this statement although I think that Flynn was a better Actor!

    • @metacosmos
      @metacosmos Год назад

      too manly

  • @MovieJon
    @MovieJon 3 года назад +16

    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.

    • @grahamhowes6904
      @grahamhowes6904 2 года назад +3

      Amongst the many factual distortions - he did actually get Bette back - smacking her ass in another scene so hard she was sent flying.

    • @ontheroadhome4796
      @ontheroadhome4796 Год назад

      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.

  • @Nothingness00000-o
    @Nothingness00000-o 3 года назад +17

    🎵Oh Errol, I would give anything, just to be like him🎶. Aussie 80's band, Australian Crawl👍✌️

  • @davidanderson3684
    @davidanderson3684 3 года назад +33

    Charlie sheen has nothing on Flynn on being the ultimate bad boy in Hollywood!

    • @tj.espygil4544
      @tj.espygil4544 3 года назад +3

      And Errol Flynn never got HIV.

    • @sweetiehogg7249
      @sweetiehogg7249 2 года назад

      Charlie sheen a pissant..he cant hold a candle to errol flynn..

    • @lishamarlar4597
      @lishamarlar4597 2 года назад +2

      Yet Charlie sheen lived past 50. And he said he doesn't have HIV anymore

  • @bernicegaze3354
    @bernicegaze3354 3 года назад +21

    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.

  • @judyannlemay618
    @judyannlemay618 3 года назад +27

    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

    • @kathleenclark5877
      @kathleenclark5877 3 года назад +2

      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.

    • @brightwhitelight9445
      @brightwhitelight9445 3 года назад +3

      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.

    • @KarmicSalt
      @KarmicSalt Год назад

      except for the extra he raped.

  • @luishumbertovega3900
    @luishumbertovega3900 3 года назад +15

    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 !)..

    • @scotlandtheinsane3359
      @scotlandtheinsane3359 2 года назад +2

      Jesus, he was 50?
      He looks like a well preserved 75 year old in the thumbnail. That's what I call 'caning it'!

  • @clmjohn
    @clmjohn 3 года назад +28

    Life isn’t a rehearsal he lived it to the full .

    • @johndonson1603
      @johndonson1603 3 года назад +3

      Spot on.

    • @billblaken2699
      @billblaken2699 3 года назад

      Full of sexual assault on underaged women, but not a big issue for you I guess

  • @DENAANN1000
    @DENAANN1000 2 года назад +8

    He's my all time favorite. My wicked wicked ways is a great book.

  • @robertsmith6068
    @robertsmith6068 3 года назад +18

    He did say , "I've had a hell of a lot of fun" at the end or near the end.

  • @Jarhead-te8id
    @Jarhead-te8id 3 года назад +18

    One of my favorites actors besides James Cagney. You guys gotta do a segment on James Cagney.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 года назад

      Thanks for watching!

    • @jimlassiter749
      @jimlassiter749 3 года назад +1

      And the Bowery Boys too!

    • @Jerseybytes2
      @Jerseybytes2 3 года назад +2

      I love them both

    • @jimlassiter749
      @jimlassiter749 3 года назад +3

      @@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....

  • @janetdear6429
    @janetdear6429 3 года назад +6

    😱 shockingly interesting story, may he rest in peace, 🙏 great video thanks 🖤

  • @karenshow1963
    @karenshow1963 3 года назад +19

    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.

    • @davidcaledonia5187
      @davidcaledonia5187 3 года назад

      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

    • @vernpascal1531
      @vernpascal1531 2 года назад

      @@davidcaledonia5187 Yeah as if you knew him or walked in his shoes...

    • @metacosmos
      @metacosmos Год назад

      very typical Aussie gigolo and surfer.

  • @da_blade5040
    @da_blade5040 2 года назад +4

    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!! 💔😭😭

  • @lamicoharris7998
    @lamicoharris7998 3 года назад +58

    Great actor.. Sad upbringing.. Parents don't realize the effects their words can have on a child... So sad

    • @MichelleJohnson-tg5lx
      @MichelleJohnson-tg5lx 3 года назад +7

      Very true

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 года назад +3

      Thanks for watching!

    • @barbaravendro913
      @barbaravendro913 3 года назад +12

      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

    • @brianwalsh1401
      @brianwalsh1401 3 года назад +14

      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?

