@@vicgogan5379 And the drugs and the smoking,but as David Niven said" he was an incredible man,but not an admirable one". Between 1935 and '45 he was as great as anyone ever on the silver screen. All those greats Spencer Tracy,Robert Taylor, Clark Gable, Tyrone Power, Gary Cooper were either Alcoholics and/or chain smokers took 25-30 years off their lives.
Poor Errol, I think if you cut through all the legend and folklore he was actually a stand up guy , I read his autobiography which he penned himself, "my wicked wicked ways",and was amazed at his candid self depreciating attitude, he displayed practically no ego in his account of his life in hollywood and seemed very realistic about the whole thing. He suffered acute back pain most of his adult life due to injury and that got him hooked on morphine washed down with alcohol, he had some serious addiction problems which led to his poor health and early demise, such a great pity he died at 50, his body just couldn't take it anymore.
Thank You for this, Errol is truly one of the finest actors we've ever had in American cinema, Its such a shame that his brilliant work and truly under appreciated acting talents have been overshadowed. Errol was the epitome of a gifted performer a true legend among legends. They don't make them like that anymore which is truly a pity.
A 100% I remember watching some of his films in my earliest years. A 100 years from now even, I dare say they will stand up as timeless classics. Albeit of that era, it’s possible to point to several other examples of big name stars, Errol Flynn exuded a softly spoken strength and integrity, lacking in e.g. John Wayne (opposites in many ways), epitomising gentlemanly conduct. Whatever his detractors say, and they are tripping over themselves to do so, I can’t help but feel part of his straight shooting, selflessness and value of life in the true sense, is the experience of dealing with the pain referred to, which troubled him for the better part of his life. 50 years is too young, but conversely may be said to reflect the severity of the pain he suffered, as much as the deleterious effects of his efforts to mitigate it.
What a nice and refreshing way to tell the story of Errol's final day. Not a documentary or a report, instead it was presented by an ordinary person telling a simple story as if they were chatting with just me over a coffee. Unique and very well done! Thank you.
Eroll flynn an original legend He can play any role swashbuckling western and everything Girls just throw to him His bio the wicked wicked ways is Truely classic and superb Drinking destroyed his life
Flynn was a person born out of any time, he wouldn't have lived comfortably in whatever age he had been born, restless spirits, especially the ones gifted with looks and intelligence are obviously going to struggle with the morals and restrictions placed upon them by others in positions of either religious or secular power, rebellion brings with it opposition, and results in the ultimate destruction of the rebel, unfortunately.
nope, he would have been in jail for life these times. He liked his girls young. Very young. As in jailbait. He was still married when he died. His wife didn't want a gravestone for him. She said: "I do not want anything of this bast..... out here now that he's gone." His children paid for a gravestone decades later.
Errol Flynn was born the same year as my Nonna (great-grandmother.) She immigrated here from Italy in 1933. She came here with my Nonno (grandfather) when he was just 5 years old at the time. My Nonna lived to be 97 years old and was a HUGE Errol Flynn fan. She always said she learned how to speak English by watching his movies. It's funny because she actually had an Italian-Australian accent while living here in America. 😆
since i was a young boy ERROLwas my favorite,he still is,,i have so many books on him,,out of print,,rare, new,,seen all his movies,,yup,ALL,,own most of them,,,he was for me the top star from the golden age of hollywood,,,,thanks for this,
His auto biography, "My wicked wicked ways" is a great read! Action packed with his amazing travels and experiences in life. And most surprising are his words of wisdom that will help you survuve the storms in your life and help you get back on top to carry on to sunny days again!
Interesting video, He certainly lived a full life in those 50 years! I love the 1938 Robin Hood, Errol's co-star was Olivia de Havilland. They made 8 films together and she is still going strong at 103 years of age!
Well everyone just know the one side of the deboniar,swash buckling and dashing Hollywood star from Tasmania,Australia Errol Flynn(1909-1959). But there is other side of which whom his fans does not really know much. According to his father,Errol Flynn was a highly intelligent and intuitive man.He had this undying quest and thirst for knowledge.He would spend hours reading and in his last years in the 1950s kept an account of his daily life in a diary. This was the true Errol Flynn we do not know.A man of knowledge.
In this respect Errol was very much like his father, but his father lacked the vim and vinegar of Errol so perhaps his personality was more like his mother.
