Bill Flynn

Bill Flynn

Born: December 13, 1948
Died: January 1, 2007
in Cape Town, South Africa
Bill Flynn was born in Cape Town in 1948 and had a passion for show business from an early age. He was also an excellent sportsman and played first team rugby while studying drama at the University of Cape Town. As a founder member of the historic Space Theatre he worked with the legendary Yvonne Bryceland in Athol Fugard's 'Hello and Goodbye'. It was for the role of Johnnie that he received his first Best Actor award in South Africa, as well as the Dublin Best Actors Award. Bill was extremely versatile with roles in over 150 stage plays. He tackled tragedy, farce, dramas, pantomime and musicals earning 13 Best Actor Awards along the way. More than anything he loved to try and make his fellow actors laugh on stage.

His comedy talents were used in over 42 movies, including 'Oh Shucks, Here Comes UNTAG'.

Movies for Bill Flynn...

Running Riot
Title: Running Riot
Character: Tjokkie Hetherington
Released: December 14, 2006
Type: Movie
Tjokkie and Crispin decide to take a bet with their rival, Ratkas Koekemoor that Crispin can beat him in the Comrades marathon.His wife suspect he really wants to go to Durban to fool around, so she hires a private detective to keep an on him. In Durban, he meets and falls for a stunning Russian athlete, but her ex-KGB trainer also has his eye on her. One thing leads to another, and after the race, things come to a head as the competing lovers, coach, and private detective find themselves in compromising and complicated situations.
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Oh Schuks... I'm Gatvol
Title: Oh Schuks... I'm Gatvol
Character: Ali Haque
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Schucks is back and this time he's Gatvol. The rampant crime rate and unprecedented violence have finally become too much and Schucks together with his sidekick, little Alf, is joining the chicken run to Australia. However this promises to be the flight of his life given that the evil despot Samoosa Woestyn is stalking him.
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Title: The Carruthers Brothers
Released: March 15, 2000
Type: TV
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Heel Against the Head
Title: Heel Against the Head
Character: Tjokkie Hetherington
Released: August 15, 1999
Type: Movie
Two rugby fans, Tjokkie and Crispin arrive in Wales for the Rugby World Cup in search of sport and females. All hell breaks loose when Crispin's wife arrives unexpectedly and Tjokkie has to cover for his friend.
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Live Wire: Human Time Bomb
Title: Live Wire: Human Time Bomb
Character: Juarez
Released: February 27, 1996
Type: Movie
A computer chip turns an FBI agent into a lethal weapon.
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Kalahari Harry
Title: Kalahari Harry
Character: Kallie van Graan
Released: December 6, 1994
Type: Movie
Kalahari Harry is a noble story of the plight of the Kalahari bushman in their struggle for land and survival. A rich Johannesburg business man Mr. Kowalski is sent to the Northern Cape (home of the indigenous bushman), to asses the potential of building a state-of-the-art casino. Kalahari Harry, a member of the local Bushman tribe is decidedly opposed to this corporate move and sets into motion a series of ingenious plans to prevent this from happening.
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The Prince of Pretoria
Title: The Prince of Pretoria
Character: Dolf Beukes
Released: April 3, 1992
Type: Movie
Based on actual events. In 1990, a restaurant waiter from Pretoria pretended to be an official VIP visitor to the government of South Africa (as the Crown-Prince of Lichtenstein). He is treated like royalty for two weeks until he disappears as suddenly as he appeared.
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Oh Schucks...! Here Comes UNTAG
Title: Oh Schucks...! Here Comes UNTAG
Character: Zapman
Released: November 30, 1990
Type: Movie
Kwagga Robertse owns a farm shop in the fictional Southern African country of Nambabwe and usually cons foreign tourists by pretending to kill a lion, thus earning him the nickname 'Urumbo' (Lion Killer) from the country's natives. Kwagga is upset when the UN sends a platoon of incompetent soldiers with the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (U.N.T.A.G.), to monitor the peace process, and ensure free and fair elections after the Nambabwean War for Independence. The U.N.T.A.G's American leader, Major Bradick D. Mackay and his second-in-command, Captain Zapman are offered a diamond worth a lot of money in the U.S., and they must pay 200,000 USD to Duan Robertse, Kwagga's competitive brother trying to buy a farm left to them by their dead father.
