Eric Flynn
Born in Hainan Island, China — Dec 13 1939• Died Mar 04 2002
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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 (RA…
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Doctor Who
Leo Ryan
The Avengers
Croft
Peak Practice
Paul Hanlon
No Hiding Place
Thriller
Michael Slattery
The Jazz Age
Steve
Empire of the Sun
British Prisoner
The Black Arrow
Will Lawless
The Caesars
Germanicus
Nana
Daguenet
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
An Actor's Life for Me
Clive
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Lt. Philip Brackenbury
A Challenge for Robin Hood
Alan-a-Dale
Safari 3000
Rally Team Interviewer
Deadly Passion
Robert Chandler
Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
Leo Ryan
The Zero Option
Col. Patrick Ansell
The Silent Invasion
Erik von Strafen
A Killer in Every Corner
Michael Slattery
The Swindler
Ken Gray
Mr. Brown Comes Down The Hill
The Fox and the Forest
Faber