I was so obsessed with Errol I just can't believe his true to life swashbuckling days in Papau New Guinea. I went to Tasmania and sought out all his points of interest. Went to the hospital ( the only one in Hobart) he was delivered. It's a hotel for seniors today. His childhood home where the current owner posted photos near entrance of the young Errol playing. The black sandy beach where his mom taught him to swim. It's in his book btw. There's a memorial erected there for Errol but goodness easily missed! The National theatre where he saw his first movie in 1915 with his mom. Outside this theatre is his name on the sidewalk. Errol never went back to Tasmania after he left! I'm always curious how he lost his accent. Thanx for this video
Jean Claude Van Couver fantastic video. I live a short distance away from the place he was born. The old Hobart maternity hospital 82 Hampden rd in Battery point Hobart. You can get a good look at the building on google earths street view. It’s the 2 story building with the arch’s over the top story veranda. 👍
Jean Claude Van Couver just as a matter of interest “ Bishopscourt” is diagonally across from on my place on Antill st ( about 400 meters from Hampden Rd) and is were Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery spent his childhood until he left aged 14.
He was my paternal grandmother's favorite actor. My father's, and also mine, middle name is Errol because of that. My favorite movies that he made are "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and "Gentleman Jim". Thank you for posting this.
@@jcvancouver Actually, the name here is after my all-time favorite baseball player, Carl Yastrzemski. He was named team captain by his manager before the 1967 baseball season and he wore number 8 on his uniform. Thus "captaincarl8". My actual first name is Robert. Thanks again for the video, Jean Claude.
Most of his psychological problems stemmed from the abandonment of his parents at a very young age...they didn't spend time with him ..they just sent him money and left him on his own ...parental absence causes a lot of inner security problems. He probably secretively felt unwanted. That's my take
Great video. Errol was my favorite actor by far. I visited his grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Parks in Glendale, Ca. back in 1995. I also got to see his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
I worked for a university in Sydney ,Australia .I worked on properties left to the university veterinary dept by Flynn as a legacy for caring for his dog
@@jcvancouver my other favorite include Charge Of The Light Brigade, Captain Blood. Pro Football Hall of Fame member John McNally got the nickname Blood after watching that classic film.
I am a big fan of Errol Flynn, having grown up watching his movies, e.g. The Adventures Of Robin Hood, Captin Blood, The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex, They Died With Their Boots On, etc. I read his biography 'My Wicked, Wicked Ways', which I thought was fantastic. He really was a swashbuckler and a loveable rogue. From Tasmania to Vancouver via Hollywood. RIP Errol! Thank you for the upload, very fascinating.
I'm English I live in UK. First place I ever visited in Canada was Vancouver yes I liked the city very much ( Stanley Park etc ) is that wooden Bridge still there in Van ? I recall it was named Granby Bridge ( or similar name ? )
@@jcvancouver it seems to me that you know Vancouver well (apart from being an Errol Flynn fan?). May I give you my email address? Maybe we can keep in touch if I come to visit Vancouver. Waiting for your response. Warm regards
My favourite actor brilliant in all the movies from captain blood, Elizabeth and Essex, sea hawks, robin hood, and Don Juan. SO SAD the way this great actor went.
Just think his autopsy showed to he had the body of a 75 year old even he was he only 50 after he died of a massive heart attack. Flynn was a heavy drinker especially of vodka which would consume 2-3 quarts a day and was a chain smoker for to years. His autopsy showed his liver was so badly damaged from drinking he would have only lived another 9-12 months had he not died of heart attack.
Great video of one of my favoutite actors. However, I have seen his sudden report at Vancouver Police Dept and he was DOA in the Burnaby St apartment. I am also aware of the "inappropriate" comments mentioned. He certainly lived a full life! His book " My Wicked Wicked Ways" was very funny and entertaining.
Errol Flynn was told he was dying one year prior and he knew he was on borrowed time. I believe he went into the room of the doctors house to lie down because he knew he was dying and he didn't want anyone to see him pass. A very sad ending for poor Errol Flynn, ironically the last few lines of his autobiography read... "The second half of the century looms but I don't feel the night coming on"... says it all really. Sadly his son "Sean Flynn" was murdered by the Khmer Rouge in 1970 and his daughter "Arnella" in 1998 of a drug overdose.
very interesting and informative,thankyou. i feel errols course in life was set at an early age and he lived several lives in hts 50 years, great character and actor. his co-star in his early films olivia de havilland is inher 104th year.
But the extras hated him.One of them had a fist fight with him with Errol Flynn finally had his opponent landed flat on his back.Not just an actor but Errol could fight as well in real life.
