Flipper was played by five female dolphins; Susie, Patty, Squirt, Scotty and Kathy. The five dolphins performed all of Flipper's scenes except the famous tail walk, a trick they were unable to master completely. A male dolphin named Clown was brought in for scenes involving the tail walk. The famous "voice" of Flipper was actually the doctored song of a kookaburra.
Starred in a few movies based on the hit TV series, Flipper.
Dolphin raised in South Florida.
In the 1960s lived at the Seaquarium in Key Biscayne, Florida.
In the 1990s the "original" Flipper was reported by a nationally viewed
TV show to be living and performing in a small carnival in Brazil,
South America.