The film appearances of movie actor Errol Flynn (1909–1959) are listed here, including his short films and one unfinished feature.
Films Year TitleDirector Role Notes 1933 In the Wake of the BountyCharles Chauvel Fletcher Christian Made in AustraliaNever released theatrically in the United States, Australian Debut I Adore YouGeorge King Bit Flynn had an unbilled bit part in this now lost film, English Debut 1935 Murder at Monte CarloRalph Ince Dyter Filmed in England at Warner Bros. Teddington StudiosNever released in the United StatesNow believed to be a lost film The Case of the Curious BrideMichael Curtiz Gregory Moxley Flynn in a small, non-speaking role. The first of twelve films with director Michael Curtiz, Hollywood Debut Don't Bet on BlondesRobert Florey David Van Dusen Flynn in a supporting role Captain BloodMichael Curtiz Peter Blood Flynn's first leading role in HollywoodBased on the novel by Rafael SabatiniPreviously filmed in 1924 with J. Warren Kerrigan in the Flynn role Flynn's first of eight films with Olivia de Havilland 1936The Charge of the Light Brigade Capt. (later Major) Geoffrey Vickers Filmed on location in Lone Pine, California 1937Green LightFrank Borzage Dr. Newell Page Flynn's first non-action lead role in Hollywood The Prince and the PauperWilliam KeighleyWilliam Dieterle (uncredited) Miles Hendon Based on the novel by Mark Twain Another DawnWilliam Dieterle Captain Denny Roark The Perfect SpecimenMichael Curtiz Gerald Beresford Wicks Flynn's first comedy in Hollywood 1938 The Adventures of Robin HoodMichael CurtizWilliam Keighley Sir Robin of Locksley (Robin Hood) Technicolor Four's a CrowdMichael Curtiz Robert Kensington Lansford The SistersAnatole Litvak Frank Medlin The Dawn PatrolEdmund Goulding Captain Courtney Previously filmed in 1930 with Richard Barthelmess in the Flynn role 1939 Dodge CityMichael Curtiz Wade Hatton TechnicolorFlynn's first WesternThe Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Robert Devereux (Earl of Essex) Technicolor 1940 Virginia City Capt. Kerry Bradford Released in sepia toneConsidered by some to be an unofficial sequel to Dodge City, however it bears no relation to that film whatsoever. The Sea Hawk Capt Geoffrey Thorpe Released with sepiatone sequence Santa Fe Trail Jeb Stuart Released in sepiatone 1941 Footsteps in the DarkLloyd Bacon Francis Warren Dive BomberMichael Curtiz Lieutenant Douglas Lee TechnicolorFlynn's last film with Michael Curtiz They Died with Their Boots OnRaoul Walsh George Armstrong Custer Flynn's first film with Raoul Walsh, Flynn's last film with Olivia de Havilland 1942 Desperate Journey Flight Lieutenant Terrence Forbes The first time Flynn played an Australian on screen Gentleman Jim James J. Corbett 1943 Edge of DarknessLewis Milestone Gunnar Brogge Northern PursuitRaoul Walsh Steve Wagner Thank Your Lucky StarsDavid Butler Himself 1944 Uncertain GloryRaoul Walsh Jean Picard Flynn co-produced the film 1945 Objective, Burma! Captain Nelson San AntonioDavid ButlerRobert Florey (uncredited)Raoul Walsh (uncredited) Clay Hardin Technicolor 1946 Never Say GoodbyeJames V. Kern Phil Gayley 1947 Cry WolfPeter Godfrey Mark Caldwell Flynn's only venture into film noir Escape Me Never Sebastian Dubrok Previously filmed in 1935 with Hugh Sinclair in Flynn's role The Lady from ShanghaiOrson Welles Man in Background Outside of Cantina Uncredited cameo 1948 Silver RiverRaoul Walsh Mike McComb Flynn's last film with Raoul Walsh Adventures of Don JuanVincent Sherman Don Juan de Marana Technicolor1949 That Forsyte WomanCompton Bennett Soames Forsyte TechnicolorFlynn's first film outside Warner Bros. since 1935 It's a Great FeelingDavid Butler Jeffrey Bushdinkle Uncredited 1950 MontanaRay EnrightRaoul Walsh (uncredited) Morgan Lane Technicolor Rocky MountainWilliam Keighley Lafe Barstow Flynn's last western KimVictor Saville Mahbub Ali, the Red Beard TechnicolorFilmed on location in India and in Lone Pine, California 1951 Hello GodWilliam Marshall