@@dwainwilson5080 it was the late David Niven who had elaborated that in his book "Bring On the Empty Horses."If anyone who was that closed to Errol Flynn and knew him well it would be Niven. Both were born in the same year 1909 and they shared quarters together in their early Hollywood careers. As Niven once too was an extra,he had knew some of the extras who had an intensed dislike for Errol Flynn.God only knows why they disliked him. There was this extra a gorilla of a man as mentioned by Niven in his book BOTEH.There was a huge roar of a laughter when Flynn tried to get on to his horse but he felled and landed on his back.Flynn then replied,"Which son of you bitches did that?"."Then a burly man akin to a gorilla stepped in and said,"I did,and do you want to make something of it?".Flynn then replied back,"Get off your horse." There after there was a fist fight with that huge man landed flat on his back."After that the extras grew to love Flynn even more.
@@flamingwarrior2589 by the way who was that actor and I would very much like to know. But we cannot denied that Errol Flynn was the first to open the doors for many Australian actors and actresses into Hollywood.He was indeed the forerunner.If not for Errol Flynn actors and actors such Nicole Kidman and Russel Crowe would not have won their Oscars.
Thank you Mike for all of your positive and knowledgeable contributions to Errol's memory and my vlog. Great people such as yourself inspire me to make more vlogs. I appreciate you.
So thankful for your information, I always wondered what happened to the love of my mum's life. She married my dad who some say looked very much like him. I can see a resemblance and I must say in my later years I'm not that far from looking like him either. Bless you in Jesus Christ.
"Life with Errol Flynn was never a full moment,"says his last wife Patrice Wymore. For Wymore life with Hollywood's most swashbuckling actor was one of a roller coaster ride and on a fast lane. Even actor David Niven acknowledged that when he met his friend Errol in 1958 he was shocked by the physical and mental change of Errol.Niven said,"His face was puffy and he was no longer the handsome and deboniar actor I had known when we last met in 1946.". Yes,it was an unhealthy lifestyle full with booze,drugs and women that ended Errol Flynn's life at the age of 50 on 14 October 1959.He had died of a heart attack but who cares.Errol Flynn had enjoyed every minute of his life.These were in fact his last words.
He appeared in such great films as: Captain Blood (1935) The charge of the light brigade (1936) The adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Dodge city (1939) The sea hawk (1940) They died with their boots on (1941) Objective: Burma (1945) The adventures of Don Juan (1948) And many more.
my uncle lived there and died same hospital same way , errol was collapsing at 45 and he died due to drinking smoking and his athletic heart - watch the film too much too soon
Not that it matters, however, the autopsy table shown is not the actual table that was used for Errol Flynn. That table, shown in the pricture, had a bar or rail at the end of the table by his head.
Dr, Gould moved to California, settled in Newport Beach, and practiced medicine for 40 years. Well respected member of the community. Also, was Uncle of famed pianist Glenn Gould.
Errol Flynn was a drinking womanizer, but also a sensitive, creative intellectual. He portrayed men of courage, virtue, and charm. His downfall of course, was alcohol, a tricky toxic substance. But many highly intelligent men fall victim to it because it slows down their minds which are stuck in high speed gear
He was an awesome actor I love all his movies
Very respectfully done. At least Errol Flynn didn't suffer too much.
Thank you kindly my friend. 🇨🇦🙂
In his prime he was so handsome, he would have been handsome in any time period (you know what I team?). Classic
Such a sad ending, for such a talented man, still one of my favourite actors of all time.
barrygioportmorien1 thanks for watching Barry. 🙂👍
As a man soweth so he reaps...sadly...He lived larger than his movies 🎥 but the. 🍷 🍸BOOZE
🍺 done him in...May GOD HAVE MERCY ON HIM...
@@vicgogan5379 And the drugs and the smoking,but as David Niven said" he was an incredible man,but not an admirable one". Between 1935 and '45 he was as great as anyone ever on the silver screen. All those greats Spencer Tracy,Robert Taylor, Clark Gable, Tyrone Power, Gary Cooper were either Alcoholics and/or chain smokers took 25-30 years off their lives.
Poor Errol, I think if you cut through all the legend and folklore he was actually a stand up guy , I read his autobiography which he penned himself, "my wicked wicked ways",and was amazed at his candid self depreciating attitude, he displayed practically no ego in his account of his life in hollywood and seemed very realistic about the whole thing. He suffered acute back pain most of his adult life due to injury and that got him hooked on morphine washed down with alcohol, he had some serious addiction problems which led to his poor health and early demise, such a great pity he died at 50, his body just couldn't take it anymore.
chris mac thanks for watching Chris. 👍🙂
Excellent video! Big Errol Flynn fan and I've always been fascinated by his life.
Dennis J thank you Dennis. 🙂👍🇨🇦
A wonderful look back at Errol's last day, thank you.
Thank You for this, Errol is truly one of the finest actors we've ever had in American cinema, Its such a shame that his brilliant work and truly under appreciated acting talents have been overshadowed. Errol was the epitome of a gifted performer a true legend among legends. They don't make them like that anymore which is truly a pity.
