Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Olivia de Havilland, and reputation for his womanising and hedonistic personal life. His most notable roles include the eponymous hero in
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), which was later named by the American Film Institute as the 18th greatest hero in American film history, the lead role in
Captain Blood (1935), Major Geoffrey Vickers in
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), and the hero in a number of Westerns such as
Dodge City (1939),
Santa Fe Trail (1940), and
San Antonio (1945).