    • @whahappened8398
      @whahappened8398 Год назад +2

      @@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.

  • @kslinaz5668
    @kslinaz5668 3 года назад +42

    How could you not say anything about Olivia de Havilland?
    Omg!

    • @tj.espygil4544
      @tj.espygil4544 3 года назад +3

      True. Unless this was released before her death, because then she would sue them for mentioning her.

    • @lilybond6485
      @lilybond6485 3 года назад +5

      What about Olivia de Havilland ?

  • @colincharlton9339
    @colincharlton9339 3 года назад +10

    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..

  • @gerimitchell5066
    @gerimitchell5066 3 года назад +12

    Wow never would have guessed he was a Hellraiser. He was an awesome actor though.

  • @denniswhite9721
    @denniswhite9721 3 года назад +10

    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!

  • @frantrictantric
    @frantrictantric 3 года назад +46

    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
      @catherinebishop4062 3 года назад +7

      Men's men are insecure little boys acting tough

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 года назад +2

      Thanks for watching!

    • @leesashriber5097
      @leesashriber5097 3 года назад +4

      I totally agree. Society is so quick to judge and think the worst.

    • @frantrictantric
      @frantrictantric 3 года назад +4

      @@catherinebishop4062 You must be a lesbian!

    • @frantrictantric
      @frantrictantric 3 года назад +5

      @@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.

  • @AladdinSaneNYC
    @AladdinSaneNYC 3 года назад +12

    My fave Flynn movies: The Adventures of Don Juan and The Sun Also Rises!

  • @johnfarina6155
    @johnfarina6155 3 года назад +15

    Flynn was considered for the part of Rhett Butler. Imagine how much better that already great film ( GWTW ) would have been.

    • @danicegewiss862
      @danicegewiss862 3 года назад +2

      They felt he was too good looking for Scarlett to not be 100% attracted to.

    • @debbiereed8241
      @debbiereed8241 2 года назад +3

      Rhett Butler definitely could have worked with Erroll. I think they both were gorgeous.

    • @arthurgearheard4701
      @arthurgearheard4701 2 года назад +1

      Bette Davis didn't want to co-star opposite him as Scarlett O'Hara! At least, that's what Jack Warner was trying to arrange!

    • @cheryllee81
      @cheryllee81 2 года назад +2

      I've always felt Flynn would have been the best Rhett Butler.

    • @metacosmos
      @metacosmos Год назад

      Errol Flynn tried to shot Lolita with Kubrick... playing himself.

  • @Thespian821
    @Thespian821 3 года назад +10

    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.

    • @RipperBravo
      @RipperBravo 2 года назад +1

      That was ghost written by Earl Conrad.

    • @metacosmos
      @metacosmos Год назад +1

      no wonder as his father was a darwinist biologist.

  • @ESUSAMEX
    @ESUSAMEX 3 года назад +241

    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.

    • @Les445
      @Les445 3 года назад +27

      That's the absolute truth.

    • @travelseatsyellowlab
      @travelseatsyellowlab 3 года назад +8

      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.

    • @viktoriaironpride4977
      @viktoriaironpride4977 3 года назад +10

      @@travelseatsyellowlab One of Errol's famous bon mots was, "I have trouble reconciling my net income with my gross habits."

    • @angiearbogast5424
      @angiearbogast5424 3 года назад +21

      I thought one of the issues was how young alot of his women were

    • @travelseatsyellowlab
      @travelseatsyellowlab 3 года назад +31

      @@angiearbogast5424 yes, because he intentionally preyed on young, sometimes underaged females.

  • @kimdenyse
    @kimdenyse 3 года назад +19

    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. ❤

    • @2needey1
      @2needey1 7 месяцев назад

      People used to call me Flynn because I reminded older guys of him. “Your in like Flynn “. Is what I didn’t get till recently.. ha

  • @atw98
    @atw98 3 года назад +35

    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.

    • @connor25
      @connor25 Год назад

      Which school?

    • @whahappened8398
      @whahappened8398 Год назад +1

      @@connor25 Errol was a boarder at Church of England Grammar school in Sydney
      His room mate was 'John Gorton' a future Prime Minister of Australia

  • @PickleRick65
    @PickleRick65 Год назад +4

    So Before he was an actor, he was an ACTUAL Adventurer in the traditional sense. Awesome.