The Man on Anzio Beach Never released in the United States Adventures of Captain FabianWilliam MarshallRobert Florey (uncredited) Captain Michael Fabian 1952 Mara MaruGordon Douglas Gregory Mason Against All FlagsGeorge Sherman Brian Hawke TechnicolorRemade as The King's Pirate (1967) with Doug McClure in Flynn's role. 1953 The Master of BallantraeWilliam Keighley Jamie Durrisdeer TechnicolorFilmed in England and in Italy (Palermo)Flynn's last film under his Warner Bros. contract 1954 Crossed SwordsMilton KrimsVittorio Vassarotti Renzo PathécolorFilmed in ItalyReleased in Europe under the title Il Maestro di Don Giovanni The Story of William TellJack Cardiff William Tell CinemaScopeFilmed in ItalyNever completed 1955 Lilacs in the SpringHerbert Wilcox John Beaumont EastmancolorFilmed in EnglandReleased in the United States as Let's Make Up The Dark AvengerHenry Levin Prince Edward CinemaScopeEastman ColorFilmed in EnglandReleased in the United States as The Warriors King's RhapsodyHerbert Wilcox King Richard CinemaScopeEastman ColorFilmed in England 1957 IstanbulJoseph Pevney James Brennan CinemaScopeTechnicolorPreviously filmed as Singapore (1947) with Fred MacMurray in Flynn's role. The Big BoodleRichard Wilson Ned Sherwood Filmed on location in Cuba The Sun Also RisesHenry King Mike Campbell CinemaScopeDeluxe colorBased on the novel by Ernest Hemingway 1958 Too Much, Too SoonArt Napoleon John Barrymore The Roots of HeavenJohn Huston Major Forsythe CinemaScopeDeluxe colorFilmed on location in French Equatorial Africa 1959 Cuban Rebel GirlsBarry Mahon The American Correspondent Filmed in Cuba; Posthumous release Cuban StoryVictor Pahlen Himself
Television Year Title Role Notes 1956 Screen Directors' Playhouse: The Sword of VillonFrançois Villon First TV appearance 1956 The Errol Flynn Theatre Presenter 26 episodes Filmed in England 1957 Playhouse 90Captain Russell Bidlack Episode: Without Incident 1959 Goodyear TheatreDoc Boatwright Episode: The Golden Shanty
Short films Year Title Role Director Notes 1935 A Dream Comes True Himself George Bilson A behind-the-scenes look at the movie industry. Pirate Party on Catalina Isle Alexander Van Horn Technicolor 1938 Breakdowns of 1938 Outtakes from several movies, including The Adventures of Robin Hood For Auld Lang Syne A short showing celebrities aiding the Will Rogers Memorial Fund 1943 Show Business at War Louis De Rochemont 1952 Cruise of the Zaca Himself / narrator Errol Flynn Technicolor Deep Sea Fishing
Unmade films The following projects were announced for Errol Flynn but were not made: Danton (1936) based on Danton's Death and to be produced by Max Reinhardt and directed by William Dieterle The White Rajah (late 1930s) – based on the life of Sir James Brooke based on Flynn's own story The Romantic Adventure (1938) – a romantic comedy with Joan Blondell based on an original story by Jerry Wald and Maurice Leo The Outpost (1939) based on Caesar's Wife by Somerset Maugham starring Flynn and Geraldine Fitzgerald directed by Michael Curtiz Shanghai (1940) from a story by Somerset Maugham Jupiter Laughs (1940) from the play by A. J. Cronin The Life of Simón Bolívar (1939–40) – possibly with Bette Davis The Sea Devil (1942) – a remake of The Sea Beast which was adaptation of Moby Dick Ghosts Don't Leave Footprints (1941) – sequel to Footsteps in the Dark To the Last Man (early 1940s) – comedy with Alexis Smith The Devil, George and Rosie (1943) – from a story by John Collier to star Flynn, Ann Sheridan and Humphrey Bogart The Frontiersman (circa 1945) – an original western by Alan Le May about the beginning of a riverboat operation in the Mississippi to be produced by Flynn and Mark Hellinger with Raoul Walsh directing Stallion Road (1945), based on a novel, with Ida Lupino Target Japan (1945) with producer Jerry Wald and director Raoul Walsh about a B-29 bombing crew The Man Without Friends (1945) based on story by Margaret Eckhard about a man accused of the murder of his wife to