Errol Flynn
(1909-1959)
Died aged c. 50
Wikidata WikipediaErrol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia de Havilland, and reputation for his womanising and hedonistic personal life. His most notable roles include the eponymous hero in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), which was later named by the American Film Institute as the 18th greatest hero in American film history, the lead role in Captain Blood (1935), Major Geoffrey Vickers in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), and the hero in a number of Westerns such as Dodge City (1939), Santa Fe Trail (1940), and San Antonio (1945).
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
Errol Flynn Reserve. The famous Hollywood actor was born in nearby Battery Point in 1909. He briefly attended Albeura Street School (1918-1919) and lived in Duke Street, Sandy Bay as a young child. His first associations with water and boats were likely to have been in this vicinity
Marieville Esplanade, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia where they was born near (1909)
Hotel Majestic. The Hotel Majestic opened on 18 July 1900 as the finest hotel of the world's greatest spa. Built by Frederick hotels and designed by London architect G. D. Martin, the majestic has, for over a century, been the preferred address of visitors such as Winston Churchill, Edward Elgar, Errol Flynn, 'James Herriot', G. B. Shaw and several Prime-Ministers. Bombed on 12 July 1940, the Hotel Majestic served as an RAF Reception Centre during the Second World War. It was extensively refurbished between 1998 and 2002.
Ripon Road, Harrogate, United Kingdom where they stayed