Eric Flynn
Known for Acting · 23 credits
- Born
- 1939-12-13
- Died
- 2002-03-04
- Place of birth
- Hainan Island, China
Biography
Eric 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 Chatham House School in Ramsgate. He then gained a scholarship to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he met his first wife Fern.
Flynn's sons by his first marriage, Daniel and Jerome, are both actors. He also had a daughter, Kerry, by his first marriage. Flynn married his second wife Caroline, a South African, in 1981. His daughter from his second marriage, Lillie Flynn, finished a three-year acting degree at The Central School of Speech and Drama in 2007 and his son, Johnny, is also an actor and singer
Known For
TV Shows (11)
Doctor Who
1963
as Leo Ryan
The Avengers
1961
as Croft
Peak Practice
1993
as Paul Hanlon
No Hiding Place
1959
Thriller
1973
as Michael Slattery
The Jazz Age
1968
as Steve
The Black Arrow
1972
as Will Lawless
The Caesars
1968
as Germanicus
Nana
1968
as Daguenet
Ivanhoe
1970
as Ivanhoe
An Actor's Life for Me
1991
as Clive
Movies (12)
Empire of the Sun
1987
as British Prisoner
Deadly Passion
1985
as Robert Chandler
Safari 3000
1982
as Rally Team Interviewer
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
as Lt. Philip Brackenbury
A Challenge for Robin Hood
1967
as Alan-a-Dale
The Zero Option
1988
as Col. Patrick Ansell
The Swindler
1963
as Ken Gray
A Killer in Every Corner
1974
as Michael Slattery
The Silent Invasion
1962
as Erik von Strafen
The Fox and the Forest
1965
as Faber
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
1968
as Leo Ryan
Mr. Brown Comes Down The Hill
1965
About Eric Flynn
Eric 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 Chatham House School in Ramsgate. He then gained a scholarship to Royal Academy of Dramat… With 23 credits spanning from 1959 to 1993, Eric Flynn has appeared in 12 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Eric Flynn Movies
- Empire of the Sun (1987) — as British Prisoner
- Deadly Passion (1985) — as Robert Chandler
- Safari 3000 (1982) — as Rally Team Interviewer
- Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963) — as Lt. Philip Brackenbury
- A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967) — as Alan-a-Dale
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