  • @robertfong-mow7235
    @robertfong-mow7235 3 года назад +22

    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.

    • @raven_ous2585
      @raven_ous2585 2 года назад

      Destroyed his looks ??!!

    • @robertfong-mow7235
      @robertfong-mow7235 2 года назад +1

      @@raven_ous2585 Yes. His face got puffier and eyes got smaller.
      They had to use makeup to hide the flaws.

    • @raven_ous2585
      @raven_ous2585 2 года назад

      @@robertfong-mow7235 It does happen as people age , you know 🤪🤪. Nothing could rid him of those GORGEOUS features

  • @ahall1459
    @ahall1459 3 года назад +4

    He was of his day...
    There is a lot here that I haven't heard before either, so good work...

  • @kennethfordjr4214
    @kennethfordjr4214 Год назад +2

    Omg !!!! Growing up my dad raised me on all his movies !!!! Captain Blood was our favorite !!!!

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  Год назад

      You're a true fan, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. We loved Captain Blood too 💗

    • @JD-bn2ch
      @JD-bn2ch 7 месяцев назад

      Yes, my favourite too!

  • @geezergeezer1
    @geezergeezer1 3 года назад +5

    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.

  • @laf43777
    @laf43777 3 года назад +4

    Have no firsthand knowledge of his bad boy reputation, but he is one of my favorite actors

  • @shawneedalegrimm9728
    @shawneedalegrimm9728 2 года назад +5

    Yes - I definitely think Mr. Flynn earned his bad-boy reputation. Made me smile!

  • @thomasmclarnon5844
    @thomasmclarnon5844 3 года назад +36

    He was a great actor RIP Errol

    • @normadesmond6017
      @normadesmond6017 2 года назад

      no, he wasn't. He was an alcoholic, a paedophile, and a pretty much despicable human beeing who never cared about anything or anyone but himself.

  • @5ivestring
    @5ivestring 3 года назад +7

    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)

    • @lindacorwin9066
      @lindacorwin9066 Год назад +1

      I heard he took flying lessons from local cropdusters when he was "off".

  • @anthonyvandyk5150
    @anthonyvandyk5150 3 года назад +7

    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.

  • @faithmapstone9982
    @faithmapstone9982 3 года назад +3

    My wonderful ♥ Dad, loved Erroll Flynn films. I hope you finally got to meet him, up there Dad! With all my love Faithy ♥️⭐⭐🍾

  • @Arthur_McGowan
    @Arthur_McGowan 3 года назад +9

    A classic case of the peril of extremely good looks.

  • @drtonyhaworth6287
    @drtonyhaworth6287 3 года назад +6

    Give me a Flynn film any day superb

  • @pjgrl2
    @pjgrl2 3 года назад +13

    captain blood is a fave of mine

  • @johnfrancis2215
    @johnfrancis2215 2 года назад +8

    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

    • @fav23552
      @fav23552 Год назад +1

      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.

  • @amandaterrio4823
    @amandaterrio4823 3 года назад +6

    Imagine meeting your spouse at a rape trial

  • @samspencer582
    @samspencer582 11 месяцев назад +1

    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!

  • @vidimur1977
    @vidimur1977 2 года назад +4

    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).

    • @moorparkgirl
      @moorparkgirl Год назад +1

      No stability , never knew stability at home `

  • @Ramillies1000
    @Ramillies1000 3 года назад +6

    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.

  • @maureentuohy9423
    @maureentuohy9423 3 года назад +15

    Man, he was gorgeous!

  • @leesashriber5097
    @leesashriber5097 3 года назад +9

    Amazing actor with such a short life.

  • @skipthompson2290
    @skipthompson2290 2 года назад +3

    I've always been a fan of Errol Flynn. If one of his movies comes on. I watch it..

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад

      We're very happy to know that you're a fan of Errol! In your opinion, which of his films is his finest?

  • @peterfranks6243
    @peterfranks6243 2 года назад +3

    I share my birthday with Errol except for exactly 60 years. In another time and another place he would have been perfect as James Bond

  • @johndonson1603
    @johndonson1603 3 года назад +5

    What a life that man had , they really don't make em like that anymore.

  • @curtgomes
    @curtgomes 3 года назад +17

    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....