Well said Krystal. Thank you for watching. ❤️🇨🇦
Errol was more famous for his personal life.
A 100%
I remember watching some of his films in my earliest years.
A 100 years from now even, I dare say they will stand up as timeless classics.
Albeit of that era, it’s possible to point to several other examples of big name stars, Errol Flynn exuded a softly spoken strength and integrity, lacking in e.g. John Wayne (opposites in many ways), epitomising gentlemanly conduct.
Whatever his detractors say, and they are tripping over themselves to do so, I can’t help but feel part of his straight shooting, selflessness and value of life in the true sense, is the experience of dealing with the pain referred to, which troubled him for the better part of his life. 50 years is too young, but conversely may be said to reflect the severity of the pain he suffered, as much as the deleterious effects of his efforts to mitigate it.
What a nice and refreshing way to tell the story of Errol's final day. Not a documentary or a report, instead it was presented by an ordinary person telling a simple story as if they were chatting with just me over a coffee. Unique and very well done! Thank you.
Thank you kindly Jonathan. I appreciate it.
Rest In Peace Erol, see you on the other side man.
Good call my friend. 👍
Errol Flynn was a good looking man even in death. ✝️
Eroll flynn an original legend He can play any role swashbuckling western and everything Girls just throw to him His bio the wicked wicked ways is Truely classic and superb Drinking destroyed his life
Errol Flynn was a person who couldn't exist now. Flynn wasn't an actor he was a legend and a true film star.
Timothy Poulter thanks for watching Timothy. 👍
Flynn was a person born out of any time, he wouldn't have lived comfortably in whatever age he had been born, restless spirits, especially the ones gifted with looks and intelligence are obviously going to struggle with the morals and restrictions placed upon them by others in positions of either religious or secular power, rebellion brings with it opposition, and results in the ultimate destruction of the rebel, unfortunately.
nope, he would have been in jail for life these times. He liked his girls young. Very young. As in jailbait. He was still married when he died. His wife didn't want a gravestone for him. She said: "I do not want anything of this bast..... out here now that he's gone." His children paid for a gravestone decades later.
Errol Flynn was born the same year as my Nonna (great-grandmother.) She immigrated here from Italy in 1933. She came here with my Nonno (grandfather) when he was just 5 years old at the time.
My Nonna lived to be 97 years old and was a HUGE Errol Flynn fan. She always said she learned how to speak English by watching his movies. It's funny because she actually had an Italian-Australian accent while living here in America. 😆
since i was a young boy ERROLwas my favorite,he still is,,i have so many books on him,,out of print,,rare, new,,seen all his movies,,yup,ALL,,own most of them,,,he was for me the top star from the golden age of hollywood,,,,thanks for this,
joe bloggs thanks Joe. He was one of a kind. 🙂
He had everything going for him, and he lived life to the full. His success with women was mega. A true hollywood legend. Died too young.
His auto biography, "My wicked wicked ways" is a great read! Action packed with his amazing travels and experiences in life. And most surprising are his words of wisdom that will help you survuve the storms in your life and help you get back on top to carry on to sunny days again!
Premium Blue thank you for the recommendation my friend. It sure sounds like a great book. 👍
@@jcvancouver Your very welcome.. One of my favorite books for sure!
Interesting video, He certainly lived a full life in those 50 years!
I love the 1938 Robin Hood, Errol's co-star was Olivia de Havilland.
They made 8 films together and she is still going strong at 103 years of age!
Thanks for watching David.
Olivia has just passed recently!
@@dannatrotter5717 Yeah, heard it on the news, she lived a very long life.
My favorite actor / personality...Errol would be a star today.
James Hill thanks for watching James. 👍
Nice video, well done! Flynn was an original- often imitated, never equaled...
Neo Sturm thank you kindly Neo. 🙂
What an absolute legend!
There will never be another.
You are most welcome! I love old fashioned Hollywood with all million beautiful stars!
Nicely done video! Not all sensationalistic, just good information and comfortable delivery. I wish more were like this!
Don Cely thank you kindly Don. 🙂
Well everyone just know the one side of the deboniar,swash buckling and dashing Hollywood star from Tasmania,Australia Errol Flynn(1909-1959).
But there is other side of which whom his fans does not really know much.
According to his father,Errol Flynn was a highly intelligent and intuitive man.He had this undying quest and thirst for knowledge.He would spend hours reading and in his last years in the 1950s kept an account of his daily life in a diary.
This was the true Errol Flynn we do not know.A man of knowledge.
In this respect Errol was very much like his father, but his father lacked the vim and vinegar of Errol so perhaps his personality was more like his mother.
