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Status
Ended
Release
1964 - 1967
Seasons / Eps
3 / 88
Streaming availability by country
Flipper, from Ivan Tors Films in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television, is an American television program first broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the companion animal of Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at fictional Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve in southern Florida, and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount of juvenile merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first-run.
44 Cast Members
Luke Halpin
Sandy Ricks
88 Episodes
Brian Kelly
Porter Ricks
88 Episodes
Tommy Norden
Bud Ricks
88 Episodes
Andy Devine
33 Episodes
Dan Chandler
Warden Dennis
4 Episodes
Cheryl Miller
Bonnie McCoy
4 Episodes
Pat Henning
3 Episodes
Ricou Browning
2 Episodes
Margaret Hayes
2 Episodes
Barbara Feldon
2 Episodes
Burt Reynolds
Al Bardeman
2 Episodes
Daniel J. Travanti
Commander Willard
2 Episodes
Karen Steele
Fran Whitman
2 Episodes
Tommy Lane
Nick
1 Episodes
Cal Bellini
1 Episodes
Denise Nickerson
1 Episodes
Dan White
1 Episodes
James Best
1 Episodes
Diana Van der Vlis
1 Episodes
Michael Conrad
1 Episodes
