Introduced in the 1963 film Flipper, Sandy Ricks rescues and befriends an injured dolphin and names him Flipper. In the 1964 sequel Flipper's New Adventure, his father Porter is widowed and goes to park warden school. In the 1964 television series, Porter becomes chief warden of Coral Key Park in Florida, and Sandy gains a younger brother Bud.
As played by Luke Halpin, Sandy has a pretty, boyish face, tousled mop of blond hair in the first season, and a slender, athletic swimmer's build. He is often shirtless, dressed in nothing more than blue cutoff jeans and white sneakers.
In the 1964 series, Sandy's and Bud's job was to appear to translate for the dolphin and to get into trouble so that the animal star could rescue them. Sandy tends to be the more responsible brother. He often accompanies Bud in his misadventures or his father in his ranger duties.
In this episode, Flipper must help Porter rescue a visiting boy (bitter over the loss of his father and the recent remarriage of his mother) and Sandy when they are trapped in an underwater wreck.
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Sandy has a few shirtless underwater scenes. In one, he is with his father training Mike how to dive. In another, he is diving with Mike when they find an underwater wreck. In the third, while investigating the wreck, they are trapped inside.
Sandy also has a rare fight scene (with shirt) in the beginning and an open-shirt scene in the middle.
However, my favorite scenes are when Sandy is shirtless on the surface and without a diving mask. There are several such scenes in this episode.
Favorite scenes:
This blog is intended to promote the appreciation of Luke Halpin's portrayal of Sandy Ricks in the 1964 television series "Flipper".
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