tour that stumbles on 'living dead' Nazis) in iconic niche horror movie Shock Waves (1977) and as Ken Wilson in Flipper co-creator Ricou Browning's Mr. No Legs (1979). Halpin's guest appearances on television in the years shortly after Flipper were; as Kenny Carter, Jr., in the Carl Betz series Judd, for the Defense (1968), as a celebrity contestant on The Dating Game (1968), as Ben Cabot, Jr., in Bracken's World (1969), as Greg in Ivan Tors' Primus (1972), and as Eric Bates in Caribe (1975). He appeared in the 1968 episode, "A Mule … Like the Army's Mule" of the syndicated anthology series Death Valley Days, in which he was cast as the outlaw Sandy King, the youngest member of the "Curly Bill" Brocius gang. In the story line, King is befriended by a United States Army lieutenant, played by Sam Melville. Robert Yuro was cast as "Curly Bill". A notable later appearance was in the 1980 television movie The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd, a dramatization about Samuel Mudd (played by Dennis Weaver), the Maryland physician who was imprisoned as an accomplice to John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, where Halpin played David Herold, the conspirator who brought Booth, suffering from a broken leg incurred in the process of assassinating Lincoln, to Dr. Mudd for treatment. After acting Following an acting career that spanned three decades, Halpin began working as a stuntman, marine coordinator, diver, and speedboat pilot for such feature films as Never Say Never Again, Porky's Revenge!, Flight of the Navigator and Speed 2: Cruise Control as well as for the television series Miami Vice. He also continued to make cameo appearances, most notably, on the television series Key West, Miami Vice and in the 1996 feature film remake, Flipper, starring a 15-year-old Elijah Wood as Sandy Ricks. Halpin lives on the west coast of Florida with his wife, Deborah. He has three sons, Kyle Austin Halpin (born October 1980), Blair Luke Halpin (born December 1982), and Courtney Luke Halpin (born April 1990). In 2015, it was reported that Halpin was suffering from Stage IV head and neck cancer. A website to assist in his care has been established. In June 2016 a family friend announced the cancer was in remission but that Halpin was at the time in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. References External links Luke Halpin Gallery 1947 births Male actors