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 –
In Like Flynn (film) In Like Flynn (film) In Like Flynn is an Australian biographical film about the early life of actor Errol Flynn. Based on the story of former Australian war-veteran and actor Errol Flynn, the plot follows the early days of his life, before reaching fame as a celebrity between the 1940s and the 1950s. Before reaching fame, Flynn was an adventurous Australian bloke who gambled and explored the outback, before going off to fight in the Pacific War in the early 1940s. After retrieving a map from a dead gold prospector, Errol Flynn believes it will lead him to gold in