Flipper (1964 TV series)

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Flipper
Genre	Children Adventure Drama
Created by	Jack Cowden Ricou Browning
Directed by	Ricou Browning
Starring	Brian Kelly Luke Halpin Tommy Norden Andy Devine Ulla Strömstedt Flipper
Music by	Henry Vars Samuel Matlovsky Ruby Raksin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	88 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Ivan Tors James Buxbaum
Cinematography	Howard Winner Clifford H. Poland Jr.
Running time	approx. 25 minutes
Production companies	Ivan Tors Films, Inc. MGM Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 19, 1964 (1964-09-19) – April 15, 1967 (1967-04-15)
Related
Flipper Flipper's New Adventure Flipper – The New Adventures Flipper
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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. The show has been dubbed an "aquatic Lassie", and a considerable amount of children's merchandise inspired by the show was produced during its first run.