Another child of acting royalty, initially Sean Flynn didn’t have much contact with his famous swashbuckling father Errol after his parent’s divorce in 1942. His mother and father fought over him, but he was raised primarily by his mother, French actress Lili Damita. Sean did inherit a few traits from Errol however – captivating good looks and a love for adventure.

Sean showed up on The Errol Flynn Theatre once when he was 16. He then attended Duke University, but when Errol died of a heart attack in 1959, Sean decided he had had enough of school and set out for Hollywood.

His first film was Where the Boys Are (1960). After that, he starred in The Son of Captain Blood, a sequel of his father’s famous film. His last film was 1967’s Singapore, Singapore. Sean appeared in eight feature films during his career.
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