Maurice Bennett Flynn (May 26, 1892 – March 4, 1959) was an American football player and actor.

[2][3] Between 1919 and 1927, Flynn appeared in 40 feature films, often as the lead actor, and sometimes as a sports hero or daring adventurer.

He moved to Tryon, North Carolina, and was married for the third time to Nora Langhorne Phipps.

Nora, Flynn's third wife, persuaded Lefty to cure his alcoholism through Christian Science treatments.

The next month Fitzgerald published a story, "The Intimate Strangers," based on the Flynns.