Eric Flynn

Eric Flynn
Eric Flynn
Born	Eric William Flynn; 13 December 1939; Hainan Island, China
Died	4 March 2002 (aged 62); Pembrokeshire, Wales
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1960–2002
Spouses	; Fern Flynn (m. 1959⁠–⁠1980) ; Caroline Forbes (m. 1981)
Children	5, including Johnny

Eric William Flynn (13 December 1939 – 4 March 2002) was a British actor.

Early life

Flynn was born on 13 December 1939 on

Hainan Island, China, where his father was a customs officer for the Hong Kong government. After the outbreak of war and the Japanese invasion of China, his family spent several years interned in a Japanese prisoner of war camp (50 years later he would play a British prisoner in the film Empire of the Sun

, set in a Japanese prison of war camp in China).

He returned to Britain at the age of 13, and was educated at

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he met his first wife Fern.^[1]

Career

Flynn had many television roles. He appeared as Alan-A-Dale in A Challenge for Robin Hood in 1967, as Germanicus Caesar in the ITV historical drama series, The Caesars, as Leo Ryan in the Doctor Who story "The Wheel in Space" in 1968, as Ivanhoe in a 1970 TV mini-series, as Major Tom Graham in series five of Freewheelers in 1971 and as Slattery in one episode of Thriller ('A Killer In Every Corner'), in 1975.

He was also an established musical theatre actor appearing in shows such as

The Sound Of Music, My Fair Lady, A Little Night Music, and Copacabana, playing alongside the likes of Lauren Bacall, Maria Freidman, and Suzi Quatro. He played the role of Bobby during part of the 1972 London production of Stephen Sondheim's Company.^[3]

Personal life

Flynn's sons by his first marriage,

Johnny

, is also an actor and singer.

Death

Eric Flynn died of cancer at his home in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on 4 March 2002, aged 62.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	Exodus	Bit Part	Uncredited
1962	The Silent Invasion	Erik von Strafen
1963	Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow	Lt. Philip Brackenbury
1965	Mr. Brown Comes Down the Hill	Mr. Brown
1967	A Challenge for Robin Hood	Alan-a-Dale
1980	Safari 3000	Rally Team Interviewer
1985	Deadly Passion	Robert Chandler
1987	Empire of the Sun	British Prisoner No. 1
1988	The Zero Option	Col. Patrick Ansell

References

^ ^a ^b "Obituary". The Telegraph. 16 March 2002. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ "Gramophone magazine, December 1986 issue, page 138, Stage and Screen section". Gramophone magazine. London, UK. Retrieved 18 May 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Obituaries: Eric Flynn". The Independent. 14 March 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

External links

Eric Flynn at
IMDb

[Obituary-1] "Obituary". The Telegraph. 16 March 2002. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

[GramophoneReview-2] "Gramophone magazine, December 1986 issue, page 138, Stage and Screen section". Gramophone magazine. London, UK. Retrieved 18 May 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "Obituaries: Eric Flynn". The Independent. 14 March 2002. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

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