Flipper

Plot summary

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.

Seasons

Crew

• Ricou BrowningCreator · Director · Producer
• personJack CowdenCreator
• personHollingsworth MorseDirector
• Andrew MartonDirector
• personLeon BensonDirector
• personOrville H. HamptonWriter
• personLee ErwinWriter
• personLeonard B. KaufmanWriter
• Alan CaillouWriter
• Ivan TorsProducer
• personHenry VarsMusic
• personSamuel MatlovskyMusic

Cast

Production companies

• movieMiami Seaquarium
• movieIvan Tors Films
• MGM Television