Greatest Swashbucker of All Time?

**Ianofsmeg16** · 05-07-2006, 12:43

Greatest Swashbuckling Character = Sharpe (new-ish i know but i dont care)

Greatest Swashbuckling actor= I dunno, might have to agree with all the Errol Flynn voters

**Dâriûsh** · 05-07-2006, 17:01

I'm with Gawain. It is Errol Flynn, no contest.

Hmm... We need a pirate smiley.

**doc_bean** · 05-08-2006, 12:19

Originally Posted by Dâriûsh

Hmm... We need a pirate smiley.

**yesdachi** · 05-08-2006, 16:01

Would jackie chan be considered a modern day swashbuckler?

If you can consider Tarzan a swashbuckler then id say Johnny Weissmuller ranks just behind flynn.

**The Stranger** · 05-08-2006, 19:25

swashbuckler is sumthing like a buccaneer right...a pirate? i wouldnt know cuz i never really saw much pirate movies...exept pirates of the caribiean and another movie i cant recall its name of

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 05-09-2006, 02:24

swashbuckler is sumthing like a buccaneer right

A pirate is only one form of a swahbuckler. Basicly its a dude who fights with a sword. Im surprised no has mentoined the Govenator. Those Conan movies were pretty good. But Flynn has a long list of great swashbucling roles. Robinhood ,Captainblood, Don Juan, Charge of the Light Brigade,The Seahawks, The Private lives of Elizabeth and Essex and the Prince and the Pauper to name a few.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr has also played a lot of these types of roles. Another would be Tyrone Power, Made a great Zorro. And have any of you seen The Captain from Castile? A wonderful movie about Cortez.

**English assassin** · 05-09-2006, 10:11

Im surprised no has mentoined the Govenator. Those Conan movies were pretty good.

Nooooo, a swashbuckler has to fight with skill and speed, not strength, and also he has to be witty and to flirt (chastely) with the leading lady.

If he isn't using a rapier (cutlasses are acceptable for pirates) he isn't swashbuckling.

Tyrone Power is another good call, I used to love Zorro on saturday morning TV as a kid.