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Tommy Norden, circa 1965. Tommy Norden (born September 25, 1952, New York City) is an American businessman and retired actor, most widely-known as Bud Ricks, the red-haired, younger brother of Sandy Ricks ( Luke Halpin) on the television series Flipper . Other performances include a minor role in the film Five Miles to Midnight (1962), as well ...
Flipper is an American television program broadcast on NBC from September 19, 1964, until April 15, 1967. [ 1] Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the pet of Porter Ricks, chief warden at Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve (a fictional version of John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo, Florida ), and his two young sons, Sandy and Bud.
When his father Porter instructs him to return Flipper to the wild of open sea, Sandy is disheartened and tries to sneak away with his friend from the ocean. The importance of the pair's friendship is displayed when an encounter with a shark on the hunt becomes a dangerous situation and Flipper's loyalty is shown when he fights to protect the ...
Luke Halpin. Luke Austin Halpin (born April 4, 1947) is a former American actor, stuntman, marine coordinator, diver and pilot. He became a child actor at the age of eight and is widely known for his role as Sandy Ricks in the feature films Flipper and Flipper's New Adventure, as well as for reprising his role for the NBC television series ...
Kelly with Tommy Norden (left) and Luke Halpin (right) in Flipper, 1964. In 1964, Kelly took over the Chuck Connors role from the 1963 family film Flipper, playing Porter Ricks, Chief Warden at Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve and recently widowed father of Sandy Ricks (Luke Halpin) in the 1964 sequel Flipper's New Adventure.
Ricou Browning, the underwater stuntman who portrayed the Gill-man in the 1954 horror classic Creature trom the Black Lagoon and its sequels and went on to co-produce the dolphin tale Flipper for ...
2. 2. "The Red Hot Car". Leon Benson. Ernest Spaulding. September 26, 1964. ( 1964-09-26) Sandy and Bud discover a bullet-riddled car at the bottom of the bay. When criminals try to blow the car up with the boys trapped inside, Flipper comes to the rescue and the criminals are taken by the police.
Flipper. (1995 TV series) Flipper (also known as Flipper – The New Adventures) is an American revival television series of the original 1964 Flipper television series. [ 1] The first two seasons aired in first-run syndication; seasons three and four aired on the PAX network . The series was set in a town named Bal Harbor that was supposed to ...