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 leads Bud to a booby-trapped underwater wreck with counterfeit money. Believing the money to be real and that his family could use the financial help, Bud retrieves the money, spends it, and brings Sandy for another trip..
Sandy has an underwater scene with Bud at the booby-trapped wreck. He also has a couple brief scenes above the water with a diving mask (a) playing with Bud and Flipper at the beginning and (b) after being pulled from the booby-trapped underwater wreck with Bud by his father.
However, my favorite scenes are when Sandy is shirtless above water without a diving mask. There are two such scenes in this episode. In one, he is on the dock after playing with Bud and Flipper, when he is told by his father that he needs to take on some additional responsibility. In the second, he is on the launch after being pulled from the booby-trapped underwater wreck with Bud by his father.
Favorite scenes:
This episode has an excellent shot of Sandy drying himself on the dock.
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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