Thomas Flynn (

fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...

1834) was an English-born American actor and comedian who, with his wife, was a popular performer at the

Bowery Theatre The Bowery Theatre was a playhouse on the Bowery on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City. Although it was founded by rich families to compete with the upscale Park Theatre (Manhattan), Park Theatre, the Bowery saw its most successful ...

in the mid-1830s.Whitman, Walt. Prose Works. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1892; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/229/. Volume V, 'November Boughs'; chapter 14, 'The Old Bowery': 'It must have been about 1834 or ’35. A favorite comedian and actress at the Bowery, Thomas Flynn and his wife, were to have a joint benefit...' After the Farren Riots he briefly took over management of the Bowery.

Selected filmography

*'' A Counterfeit Santa Claus'' (1912)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flynn, Thomas Year of birth missing Year of death missing American male stage actors 19th-century American male actors English emigrants to the United States