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A Private Life
Title: A Private Life
Character: Jack Dupont
Released: November 14, 1989
Type: Movie
Jack and Stella were unable to marry in South Africa because she was classified as coloured. They persevere by living together in a mixed neighborhood, but their son Paul will suffer when he is unable to marry his white girlfriend Andrea.
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Jewel of the Gods
Title: Jewel of the Gods
Character: Abdul
Released: June 18, 1989
Type: Movie
While doing field work in Australia’s Gibson Desert, Snowy Grinder meets up with a weirdo named Archie. Together they set off to find the missing Dr. Jim Hartwell and Monomotapa, the Palace of Purple Diamonds...but they haven't accounted for the Gods.
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Options
Title: Options
Character: Paul
Released: May 27, 1989
Type: Movie
An MBA goes to Africa to make a deal, but comes out with a Princess.
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Saturday Night at the Palace
Title: Saturday Night at the Palace
Released: December 12, 1987
Type: Movie
South African drama set at a roadhouse in Apartheid.
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You Gotta Be Crazy!
Title: You Gotta Be Crazy!
Released: September 19, 1986
Type: Movie
This is a South African candid camera style movie.
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Funny People II
Title: Funny People II
Released: October 27, 1983
Type: Movie
"Funny People" is packed with scenes which will make you double up with laughter! What would you do if you were walking along the street and a cute little lady rushed up to you and gave you a smashing kiss, as if you'd known each other for years? And how does one remain cool as a cucumber when you're busy with an important audition and the chair you are sitting on gets hotter until you have to jump up in discomfort to save your behind? Then there is the case of the bank note sticking out from under the wheel of a car. People will always be human and no-one will walk past without trying to pull it out, even if the mudguard comes off or the hooter suddenly starts blowing. The antics to get this note out will make you laugh until tears roll down your cheeks!
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City Lovers
Title: City Lovers
Character: Detective
Released: September 30, 1982
Type: Movie
This socially conscious film, set in South Africa, presents an interracial love story between a German geologist and a young black woman. The German is only visiting South Africa. He meets his new love in a shop where he hires her as his housekeeper. She soon becomes his lover and this infuriates their nosy neighbors who report them to the police.
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Kill and Kill Again
Title: Kill and Kill Again
Character: Hotdog
Released: May 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Dr. Horatio Kane has been kidnapped, and is being forced to create an army of martial artists who will help take over the world. His daughter, Kandy Kane, enlists the help of Steve Chase (and a few of his friends) to rescue her father before it's too late.
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What You Sow
Title: What You Sow
Character: Bobby Griesel
Released: August 29, 1979
Type: Movie
A bleak and violent story of delinquency and broken family ties. Christiaan MacDonald escapes from the reformatory where he has been serving a sentence for car theft and asks his sister Dina for help. When his father tells Christiaan he is adopted, and furthermore is banished from the MacDonald family, the young man responds with criminal behavior that rip the family apart.
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Die Winter van 14 Julie
Title: Die Winter van 14 Julie
Character: Chappies de Villiers
Released: October 5, 1977
Type: Movie
During his military service, a young man meets a woman and she becomes pregnant.
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House of the Living Dead
Title: House of the Living Dead
Character: Simeon
Released: August 12, 1974
Type: Movie
On a South African plantation, a maniac is on the loose, first killing the estate's animals, then starting on the human members.
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Deadly Jaws
Title: Deadly Jaws
Character: Thug
Released: March 15, 1974
Type: Movie
Two divers find a treasure map, which apparently points to a sunken treasure below the ocean. They hire a professional to help them get the gold but this guy turns out to have a few secrets of his own.