loves animals of all sorts. Flipper is his special companion, and he ends season three as a 13-year-old able to do more of the work that his older brother Sandy does. Hap Gorman: Andy Devine appeared five times in the show's first season as an old salt and marine carpenter named Hap Gorman. Hap was something of a bungler, who tried Porter's patience. Hap, in the traditional vein for Andy Devine, enjoyed spinning yarns and tall tales about bejeweled maharajahs, faraway kingdoms, and exotic ports for the amusement of skeptical Sandy and gullible Bud. Ulla Norstrand: Swedish-born actress Ulla Strömstedt appeared 12 times in the second season as Ulla Norstrand, an oceanographer whose work frequently took her to Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve. She was often instrumental in enforcing the park's regulations. One of her trademarks was her miniature yellow submarine which she was often seen using in her oceanographic explorations, and which was sometimes pivotal in storylines. She was a potential love interest for Porter Ricks, although no serious relationship was ever shown to develop. Warden Ed Dennis was portrayed by Miami actor Dan Chandler. The recurring role of a Coral Key Park game warden was created by writer Maria K. Little, who needed a sidekick to play off of Porter Ricks. Dennis performed such sidekick chores as helping find a kidnapped Flipper and saving Porter Ricks from murderous lobster poachers. Chandler also appeared in the feature films Flipper and Flipper's New Adventure. Sheriff, also Old Man Coleman, were two roles portrayed by actor Eric Applewhite, appearing in five episodes across all three seasons of the TV series. His older brother George Applewhite played the Sheriff in the original Flipper. Notable guest stars Flipper was notable for the casting of a number of guest actors, several of whom went on to stardom in later years or had already had a stellar acting career. John Abbott Jean-Pierre Aumont James Best Martin E. Brooks Michael Conrad Lynda Day George Gloria DeHaven Doris Dowling Barbara Feldon Stuart Getz Huntz Hall Margaret Hayes Karl Held Betsy Jones-Moreland Robin Mattson Cheryl Miller Denise Nickerson Burt Reynolds Martin Sheen Julie Sommars David Soul Karen Steele Bo Svenson Marshall Thompson Daniel J. Travanti Diana Van der Vlis Wende Wagner Jessica Walter Dan White Plot The series follows a bottlenose dolphin named Flipper who is the wild pet of Porter Ricks, a park warden, and his