Portrait of Errol Flynn

Acting

Errol Flynn

Career

Active from 1933 to 1959, busiest in 1938 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
55
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 48 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Errol Flynn Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.7, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Psychological
    4.3, average 5.5
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 8
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Classic Hollywood 5
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Class Conflict 4
  • Technicolor Spectacle 3
  • Witty Dialogue 3
  • Classic Western 3
  • Old Hollywood 3
  • Classic Cinema 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Historical Setting 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

71
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year (2023)

TV show

2010s

1 title ยท average score 60
In Like Flynn
In Like Flynn (2018)
GoodWatch score 60

Book

2000s

1 title
Warner at War
Warner at War (2008)

as (archive footage)

1980s

2 titles ยท average score 55
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985)
GoodWatch score 55

Book

1970s

1 title ยท average score 83
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! (1974)
GoodWatch score 83

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

24 titles ยท average score 56
The Roots of Heaven
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
GoodWatch score 59

as Forsythe

Too Much, Too Soon
Too Much, Too Soon (1958)
GoodWatch score 55

as John Barrymore

The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mike Campbell

Istanbul
Istanbul (1957)
GoodWatch score 60

as James Brennan

The Big Boodle
The Big Boodle (1957)
GoodWatch score 54

as Ned Sherwood

The Dark Avenger
The Dark Avenger (1955)
GoodWatch score 57

as Prince Edward

The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
GoodWatch score 79

as Jamie Durie

Against All Flags
Against All Flags (1952)
GoodWatch score 58

as Brian Hawke

Mara Maru
Mara Maru (1952)
GoodWatch score 41

as Gregory Mason

Adventures of Captain Fabian
Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
GoodWatch score 54

as Capt. Michael Fabian

Montana
Montana (1950)
GoodWatch score 52

as Morgan Lane

Kim
Kim (1950)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard

1940s

21 titles ยท average score 65
Adventures of Don Juan
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
GoodWatch score 68

as Don Juan de Maraรฑa

Silver River
Silver River (1948)
GoodWatch score 59

as 'Mike' McComb

Cry Wolf
Cry Wolf (1947)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mark Caldwell

Objective, Burma!
Objective, Burma! (1945)
GoodWatch score 70

as Capt. Nelson

Edge of Darkness
Edge of Darkness (1943)
GoodWatch score 71

as Gunnar Brogge

Northern Pursuit
Northern Pursuit (1943)
GoodWatch score 56

as Corporal Steve Wagner

Gentleman Jim
Gentleman Jim (1942)
GoodWatch score 88

as James J. Corbett

They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
GoodWatch score 64

as George Armstrong Custer

Footsteps in the Dark
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

as Francis Monroe Warren II, alias F.X. Pettijohn

The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk (1940)
GoodWatch score 85

as Captain Geoffrey Thorpe

Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
GoodWatch score 56

as Jeb Stuart

Virginia City
Virginia City (1940)
GoodWatch score 63

as Kerry Bradford

1930s

20 titles ยท average score 66
Dodge City
Dodge City (1939)
GoodWatch score 85

as Wade Hatton

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
GoodWatch score 73

as The Earl of Essex

The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
GoodWatch score 89

as Robin Hood

The Dawn Patrol
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
GoodWatch score 71

as Capt. Courtney

Four's a Crowd
Four's a Crowd (1938)
GoodWatch score 59

as Robert Kensington 'Bob' Lansford

The Sisters
The Sisters (1938)
GoodWatch score 62

as Frank Medlin

The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
GoodWatch score 69

as Miles Hendon

Another Dawn
Another Dawn (1937)
GoodWatch score 52

as Captain Denny Roark

The Perfect Specimen
The Perfect Specimen (1937)
GoodWatch score 64

as Gerald Beresford Wicks

The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
GoodWatch score 65

as Major Geoffrey Vickers

Captain Blood
Captain Blood (1935)
GoodWatch score 86

as Dr. Peter Blood

In the Wake of the Bounty
In the Wake of the Bounty (1933)
GoodWatch score 50

as Fletcher Christian