Behind this handsome youth's devil-may-care ways lurks a heartache: the anguish of
a son who yearned for his father's love and never got it By PEER J. OPPENHEIMER
two wheels, I remembered that he used to drag race.
A curious contradiction of maturity, defiance of mores,
and plain teen-age foolishness soon became evident. Sean
is so proud of his American citizenship (his mother,
actress Lily Damita, is French; father Errol was born in
Tasmania, Australia) that he pays U.S. taxes although
he probably could evade them like a lot of multimillionaire
actors who have established residence abroad. His opinions
on politics, economics, and art indicate a maturity far
beyond his 22 years. Yet he has a juvenile, maniacal ap
proach to life which jeopardizes not only himself but any
one within reasonable distance.
As we roared along in the little Fiat, a group of people
crossed the road in front of us. "Let's scare 'em!" Sean
yelled. Pushing down the accelerator, he headed straight
for the two adults and three children. Only 30 feet from
them, he slammed on his brakes, swerved sharply to the
left, and avoided them by inches. He didn't even bother
to comment on it as we sped on to town.
As we pulled up in front of Club Nautico, where we
were to have lunch, he pointed out a beautiful three-masted
sailboat in the harbor. "It's the Zacca. It belongs to my
stepmother," he commented cryptically.
There had been a report that Sean and Patrice Wymore
had been fighting for possession of Errol's yacht since his
death. Sean denies this. "Even if I owned it," he insisted,
"I couldn't afford to run it. It would cost $40,000 to put
it back in shape. All I'd like to have is a 30-foot sloop and
$1,000. That way, I could take off for a year and no one
could catch me. I wouldn't have to worry about anyone
attaching my bank account or confiscating the yacht. I
would be free to do what I wanted to be a bum. I don't
like work. I act because it's easy money. If someone told
me I'd never have to work again, I'd say okay.
"If only I'd inherit some money, I could get a house and
write. I did some short stories, and 'how I'm thinking
of doing a play about a boy my age who's all alone. His
parents are separated, his father has a mistress, and his
mother has a succession of affairs. The boy is in love
with a very simple lovely girl, but to get his father's
affection back, he decides to steal his father's mistress.
The father kills himself, and the boy finds true love with
the simple girl who shares his feelings."
Sean paused for a moment. "I know people who have
gone through just this kind of experience," he said with
melancholy. I could guess whom he meant.
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