
Eric Flynn
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 th...
Known For
Filmography

Peak Practice
1993
as Paul Hanlon

An Actor's Life for Me
1991
as Clive

The Zero Option
1988
as Col. Patrick Ansell

Empire of the Sun
1987
as British Prisoner

Deadly Passion
1985
as Robert Chandler

Safari 3000
1982
as Rally Team Interviewer

A Killer in Every Corner
1974
as Michael Slattery

Thriller
1973
as Michael Slattery

The Black Arrow
1972
as Will Lawless

Ivanhoe
1970
as Ivanhoe

Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
1968
as Leo Ryan

The Caesars
1968
as Germanicus
The Jazz Age
1968
as Steve
Nana
1968
as Daguenet

A Challenge for Robin Hood
1967
as Alan-a-Dale
Mr. Brown Comes Down The Hill
1965

The Fox and the Forest
1965
as Faber

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
as Lt. Philip Brackenbury
The Swindler
1963
as Ken Gray

Doctor Who
1963
as Leo Ryan

The Silent Invasion
1962
as Erik von Strafen

The Avengers
1961
as Croft

No Hiding Place
1959