Oh wow, the details on Errol's last day that you have shared was most informative! Thanks!
Kathleen Horner thank you Kathleen.
Thank you 🚭🎅💝
So have I... a great book .. he had a real zest for life
Fabulous video and very well done. R.I.P. Errol Flynn
David Fleming thank you kindly David. 👍
I was so obsessed with Errol I just can't believe his true to life swashbuckling days in Papau New Guinea. I went to Tasmania and sought out all his points of interest. Went to the hospital ( the only one in Hobart) he was delivered. It's a hotel for seniors today. His childhood home where the current owner posted photos near entrance of the young Errol playing. The black sandy beach where his mom taught him to swim. It's in his book btw. There's a memorial erected there for Errol but goodness easily missed! The National theatre where he saw his first movie in 1915 with his mom.
Outside this theatre is his name on the sidewalk. Errol never went back to Tasmania after he left! I'm always curious how he lost his accent. Thanx for this video
Lt Columbo thank you for watching lieutenant. 🙂 oh just one more thing...
@@jcvancouver Yes?
When you saw him in Robin hood, Captain blood, the sea hawk he was not acting. That smile, personality was Flynn in real life says Olivia his Co star.
Thanks for watching Mike.
One of the last great legends. We are all so beige now.
Thanks for watching my friend.
Jean Claude Van Couver fantastic video. I live a short distance away from the place he was born. The old Hobart maternity hospital 82 Hampden rd in Battery point Hobart. You can get a good look at the building on google earths street view. It’s the 2 story building with the arch’s over the top story veranda. 👍
@@bluedogreddogstumpy5868 That is incredible my friend! I am going to check that out right now,
Jean Claude Van Couver just as a matter of interest “ Bishopscourt” is diagonally across from on my place on Antill st ( about 400 meters from Hampden Rd) and is were Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery spent his childhood until he left aged 14.
Ha. “We are all so beige now.” Well put. 🙌
He was my paternal grandmother's favorite actor. My father's, and also mine, middle name is Errol because of that. My favorite movies that he made are "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and "Gentleman Jim". Thank you for posting this.
That is incredible. What a great name. Thank you for watching Carl Errol.
@@jcvancouver Actually, the name here is after my all-time favorite baseball player, Carl Yastrzemski. He was named team captain by his manager before the 1967 baseball season and he wore number 8 on his uniform. Thus "captaincarl8". My actual first name is Robert. Thanks again for the video, Jean Claude.
@@captaincarl8230 I seem to recall a great Simspsons episode when Bart and Milhouse want a Carl Yastrzemski baseball card.
@@jcvancouver knoll omg
He will always be top shelf to me .Just one kiss!
Errol had genital warts
Most of his psychological problems stemmed from the abandonment of his parents at a very young age...they didn't spend time with him
..they just sent him money and left him on his own ...parental absence causes a lot of inner security problems. He probably secretively felt unwanted. That's my take
they sent him off because he got expelled...he was trouble from the start and said that in his book
What you report doesnt really match up with what is known, He didnt much care for his mom, he was tight with his father.
@@davidmoser3535 it was mentioned in a TV documentary about him
Wonderfully narrated...thank you
Thank you kindly Stuart. I appreciate it.
HEARTBREAKING!!!! Such a talented and BEAUTIFUL MAN, with the morals of a BABOON!!!! Hope he made peace with God before he left this world!!!!
Liberty GiveMe thank you for watching my friend. 👍
Smoked a peace pipe 😂
Liberty GiveMe : Why would he? He died suddenly.
@@jcvancouver L. M bio bbn m
Get a brain for yourself which one of the 3000 gods that are worshipped on earth are you talking about?
He was a god, in his prime he was sooo GORGEOUS! My all time favorite movie star. ♥♥♥
My wicked wicked ways is a hell of a read too.
Fuck ur feelings thank you for watching my friend. 🙂👍
He knew how to live!😎
@@marknewton6984 And then some 😂
I love Errol Flynn...most brilliant pirat..Jack Sparrow is student.
manuela Esih I agree with you. Thanks for watching Manuela. 🙂🌸🌼🌺
Great video thanks for sharing always watch all his movies
Thank you kindly my friend. He sure made some great ones.
Hollywood´s most Beautiful man.
Thank you for watching my friend.
YES, Beautiful men.
what do you think aboat Clark Cable?
@Shirley Bailey i totally agree. no actor today could compare.
@@tehfrida1234 they resembled each other enough to be brothers.
THANKS FOR THE STORY OF ERROL FLYNN BECAUSE I NEVER HEARD OF IT
Thanks for watching Demetrius.
