Personal Info
Eric Flynn
Acting
Biography
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.…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Zero Option
as Col. Patrick Ansell
Empire of the Sun
as British Prisoner
Deadly Passion
as Robert Chandler
Safari 3000
as Rally Team Interviewer
A Killer in Every Corner
as Michael Slattery
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
as Leo Ryan
A Challenge for Robin Hood
as Alan-a-Dale
Mr. Brown Comes Down The Hill
The Fox and the Forest
as Faber
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
as Lt. Philip Brackenbury
TV Shows
Peak Practice
as Paul Hanlon · 1 ep.
An Actor's Life for Me
as Clive · 1 ep.
Thriller
as Michael Slattery · 1 ep.
The Black Arrow
as Will Lawless · 6 ep.
Ivanhoe
as Ivanhoe · 10 ep.
The Jazz Age
as Steve · 1 ep.
The Caesars
as Germanicus · 6 ep.
Nana
as Daguenet · 5 ep.
Doctor Who
as Leo Ryan · 6 ep.
The Avengers
as Croft · 1 ep.