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  Buster Crabbe
Buster Crabbe graduated from the University of Southern California.
Re: Buster Crabbe The name of the character played on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was Brigadier "Flash" Gordon.
The handsome, brawny Crabbe spent most of the 1940s at the PRC studios, churning out dozens of ultra-cheap Westerns (playing an overage Billy the Kid in 1941-43 oaters) and occasional B's, such as Jungle Man (1941) and Queen of Broadway (1942).
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 CULT FILM SITE: Serials
Starring Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers and Charles Middleton.
Flash (Buster Crabbe) once again does battle with the evil Ming.
Buster Crabbe fights a gang of submarine hijackers.
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  Buster Crabbe
From 1936-1940, Crabbe did five serials at Universal, a period when that studio was going through another of their financial ups and downs.
Buster had a brother: Edward Clinton Simmons Crabbe II (1909-1972) who was known as "Buddy".
In retrospect, Crabbe's Paramount work, including the westerns, were of minor import to his career (other than putting groceries on the table).
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  Buster Crabbe: From Athlete to Star
Clarence Linden Crabbe was born in Oakland, California on February 7, 1909.
Buster attended the University of Hawaii where he continued to excel in athletics.
Buster returned to the continental States and enrolled at the University of Southern California, where fame and fortune beckoned him.
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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Buster Crabbe   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Buster Crabbe (February 7, probably in 1908 - April 23, 1983) was an American athlete turned actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s.
Raised in Hawaii, he excelled as a swimmer and participated in two Olympic Games: 1928, where he won the bronze medal for the 1,500 meter freestyle, and 1932, where he won the gold medal for the 400 meter freestyle.
Crabbe's role in the Tarzan series launched a successful career in which he starred in over one hundred movies.
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 Definition of Buster Crabbe
Larry 'Buster' Crabbe (February 7, probably in 1908, Oakland, California - April 23, 1983, Scottsdale, Arizona) was an American athlete turned actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s.
Crabbe's role in a 1933 Tarzan serial, also issued as a full length movie Tarzan the Fearless, launched a successful career in which he starred in over one hundred movies.
Crabbe's career waned somewhat in the 1950s, though he did make regular television appearances including one on an episode of the 1979 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century where he plays a retired warrior named "Brigadier Gordon" in honor of Flash Gordon.
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  Buster Crabbe
Crabbe was born Clarence Linden Crabbe in California, but his parents moved to Hawaii when he was two years old; growing up in the islands, he learned to literally "swim like a fish." He was a champion boxer in high school, and went on to become a champion swimmer in the Olympics.
Crabbe was at the top of his form as the rough-and-tumble sea captain and helped to make the serial one of the best of the later Columbias.
Reportedly, PIRATES was Buster’s favorite serial, since it was the only one in which he played an original character and not a comic-strip hero, thus allowing him to play the role according to his own ideas and not have to worry about “measuring up” to fans’ preconcieved ideas of the part.
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 Buster Crabbe
Larry 'Buster' Crabbe (February 7, probably in 1908, Oakland, California - April 23, 1983, Scottsdale, Arizona) was an American athlete turned actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s.
Crabbe's role in a 1933 Tarzan serial, also issued as a full length movie Tarzan the Fearless, launched a successful career in which he starred in over one hundred movies.
Crabbe's career waned somewhat in the 1950s, though he did make regular television appearances including one in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century where he helps the title character.
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 Buster Crabbe - Definition, explanation
Buster Crabbe (February 7, 1908, Oakland, California - April 23, 1983, Scottsdale, Arizona) was an American athlete turned actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s.
He was born as Clarence Linden Crabbe II in 1908 to Lucy Agnes McNamara (1885-1959) and Edward Clinton Simmons Crabbe I (1882-?) in Oakland, California.
Crabbe did make regular television appearances including one on an episode of the 1979 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century where he played a retired warrior named "Brigadier Gordon" in honor of Flash Gordon.
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 Buster Crabbe Information
Buster Crabbe (February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983) was an American athlete turned actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s.
He was born as Clarence Linden Crabbe II to Lucy Agnes McNamara (1885-1959) and Edward Clinton Simmons Crabbe I (1882-?) in Oakland, California, USA.
Crabbe made regular television appearances including one on an episode of the 1979 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century where he played a retired fighter pilot named "Brigadier Gordon" in honor of Flash Gordon.
