The Life of Errol Flynn: From Robin Hood to Womanizer

A Taste for Performing

His first appearance in the limelight was in 1918 at the young age of nine. Flynn was a page boy to Enid Lyons in a queen carnival- a popular event in Australia and New Zealand. His first role was in an Australian film called In the Wake of the Bounty (1933).

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Enid Lyons said of Errol, “Unfortunately, at the age of nine, Errol did not yet possess that magic for extracting money from the public, which distinguished his career as an actor. Our cause gained no apparent advantage from his presence in my entourage”.

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