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Line 39: ===''Flipper''=== [[File:Flipper Luke Halpin 1963.jpg\|thumb\|Halpin in the 1963 feature film ''[[Flipper (1963 film)\|Flipper]]'']] Halpin's most famous role came when at age 15 he was picked to play the 12-year-old Sandy Ricks in producer [[Ivan Tors]]' 1963 feature film ''[[Flipper (1963 film)\|Flipper]]'' (filmed in the [[Florida Keys]] and Miami), starring alongside [[~~Chuck~~Brian ~~Connors~~Kelly (actor)\|Brian Kelly]], who played Sandy's father and fisherman Porter Ricks. The successful film spawned a sequel, ''[[Flipper's New Adventure]]'' (filmed mainly in the Bahamas), released in 1964, and with new co-star [[Brian Kelly (actor)\|Brian Kelly]] as Porter Ricks, a trainee Park Ranger who, after his training, is assigned to the fictitious Coral Key Park. Kelly played a widowed father to Sandy (although in reality Halpin was only sixteen years younger than Kelly). Kelly and Halpin kept the same roles for the television series that began filming in the summer of 1964, adding younger brother Bud, played by [[Tommy Norden]]. Halpin was chosen by Tors for the role of Sandy Ricks because of his skills in the water as well as his extensive prior acting experience. He also proved able to bond quickly with the dolphins who filled the role of Flipper. This chemistry paved the way for the launching of the TV series after the two feature films. By the time filming of the TV series commenced, Halpin had become an expert skin and scuba diver and exhibited an easy athleticism that enabled him to perform many of his own stunts in and below the water including a number of dangerous scenes involving sharks. His popular TV character became defined by many water-activity related plots with him often wearing nothing more than what came to be his signature cut-off blue jeans shorts.

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