    • @Ramillies1000
      @Ramillies1000 3 года назад +8

      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.

    • @brianwalsh1401
      @brianwalsh1401 3 года назад +4

      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!

    • @curtgomes
      @curtgomes 3 года назад +8

      @@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.

    • @amandadassonville4043
      @amandadassonville4043 3 года назад +1

      Yip, nothing there to admire. 🐝

    • @amandadassonville4043
      @amandadassonville4043 3 года назад

      @@curtgomes too late the phalinthrope.....

  • @errol-ih4jy
    @errol-ih4jy 3 года назад +7

    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.

  • @angiearbogast5424
    @angiearbogast5424 3 года назад +4

    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

  • @stevendavis1940
    @stevendavis1940 3 года назад +4

    The details are not inappropriate. They are details about inappropriate behavior.

  • @deniseroe5891
    @deniseroe5891 3 года назад +5

    No matter his faults, he was gorgeous. I bet he enjoyed his life.

    • @anthonyvandyk5150
      @anthonyvandyk5150 3 года назад +1

      I'll bet he did not enjoy the primitive treatment he received for V.D.

  • @timages
    @timages 2 года назад +9

    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.

    • @moorparkgirl
      @moorparkgirl Год назад

      His mother took Rosemary and left for Europe `

  • @rebeccalerch3134
    @rebeccalerch3134 3 года назад +11

    Robin Hood was my favorite

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 года назад

      Thanks for watching!

    • @rebeccalerch3134
      @rebeccalerch3134 3 года назад

      Bring back old Memories your sadness there’s happiness think about his good times have a great night

    • @rebeccalerch3134
      @rebeccalerch3134 3 года назад

      @@FactsVerse thank for sharing.

    • @rebeccalerch3134
      @rebeccalerch3134 3 года назад

      It’s time to make new memories yes I have plans to have new memories new people new love new places just knew everything let you go and getting a hold of and then join it

  • @willkirkoff1333
    @willkirkoff1333 3 года назад +7

    In like Flynn baby!

  • @robjones2408
    @robjones2408 3 года назад +9

    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.

  • @kiaramcghee5501
    @kiaramcghee5501 3 года назад +4

    Fun fact the guy that plays chase in Zoey 101 Sean Flynn is actually errol flynns grandson

    • @buckroo8424
      @buckroo8424 3 года назад +1

      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.

    • @kiaramcghee5501
      @kiaramcghee5501 3 года назад

      @@buckroo8424 no look it up Sean Flynn is indeed his grandson

    • @anthonyvandyk5150
      @anthonyvandyk5150 3 года назад

      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.

    • @kiaramcghee5501
      @kiaramcghee5501 3 года назад

      @Djuma Webb yes he was

  • @tamaramorton8812
    @tamaramorton8812 3 года назад +20

    Sounds like his abusive mother was the source of his problems. Who knows what happened in the privacy of their home? Sad.

    • @christhompson3750
      @christhompson3750 2 года назад +4

      His daughter, Rory said his mother left him with his father. She moved taking his younger sister with her. Serious abandonment issues.

  • @lynnwood7205
    @lynnwood7205 3 года назад +9

    A larger than life personality.

  • @claudeechols1569
    @claudeechols1569 2 года назад +6

    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.

  • @wendyponsford7428
    @wendyponsford7428 2 года назад +9

    Just because he could act, we should still see him as the drunken, womanizer he really was.

  • @lexiconcapacitor586
    @lexiconcapacitor586 2 года назад +8

    One can't help to love such Charisma.... With a little guidance at the middle of his life he could have gone on to do great things truly great things

  • @larshansson9442
    @larshansson9442 3 года назад +5

    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.

  • @ronhamilton5423
    @ronhamilton5423 Год назад +3

    If you condemn Errol, then you would have to condemn all the rock stars that followed.

  • @carlthornton3076
    @carlthornton3076 3 года назад +2

    Very Good!..

  • @westtaylor1020
    @westtaylor1020 2 года назад +2

    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.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад +1

      Thank you for your beautiful message for Errol. Which of his films appealed to you the most?

    • @mallorygraf8574
      @mallorygraf8574 2 года назад +1

      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".💫💫💫💫💫

  • @harry9392
    @harry9392 3 года назад +17

    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

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching!

