Bill Flynn
Biography
Bill Flynn was a South African actor and comedian who trained at the UCT drama school and helped found the Space theater in Cape Town. He became best known for playing Tjokkie, a wise-cracking, beer-drinking rugby fan. He won 13 best actor awards, among them a Fleur du Cap for Doubles, a Dublin prize for Hello and Goodbye, and honors for Saturday Night at the Palace, which he also wrote and which brought him a best actor award at the Taormina film festival and a merit award in Los Angeles. His karate comedy Kill and Kill Again (1981) was a box office hit in America. He also sang, leading Vinnie and the Viscounts and co-founding The Rock Rebels. He died in 2007.
58years old at death
- Born Cape Town
- Died Johannesburg
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as William Flynn
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 16 years1974 to 1990
Every film, newest first
- 1990Kwagga Strikes BackIMDb rating 6.4
- 1981Kill and Kill AgainIMDb rating 4.7
- 1974House of the Living DeadIMDb rating 3.6
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Early training
Bill Flynn was a founder member of the Space theater in Cape Town, an alternative venue, after training at the UCT drama school.
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Worked with
Bill Flynn shares two films with Ken Gampu, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Ken Gampu's page
Nobby Clark2 films together, 1974 to 1981
Nobby Clark's page
Shirley Anne Field's page
Ron Smerczak's page
Graham Clarke's page
Mark Burns's page
Ivan HallDirector, 1 film, 1981
All films by Ivan Hall
All films by Ray Austin
David ListerDirector, 1 film, 1990
All films by David Lister
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