Even in death Errol Flynn is still a "larger than life" personality, forever young in film.
Dallas DautermanDallas well said Dallas. Thank you for watching. 🙂
Great video. Errol was my favorite actor by far. I visited his grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Parks in Glendale, Ca. back in 1995. I also got to see his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Angst1966 thank you kindly my friend. 🙂 Errol sure was a great actor! 👍
A thing I've always noticed when people mention Errol Flynn, nobody ever remarks what a marvellous speaking voice Errol had.
Alan Kirkby good call Alan. 👍 thanks for watching.
And he DID!!
One of Mr. Flynn's most charming qualities was his VOICE!
You hit the nail on the head! Such a pleasant voice, charming for men and totally seductive for women!
Flynn had a distinctive voice.
Two other actors with distinctive voices come to mind--Richard Basehart and Jack Hawkins.
The man makes his life. Or his life is because of the man. Either way, he was an icon
Well said my friend. Thank you for watching. 👍🙂🇨🇦
I worked for a university in Sydney ,Australia .I worked on properties left to the university veterinary dept by Flynn as a legacy for caring for his dog
John Ogburn that’s incredible John. Thank you for watching. 🙂
The man was a legend they don't make them like him anymore hard drinking lived for the moment he lived the dream....
Thanks for watching Tony.
@@jcvancouver..no worries sir loved your video..
He knew how to live!
Interesting. My favorite film is Robin Hood from 1938.
He sure made some great ones! Thanks for watching Tony.
@@jcvancouver my other favorite include Charge Of The Light Brigade, Captain Blood. Pro Football Hall of Fame member John McNally got the nickname Blood after watching that classic film.
Love him with Olivia dehavilland!❤
Frank Denardo o
Frank Denardo mine too
I was 8 when I saw THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON 55 years ago. I've watched all his movies every chance l get since.
THANKS FOR THAT. FASCINATING!
Thanks for some one loves my comment. He had 10 movies with Olivia De Harvland. Olivia is still living in Paris. She is 102 years old.
Janet Hu 103?
Actually. 104 on July 1st. I check IMDB Daily to Watch over her❤️
Sadly, she passed recently July 26, 2020 at the age of 104 quietly in her sleep.
I am a big fan of Errol Flynn, having grown up watching his movies, e.g. The Adventures Of Robin Hood, Captin Blood, The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex, They Died With Their Boots On, etc. I read his biography 'My Wicked, Wicked Ways', which I thought was fantastic. He really was a swashbuckler and a loveable rogue. From Tasmania to Vancouver via Hollywood. RIP Errol! Thank you for the upload, very fascinating.
Paul E thank you kindly Paul. 🙂 Errol sure had an incredible life.
"A loveable rogue"
That's Errol Flynn to a "T".
I lived in Vancouver for 8 years and I still miss that city. I could see why Errol liked it there.
Thanks for watching Smith. I enjoy celebrating this great city.
I'm English I live in UK. First place I ever visited in Canada was Vancouver yes I liked the city very much ( Stanley Park etc ) is that wooden Bridge still there in Van ?
I recall it was named Granby Bridge ( or similar name ? )
@@alankirkby465 I hope you could make it back for another visit Alan. I wonder if perhaps you are thinking of the Granville bridge.
@@jcvancouver That's it, Granville Bridge.
Really enjoyed this . Thank you .
Thank you Bernadette.
Very interesting, a true legend.
Thank you kindly Robert.
This made me sad I love Errol
He is missed. Thanks for watching my friend.
Your docos are great. You take us there & tell us about it. Your enthusiasm gets us in to the story. Thank you & the crew for good work.
Deryck Trahair thank you kindly Deryck. 🇨🇦🙂👍
Quite interesting. Thanks for the work you put into this!
Sue Hofkamp thank you kindly Sue. 🙂
Jean, You put a load of hard work researching, filming and editing this video. Great results! Thanks.
Thank you kindly Jim. Yes it is a lot of work but well worth it when good people such as yourself appreciate it.
thanks dear Jean Claude good report and also great piece of advice re: hotels in Vancouver! Never been! Warm regards from Europe.
CC Top thank you kindly CC. 🙂
@@jcvancouver it seems to me that you know Vancouver well (apart from being an Errol Flynn fan?). May I give you my email address? Maybe we can keep in touch if I come to visit Vancouver. Waiting for your response. Warm regards
CC Top good idea friend.
@@jcvancouver hi Jean-Claude, hope you have seen my email address as I plan to delete the post soon...thanks, warm regards, N.
CC Top I got it thanks N.
very interesting, thank you
Thank you kindly Debra.
Thank Jean for ❤️❤️.
