Actor
Eric Flynn
December 13, 1939 · Hainan Island, China
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Nigel Havers
2 titles together
Empire of the Sun, The Black Arrow
Patrick Troughton
2 titles together
Doctor Who, Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
Frazer Hines
2 titles together
Doctor Who, Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
Wendy Padbury
2 titles together
Doctor Who, Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
Peter J. Elliott
2 titles together
The Avengers, Safari 3000
Barrie Ingham
2 titles together
A Challenge for Robin Hood, The Caesars
Full filmography · 20
The Zero Option
as Col. Patrick Ansell
1988
Empire of the Sun
as British Prisoner
19877.5
Deadly Passion
as Robert Chandler
1985
Safari 3000
as Rally Team Interviewer
1982
A Killer in Every Corner
as Michael Slattery
1974
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
as Leo Ryan
1968
A Challenge for Robin Hood
as Alan-a-Dale
19676.3Mr. Brown Comes Down The Hill
cast
1965
The Fox and the Forest
as Faber
1965
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
as Lt. Philip Brackenbury
1963
The Silent Invasion
as Erik von Strafen
1962