be produced by Henry Blanke and adapted by Catherine Turney untitled adventure film "in the Frank Buck tradition" shot off the coast of Mexico produced by Flynn Thunder Valley (1946) – a Western written by James Webb and produced by Owen Crump General Crack (circa 1947) – remake of General Crack (1929) originally filmed starring John Barrymore Half Way House (circa 1947) – an "alpine thriller" by Frances Potter and Spencer Rice The Turquoise (circa 1948) with Claude Rains and Dorothy Malone based on the adventure novel by Anya Seton – set in the American southwest in the 1890s, written by Edmund North produced by William Jacobs The Candy Kid (1948) with producer Bill Jacobs – story of a gambler in the days of Diamond Jim Brady from a script by Borden Chase based on a magazine story by Michael MacDougall The Last of the Buccaneers (circa 1949) – a pirate movie based on a script by Flynn himself to be produced by Flynn, shot in technicolor with the star as a Robin Hood type pirate (not to be confused with the 1950 Paul Henreid film) – another source said this was to be about Bully Hayes and called The Last Buccaneer story of the female pirate Mary Burns with Greer Garson (circa 1949) (he and Garson also discussed doing a Broadway play together) The Man Who Cried (1950) – production with William Marshall described as a psychological thriller about the perfect crime which took place over four hours The Man from Sparta (1951) – movie to be shot in Italy about Spartacus The Bengal Tiger (1952) Fire Over Africa (1952) The Green Moss (1952) from a magazine serial by John Molloy to co-star Gordon Macrae directed by Roy del Ruth The Talisman from the novel by Sir Walter Scott (1953) Abdulla the King (1953) in the title role with Dawn Addams directed by Gregory Ratoff Dragonfly (1953) – proposed adventure film from producer John Champion set in the Far East with Flynn as an air force officer whose command is threatened with desertion. The White Witch of Rose Hall (1954) – to be made with Herbert Wilcox based on a Jamaican legend about a female plantation owner who was a witch and killed her husbands – to be produced by Barry Mahon – Flynn was still working on it in 1957, saying he wanted Bob Evans to star and Charles Marquis Warren to direct Lord Vanity (late 1950s) – with Robert Wagner Ten Days to Talara (1956) with the same director of The Big Boodle about an adventurer whose son is kidnapped untitled Debbie Reynolds project as her teetotal father (circa 1958)
Films made with other actors Flynn was announced for the following movies which were made with other actors: Sylvia Scarlett (1935) – the part played by Brian Aherne"Errol Flynn" at Crawleys Casting Calls Four Daughters (1937) – part played by Jeffrey Lynn The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) – Flynn was wanted by original director William Wyler. The part eventually went to Gary Cooper. Captain Horatio Hornblower (announced in 1940) – eventually made in 1951 with Gregory Peck The Constant Nymph (1943) with Olivia de Havilland – part played by Charles Boyer Affectionately Yours (1941) – part played by Dennis Morgan In This Our Life (1942) – part played by George Brent Reap the Wild Wind (1942) – part played by John Wayne Mr. Skeffington (1944) – part played by Claude Rains Saratoga Trunk (1945) – part played by Gary Cooper One Last Fling (1946) – part played by Zachary Scott The Hucksters (1947) – part played by Clark Gable The Heiress (1948) – William Wyler reportedly wanted Flynn for the part played by Montgomery Clift Mr. Imperium (1951) with Greer Garson Carson City (1952) – announced for Flynn and John Wayne Dallas (1950) – part played by Gary Cooper King Solomon's Mines (1950) – Stewart Granger replaced him Ivanhoe (1952) – part played by Robert Taylor
Box office rankings At the height of his career, exhibitors voted Flynn among the leading stars in Britain, the US and Australia in various polls: 1937 – 11th (Australia) 1938 – 21st (US), 14th (Australia)