    • @mariannesouthward5676
      @mariannesouthward5676 3 года назад +1

      I thought he went missing while in Cambodia with another journalist and nobody to this day knows what happened to them .
      Sad really .

    • @harry9392
      @harry9392 3 года назад +3

      @@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,

  • @marcellobomfim5629
    @marcellobomfim5629 3 года назад +16

    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?

    • @tejaswoman
      @tejaswoman Год назад

      “What a great time to live in, when you could exploit underage girls, and get off scot-free! Yahoo!”

  • @bobbydazzler1780
    @bobbydazzler1780 2 года назад +1

    The light that burns twice as bright lives half as long. And man did he burn up.

  • @R08Tam
    @R08Tam 3 года назад +6

    Yes he was a hellraiser. He was also bloody gorgeous

  • @williamwalsh962
    @williamwalsh962 3 года назад +3

    He used to say sex was his occupation
    And his occupation was sex

  • @timothykozlowski2945
    @timothykozlowski2945 3 года назад +5

    Errol Flynn was the best.

  • @Xentradi97
    @Xentradi97 3 года назад +3

    How lucky for him he was born and got famous during 50's and 60's. He'd be in jail along with Harvey today.

    • @misssiany121
      @misssiany121 2 года назад +1

      He was famous in the 30s 40s and 50s not the 60s he died in 1959

  • @tgsiii2179
    @tgsiii2179 3 года назад +11

    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.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 года назад

      Thanks for watching!

    • @mallorygraf8574
      @mallorygraf8574 2 года назад +3

      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).

    • @ontheroadhome4796
      @ontheroadhome4796 Год назад +1

      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.

    • @markdellacqua1038
      @markdellacqua1038 Год назад

      @@ontheroadhome4796 Maybe he was just a drunk who thought the world owed him a living.

  • @honest6360
    @honest6360 2 года назад +1

    He was SMOKING! My all time favorite.

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  2 года назад

      Glad to know that you're a fan of Errol. Which of his roles appealed to you the most?

    • @honest6360
      @honest6360 2 года назад

      @@FactsVerse Captain Blood but I loved all his early films more, up to 1942.

  • @seantruemoviefan.1176
    @seantruemoviefan.1176 3 года назад +11

    Everyone has a dark side meaning we all make mistakes but nobody is perfect.

    • @normadesmond6017
      @normadesmond6017 3 года назад +3

      beeing a peadophile is not something that I would regard as a thing everybody has.

    • @BrotherApexx
      @BrotherApexx 3 года назад

      Yeah, but you should try not to make the same mistakes over and over again.

    • @normadesmond6017
      @normadesmond6017 3 года назад

      @@BrotherApexx what - not abuse children over and over again? Then it's ok?

    • @judyannlemay618
      @judyannlemay618 3 года назад +1

      That’s Right!! POBODYS NERFECT!! ;]

    • @normadesmond6017
      @normadesmond6017 3 года назад +1

      @@judyannlemay618 sure... he would have ended his life in jail, had he lived in our time and age. And rightly so.

  • @stillhere1425
    @stillhere1425 3 года назад +3

    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.

  • @sherrisiegel5787
    @sherrisiegel5787 3 года назад +6

    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

  • @stanlyqbrick1621
    @stanlyqbrick1621 2 года назад +1

    I watched Bette Davis on a talk show and she loved Flynn.

  • @paulmarkwell4663
    @paulmarkwell4663 3 года назад +12

    Did he say he liked his whiskey old and his woman young

    • @FactsVerse
      @FactsVerse  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching!

    • @ianbrewer4843
      @ianbrewer4843 3 года назад +1

      Yes he did

    • @Warcrimeenthusiast
      @Warcrimeenthusiast 3 года назад +1

      Hell who doesn't

    • @tejaswoman
      @tejaswoman Год назад +1

      @@FactsVerse answering only “thanks for watching” makes sense when somebody just gives you a comment like, great, peace, or insightful, or something like that. But there’s no point in your channel responding to somebody who asks an actual question with the same boilerplate, stupid response. At least copy and paste a different form-letter response, like good question!

  • @terrycourt123
    @terrycourt123 Год назад +1

    I’m not gay but bloody hell he was one of the most handsome men there’s ever been no wonder women couldn’t resist him

  • @frankthewriter5937
    @frankthewriter5937 5 месяцев назад

    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