My favourite actor brilliant in all the movies from captain blood, Elizabeth and Essex, sea hawks, robin hood, and Don Juan. SO SAD the way this great actor went.
Thanks for watching William.
Great informative video about the great Errol Flynn!
Kathleen Lazarski thank you Kathleen. 🙂
@@jcvancouver did Errol Flynn have any children, and are they still living?
Frank Paya Yes I believe he does. Thank you for watching Frank. 👍
My favourite Errol Flynn pic is by far, ‘Gentleman Jim’. Have viewed it many times over the past sixty years or so.
Thanks for watching Coln.
Yeh, well, i think we choose the way we are going to die for the life we live. Poor Errol! RIP.
Thanks for watching Michel.
Dear Mr. Jean : Thank U very much for another ❤️.
Janet Hu i read that he was born in Tasmania. 🌺🌼🌸
Tanzania, no?
another great episode, thanks
Thank you kindly Dave!
Finally, we get to see a video with the facts straight 👍🏻 Can you do Howard Hughes next?
Scotch On the Rock thanks for watching friend. Here is my vlog on Mr Hughes. ua-cam.com/video/6wE-z_LijQ8/v-deo.html
So sad. I loved Errol! If they would have taken him to the hospital right away, he might have lived for a while longer .
Linda Netzel thanks for watching Linda. 🙂
Tragic!
@Just think yes! A meteor!🌠
Just think his autopsy showed to he had the body of a 75 year old even he was he only 50 after he died of a massive heart attack. Flynn was a heavy drinker especially of vodka which would consume 2-3 quarts a day and was a chain smoker for to years. His autopsy showed his liver was so badly damaged from drinking he would have only lived another 9-12 months had he not died of heart attack.
@@scottknode898 supposedly the corners report described Flynn as a having the body of a tired old man.
The man was an adventure. ❤🎯
Good call my friend. 👍
Great video of one of my favoutite actors. However, I have seen his sudden report at Vancouver Police Dept and he was DOA in the Burnaby St apartment. I am also aware of the "inappropriate" comments mentioned. He certainly lived a full life! His book " My Wicked Wicked Ways" was very funny and entertaining.
Errol Flynn was told he was dying one year prior and he knew he was on borrowed time. I believe he went into the room of the doctors house to lie down because he knew he was dying and he didn't want anyone to see him pass. A very sad ending for poor Errol Flynn, ironically the last few lines of his autobiography read... "The second half of the century looms but I don't feel the night coming on"... says it all really.
Sadly his son "Sean Flynn" was murdered by the Khmer Rouge in 1970 and his daughter "Arnella" in 1998 of a drug overdose.
Thanks for watching John.
@@jcvancouver : Cheers for posting the video Jean. I am a huge fan of Errol Flynn.
I met Patrice (widow) in Jamaica 1986. She said Errol hated farming but was cool! 😎
This is a very well done thank you .
Thank you kindly Steven. 👍
Thank you jean
Bon Scott thanks for watching Bon. 👍
very interesting and informative,thankyou. i feel errols course in life was set at an early age and he lived several lives in hts 50 years, great character and actor. his co-star in his early films olivia de havilland is inher 104th year.
Paul Leighton thank you for watching my vlog Paul. I appreciate your kind message. 🙂👍
I wonder how old she really is, I've seen her listed in the postings here as 103,102, and now 104.
🌹🌹🌹R.I.P.
Matthew McSheffrey nice tribute. Thanks Matthew. 🙂
The Sylvia, overlooking English Bay, Vancouver...I've gone by it dozens of times over the decades, need to finally go inside.
Gordon Wogberg good idea Gordon. Thank you for watching my vlog. 🙂
Happy to hear a human voice doing a bio !
Truman Grandey thanks for watching Truman. 👍
But the extras hated him.One of them had a fist fight with him with Errol Flynn finally had his opponent landed flat on his back.Not just an actor but Errol could fight as well in real life.
Why did the extras hate him?
@@dwainwilson5080 it was the late David Niven who had elaborated that in his book "Bring On the Empty Horses."If anyone who was that closed to Errol Flynn and knew him well it would be Niven.
Both were born in the same year 1909 and they shared quarters together in their early Hollywood careers.
As Niven once too was an extra,he had knew some of the extras who had an intensed dislike for Errol Flynn.God only knows why they disliked him.
There was this extra a gorilla of a man as mentioned by Niven in his book BOTEH.There was a huge roar of a laughter when Flynn tried to get on to his horse but he felled and landed on his back.Flynn then replied,"Which son of you bitches did that?"."Then a burly man akin to a gorilla stepped in and said,"I did,and do you want to make something of it?".Flynn then replied back,"Get off your horse."
