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Errol Flynn Facts
| Sign | Gemini |
| Born |
Jun 20, 1909 Hobart, Australia |
| Died |
Oct 14, 1959 Vancouver, Canada |
| Age | Died at 50 |
| Total Facts | 68 |
Nearly died from food poisoning after eating uncooked ground hamburger meat mixed with raw egg yolk early in 1959.
On arriving in Britain in 1933, he found an acting job with the Northampton Repertory Company, where he worked for seven months. However, it is disputed whether he performed at the 1934 Malvern Festival and in Glasgow and London's West End.
On his mother's side, he was a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian and Edward Young, of H.M.S. Bounty fame.
Once stated that his only regret was his non-participation in World War II.
Portrayed by Jude Law in The Aviator (2004).
Probably his most uncharacteristic screen appearance occurred in Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) when he sang and danced his way through a pub number entitled "That's What You Jolly Well Get".
Ranked #70 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Robin Hood was produced at an estimated cost of $2 million, and was one of the first Warner Bros. films to be shot in the three-strip Technicolor process.
Scenes and costumes worn by the characters in Robin Hood have been imitated and spoofed endlessly. For instance, in the Bugs Bunny animated short film, Rabbit Hood, Bugs is continually told by a dim-witted Little John that "Robin Hood will soon be here." When Bugs finally meets Robin at the end of the film, he is stunned to find that it is Errol Flynn, in a spliced-in clip from this film. Other parodies were Daffy Duck and Porky Pig in Robin Hood Daffy and Goofy and Black Pete in Goof Troop's Goofin' Hood & His Melancholy Men.
The Adventures of Robin Hood was Errol Flynn's first film in Technicolor.
The character of Alan Swann, portrayed by Peter O'Toole in the 1982 film My Favorite Year, was based on Errol Flynn.
The hit song "Errol", by Australian band Australian Crawl, was about him.
The phrase "In like Flynn," stems from his 1942 trial for statutory rape.
The underlying causes of his death were myocardial infarction, coronary thrombosis, coronary atherosclerosis, liver degeneration, liver sclerosis and diverticulitis of the colon.
Though Flynn did most of his own stunts in Against All Flags (1952), he balked at the one involving sliding down through a sail on a rapier blade, which was originated by Douglas Fairbanks in The Black Pirate (1926); it was performed by a stunt double.
Warner Brothers' publicity department tried to claim that he was from Ireland, when he was in fact from Tasmania, the small island state of Australia.
Was tried for statutory rape in 1942 but was acquitted.
When banned from drinking on a film set, he would inject oranges with vodka and eat them during his breaks.