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- NAME: Errol Flynn
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor
- BIRTH DATE: June 20, 1909
- DEATH DATE: October 14, 1955
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Hobart, Australia
- PLACE OF DEATH: Vancouver, Canada
- Full Name: Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn
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Australian actor Errol Flynn was celebrated as the screen's foremost swashbuckler. He had a reputation as an irrepressible drinker and womanizer.
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In 1933 Errol Flynn was offered a role in In the Wake of the Bounty. He took a few roles in British films and ultimately scored a contract with Warner Bros. in Hollywood. He went on to star in such colorful costume dramas as The Charge of the Light Brigade also some big-budget westerns. After some legal trouble, he had a brief resurgence of popularity with The Sun Also Rises.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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