You have to be of a certain age to remember Flipper I guess. I really wish I had not come across a recent photo of Luke Halpin, the actor who played Sandy in Flipper. I can't remember if I liked him or the actor who played his father the most. Either would have done.
Teenage crush. He was my first older man :)
ReplyDeleteI'll stick to Gentle Ben.
ReplyDeleteThe bear :P
We all get older. Luke played a 15 year old, while he was himself 20.
ReplyDeleteRanger Porter Ricks wasn't bad eather. [shows my age too doesn't it]
Didn't David Cassidy play a 16 year old when he was really from 19 to 20 years old?
DeleteYes, I think that is right.
DeleteHalpin was 17, playing a 15-year-old.
DeleteThanks Anon. It feels a bit wicked lusting after a 17 year old who was then playing a 15 year old.
DeleteDoing some quick mental arithmetic James, I wouldn't have thought much older.
ReplyDeletePuzzling me Jayne. Not Ben Cartwright?
It must have run for a good while Peter, as pictures I saw have him as quite young and then also quite a bit older. Porter Ricks, that was his name. I wish I had a Daddy like Porter. I am happy for people I know to age, just not my young lust objects.
He was born in 1947, I was born in 1965, thankyou :)
ReplyDeleteI should have used a calculator.
ReplyDeleteGood grief he is older than I am.
ReplyDeleteI wish you hadn't shown the later photo. He was my dream boy in Flipper.
I suppose there is some comfort in the knowledge that we were all comparatively so much more attractive and desirable in those days (and at that age).
I have to admit, I liked the earlier pictures of Luke Halpin, when he was only about 10 years old..
DeleteI can't remember seeing photos of him at that age.
DeleteI wish I had not found it. Ah youth, so wasted on the young.
ReplyDeleteAge comes to us all if we are lucky - I recently met an old school friend and her sister - hadn't seen them for 25 years. My sister veronica said later how much they have aged - my response is that they would have been saying the same about us - no doubt - we all think others age,,,
ReplyDeleteMC, it was interesting to see your Don age through the years. Too scary to meet people you haven't seen for years.
ReplyDeleteHa I think Luke is hot in either pic. Grow up guys, he has!
ReplyDeleteHey Luke is hot, young pic or old.
ReplyDeleteHe grew up, so should you guys! lol
Sorry RJ, he does not work well for me when he is an older man.
ReplyDeleteHey " Sandy " watching flipper as I write this. What a good wholesome show Flipper is and brought
ReplyDeletemany ppl to discovery life below the surface of the ocean.
. God Bless !
Anon, it was a wholesome show. How wicked of me to have unwholesome thoughts as I watched the show.
ReplyDeleteI DARE you to approve an print this, else you are not being fair.
ReplyDeleteFor Heaven's sake...you insult both the late Brian Kelly, and Luke Halpin of my state of Fl.
NEITHER are gay, ever were, so stick to your own.
Hmmm, nothing to say really, except I don't understand what you are so annoyed about.
ReplyDeleteAndrew - my experience tells me the world sometimes appears full of people who are insulted or outraged on behalf of others, with absolutely no knowledge of the people involved and what they think/believe. Blog comments that include CAPITAL LETTERS also tend to be a bit of a worry.
ReplyDeleteHighly fuelled 'emotion' I think James.
ReplyDeleteHey guys,
ReplyDeleteFor me it was nice to see he still had his hair and didn't blow up like a jelly fish. I also was so happy to see he still has that spark in his eyes. Sure maybe he had that/did that but, wait he still does because he still has a great heart and I'm sure is happy to age knowing at least the "lusters" won't Chase him anymore. To me he's #1 in my book ;)
Why are most of the Luke Halpin fans guys??
ReplyDeleteGood question J and I don't know.
DeleteGood question. Any ideas?
ReplyDeleteLuke Halpin did all of his own underwater stunts.. No body double! Also, there was a rumor going on that both he and co-star Tommy Norden rarely if ever, wore anything underneath the cut-off denim shorts they usually wore on the set. However, I've seen at least 2 pictures of the boys both wearing snug fitting swim trunks, plus there's that close-up picture of Tommy Norden in a pair of wet denim shorts!
DeleteVery interesting. It's ten years since I wrote this and I guess there are photos around now that weren't around then.
DeleteGeez there are countless pictures of Tommy (Bud) Norden's underwear - showing above his cut offs waistline! And even more of his (obviously) white briefs leg lines! I say obviously for two reasons: 1) The aforementioned underwear showing (season 3 episode "Aunt Martha" comes immediately to mind) and 2) In the mid 60's on the US virtually 98% of boys all wore white briefs.
DeleteThanks. I am away from home but once returned I will have a good look.
DeleteIt would have been entirely "fair" not to approve Laina's post...because it was just too damn stupid.
ReplyDeleteWas rather silly. I thought she may have returned to explain why she was so upset.
ReplyDeleteI love his acting he still is my favorite Actor. i love how his Picture on wikki is him younger.
ReplyDeletelive on Luke.
joel
Yep Joel. He certainly created a frisson for many.
DeleteInteresting Andrew, how years later your post about Halpin still draws attention and comment.
ReplyDeleteI reckon gay boys of our generation have a real soft spot for him (and in the past a real hard spot too).
Victor, it is one of my most popular posts by statistics. I think I was too young to imagine what I might like to do with him, but I knew I wanted to do something.
DeleteHappy New Year. Hey Guys, I (a female) was 13 in 1963 and Luke Halpin was my first tv crush. Wow, he was hot.
ReplyDeleteVery late reply Lady M. Yes he was and I can imagine equally to a young teenage female.
DeleteI remember watching Flipper everyday after school. I loved the dolphin, didn't care about boys back then. Not much anyway. Even then I preferred dark haired boys.
ReplyDeleteOh he was the first ever and the only one i can remember, that took shirt off in evrery episode,,the storys were great,,a talented actor , great location shots, i was 5 when the last show aired, the last season he left at eighteen , i started knowing the atractition when i was 19., in re runs, he was still young, im so glad theres site with evrery.photo taken of him with each part of his body, someone recognize he was the first and the only one ever to.be filmed like that, god bless , what sweet kid,
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly Donald, I don't remember him taking his shirt off every episode. I may and been a bit too young. Thanks for the comment.
DeleteI think its the mustache if he lost the mustache he still has the sandy blonde hair ( with some grey) but tan and he is dressed casual...picture him dresses up ten and sure for his age, any woman like me 63 would say hey he is handsome...
ReplyDeletePamela, yes, I suppose without the moustache and with a decent hairstyle, he would be ok. Note this post was written 2010, so he would be at least six years older now.
Deletewas in love with luke when i was 6 years old....
ReplyDeleteAnthony, I may have been ten when I fell in love with him, no matter.
Deletedarn good actor
ReplyDeleteHe was, but I could not get past his hot looks.
Deletegood looking stud
ReplyDeleteFor sure.
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