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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 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


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Born:
Dec 13, 1939 In Hainan Island, China
Movie/TV Credits:
17
First Appeared:
In the series No Hiding Place 1959-09-16
Latest Project:
Series Peak Practice 1993-05-10
Known For
Poster of A Killer in Every Corner
Poster of Ivanhoe
Poster of Mr. Brown Comes Down The Hill
Poster of Doctor Who
Filmography
Series Peak Practice Paul Hanlon 1993-05-10
Movie Empire of the Sun British Prisoner 1987-12-09
Movie Deadly Passion Robert Chandler 1985-04-11
Movie A Killer in Every Corner Michael Slattery 1974-11-19
Series Thriller Michael Slattery 1973-04-14
Series The Black Arrow Will Lawless 1972-04-12
Series Ivanhoe Ivanhoe 1970-01-04
Movie Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space Leo Ryan 1968-06-01
Series The Jazz Age Unknown 1968-09-10
Series The Caesars Germanicus 1968-09-22
Movie A Challenge for Robin Hood Alan-a-Dale 1967-07-01
Movie Mr. Brown Comes Down The Hill 1965-12-12
Series Doctor Who Leo Ryan 1963-11-23
Movie Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow Lt. Philip Brackenbury 1963-12-06
Movie The Silent Invasion Erik von Strafen 1962-12-01
Series The Avengers Croft 1961-01-07
Series No Hiding Place Unknown 1959-09-16