Plenty flawed, but he'll forever be on the pedestal with Barrymore, Fairbanks,& the other "Legends of Hollywood"

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. "

Thanks, Flynn is still an fascinating person.

Why do people love them and then try to destroy them
He was a human man. We all hurt sometimes.

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.

Fascinating wonderful man, & a terrific actor.

He lived life to the full
No time to be bored
Many others died younger!

by today's standards he'd be done for rape, pedophilia, fraud, theft, drug use...even murder

What a Life.

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 !

wonderful looking man who lived too hard and died too soon, rip Errol!

Hey, flaws notwithstanding, Flynn remains the greatest screen hero of 'em all.

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.

For all his flaws ,he just seemed like a free spirit.

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.

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.

He had a great time and died young and so the story goes !

People give him no sympathy for his sufferings, read his biography.

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!

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. 💋