There after there was a fist fight with that huge man landed flat on his back."After that the extras grew to love Flynn even more.
And their was an actor also who Flynn challenged and Flynn ended up on his back.
@@flamingwarrior2589 by the way who was that actor and I would very much like to know.
But we cannot denied that Errol Flynn was the first to open the doors for many Australian actors and actresses into Hollywood.He was indeed the forerunner.If not for Errol Flynn actors and actors such Nicole Kidman and Russel Crowe would not have won their Oscars.
@@yiseng4602 Or Paul Hogan.
I remember staying at the wonderful Hotel Sylvia that had a beautiful view of English Bay.
It sure is a great place! Thank you for watching my friend.
very very well done video!
em Bro thank you kindly my friend. I appreciate it. 🙂👍
I thank you for a great job.
I appreciate that. Thank you kindly Bryan.
By the way I read Flynn poetry. This man was not a light weight in the brain dept.
Thank you Mike for all of your positive and knowledgeable contributions to Errol's memory and my vlog. Great people such as yourself inspire me to make more vlogs. I appreciate you.
So thankful for your information, I always wondered what happened to the love of my mum's life. She married my dad who some say looked very much like him. I can see a resemblance and I must say in my later years I'm not that far from looking like him either. Bless you in Jesus Christ.
Graham Wilford thank you kindly Graham. 🙂
This Flynn did get around and how: maybe he got into the family woodpile at some time.
Thank Jean for another ❤️
Absolutely fascinating video thank respect from the UK
carl griffiths thank you kindly Carl. I appreciate it. 👍
Great video work! Interesting watching
Jean Gough thank you kindly Jean. I appreciate it. 🙂
"Life with Errol Flynn was never a full moment,"says his last wife Patrice Wymore.
For Wymore life with Hollywood's most swashbuckling actor was one of a roller coaster ride and on a fast lane.
Even actor David Niven acknowledged that when he met his friend Errol in 1958 he was shocked by the physical and mental change of Errol.Niven said,"His face was puffy and he was no longer the handsome and deboniar actor I had known when we last met in 1946.".
Yes,it was an unhealthy lifestyle full with booze,drugs and women that ended Errol Flynn's life at the age of 50 on 14 October 1959.He had died of a heart attack but who cares.Errol Flynn had enjoyed every minute of his life.These were in fact his last words.
Yi Seng well said Yi. Thanks for watching my vlog. 🙂
A deviant lifestyle kills.
I met his widow Patrice and she said Errol was cool. 😎
Enjoyed this
He appeared in such great films as:
Captain Blood (1935)
The charge of the light brigade (1936)
The adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Dodge city (1939)
The sea hawk (1940)
They died with their boots on (1941)
Objective: Burma (1945)
The adventures of Don Juan (1948)
And many more.
Thank you for watching Wedge. Those sure are some great pictures.
You're welcome. They're just the one that I would recommend to watch and it's those that I personally own.
I've stayed at the Sylvia! I never knew the connection to Errol...
Robert Brown it sure is a great place. Thanks for watching Robert. 👍
I call him the Tasmanian devil
Good call. Thanks for watching Emerald.
The guy was better looking than me dead, then when I'm alive.
Thank you for watching my friend.
my uncle lived there and died same hospital same way , errol was collapsing at 45 and he died due to drinking smoking and his athletic heart - watch the film too much too soon
Nik Jaric thank you for watching my friend. 👍🇨🇦
He was great in"santa fe trail.⏰ran⌛for him way too soon.🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴
vern wallen thanks for watching Vern. 🙂
Sad, but all of us will have a last day.
Alex Curioso well said Alex. Thanks for watching. 🙂👍
Not that it matters, however, the autopsy table shown is not the actual table that was used for Errol Flynn. That table, shown in the pricture, had a bar or rail at the end of the table by his head.
Loved your blog. Highly recommend Flynns autobiography.
Des Doyle thank you kindly Des. 👍🙂
Dr, Gould moved to California, settled in Newport Beach, and practiced medicine for 40 years. Well respected member of the community. Also, was Uncle of famed pianist Glenn Gould.
Interesting stuff. Thank you kindly David. 👍🇨🇦👍
Errol Flynn was a drinking womanizer, but also a sensitive, creative intellectual. He portrayed men of courage, virtue, and charm. His downfall of course, was alcohol, a tricky toxic substance. But many highly intelligent men fall victim to it because it slows down their minds which are stuck in high speed gear
Michael Warne well said Michael. 👍 thanks for watching. 🙂
Great video! I had no idea Mr. FLYNN died in my city. I'll never see the Sylvia Hotel the same way again.