Errol Flynn to Marelle. Flynn described his mother's family as ""seafaring folk"" and this appears to be where his lifelong interest in boats and the sea originated. Both of his parents were Australian-born of Irish, English, and Scottish descent. Despite Flynn's claims, the evidence indicates that he was not descended from any of the Bounty mutineers. Flynn received his early schooling in Hobart. He made one of his first appearances as a performer in 1918, aged nine, when he served as a page boy to Enid Lyons in a queen carnival. In her memoirs, Lyons recalled Flynn as "a dashing figure –
Sean Flynn (photojournalist) April 1970, Flynn and fellow photojournalist Dana Stone were captured by communist guerrillas. Neither man was seen or heard from again. In 1984, Flynn's mother had him declared dead "in absentia". Flynn's parents separated when he was young. He was raised by his mother, Lili Damita. He graduated from The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J., in 1960 (Source: Lawrenceville Olla Podrida, school yearbook.) Flynn first appeared in front of the cameras at the age of fifteen, when he appeared in an episode of his father's television show, "The Errol Flynn Theatre". The episode, "Strange Auction," was broadcast in the U.K. in