Flipper (TV series)

Flipper is the name of several movies and a TV series on the eponymous Dolphin.

The first film about Flipper appeared in 1963. This film was a great success and already a year later got Flipper a television series. In it is experiencing the dolphin all kinds of adventures with the son Buddy and Sandy by the Superintendent of the nature reserve (a known pattern of rescues in danger, catching Crooks, etc.). The television series ran from 1964 to 1968 and is still repeated many times. The role of Flipper was played by seven bottlenose dolphins, which Suzy and Cathy are the best known. In 1997 died the last of the bottlenose dolphins who played the role of Flipper in the original television series. This ' Flipper ', called Bebe, died at age 41 in the sea-aquarium of Miami.

The success of the film and the television series caused a great interest in dolphins. Founded at this time were several dolphinariums, including that in Harderwijk (1965) and the Boudewijn Seapark in Bruges.

In 1996 another film about Flipper; a remake of the original film from 1963.