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 Tarzan The Fearless DVD - Michael Weise Productions
Buster Crabbe is in great shape and his performance for the times is convincing, even though Johnny Weissmuller was the most popular Tarzan, Crabbe looked the part and even had a better screen presence...
Tarzan is played by Buster Crabbe, who won the gold medal in the 400-meter free-style at the 1932 Olympics, one of three formers Olympians to play the Lord of the Jungle that decade.
Crabbe, whose previous film role was Kaspa the Lion Man in the Tarzan ripoff "Lord of the Jungle," is given little to do and is also in the running for the least articulate Tarzan of all time.
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 Buster Crabbe Current Month TV Schedule
View Buster Crabbe videos, clips, interviews and more in TV Guide's Online Video Guide.
Starring Buster Crabbe, Al St John, Patti McCarty, John L Cason, Charles King.
Starring Buster Crabbe, Al St John, Frances Gladwin, Ed Cassidy, I Stanford Jolley, Kermit Maynard, Bob Kortman, Steve Clark, George Chesebro, Hank Bell.
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 Buster Crabbe at Brian's Drive-In Theater
Buster Crabbe returns as interplanetary hero Flash Gordon, teaming with Dale, Prince Barin and his friends to save Earth from a deadly plague known as the Purple Death, the creation of none other than Ming the Merciless.
Buster Crabbe stars as a courageous doctor in the African jungle, working to save villagers from a deadly fever, who encounters an expedition searching for the fabled "City of the Dead." With Sheila Darcy, Weldon Heyburn, and Crabbe's "Flash Gordon" foe Charles Middleton as, of all things, a reverend.
Then, Crabbe shines in "The Oil Raider" as a prospector whose dreams of becoming rich from striking fl gold are complicated by a greedy banker and his thugs.
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 Buster Crabbe - Actor Movie Reviews at TopTenReviews.com
In the 19th and last of the PRC "Billy the Kid" series (first six with Bob Steele and last 13 with Buster Crabbe), a feud develops between the settlers and the railroad detectives in Red Rock Valley.
Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) are on their way out of Arizona being chased by some riders who hope to cash in on the reward money for their capture.
Paddy O'Riley (Tom Brown) and Ossie Merrill (Buster Crabbe as Larry Crabbe), Bellport high school football heroes, enroll in distant colleges; Paddy at a small school in the East, where he is barely a substitute, and Ossie at a powerhouse-football...more about Rose Bowl
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 DNK Amazon Store :: Tarzan and the Trappers/Tarzan the Fearless
On the plus side, Crabbe has the requisite physique for the role and his expressions are more developed than Johnny Weissmuller's blank look; in addition Crabbe has one of the best Tazan yells that I've heard (this is in contrast to another Amazon reviewer who panned it).
On the down side, Crabbe wears a loincloth that is ridiculously skimpy on the backside, almost like the costumer was gay and wanted to flagrantly show-off Crabbe's buns.
Buster was OK but just not one of my favorites in the role.
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 Buster Crabbe Bio - Buster Crabbe Biography - Buster Crabbe Stories
Buster was married to Adah Virginia Held from 1933 until his death.
Buster Crabbe Comics, published by Famous Funnies Publications from #1 (November 1951) to #12 (September 1953).
Buster was the Guest of Honor at Multicon 70 science-fiction convention in Oklahoma City, OK on June 18-21, 1970.
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 PART I: A Vaudeville Childhood
Buster Brown, Buster Crabbe and Buster Poindexter all came later, presumably owing their names indirectly to Harry Houdini.
As Buster grew old the easiest way to care for him and not interrupt the act was to take him on the stage with them, and so this was done.
"Buster" does not give the impression of having been taught; his work is so spontaneous and so accurate that it shows him to be above the average performer of his age in intelligence and indicates that he understands the value of pause and emphasis as well or better than many a performer of mature years.
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 Buster Crabbe Photos - Buster Crabbe News - Buster Crabbe Information
Buster's pools, from the Buster Crabbe Pool Company, were a featured prize on The Price Is Right in the late 1950s to early 1960s.
Buster won the 1932 Olympic 400-meter freestyle swimming championship and this fact was used by Columbia to play up a 'rivalry' between him and MGM star Johnny Weissmuller in publicity for his role of Kaspa, The Lion Man in King Of The Jungle (1933).
Buster's grandson Nick Holt is now head defensive football coach at the University Of Southern California, where he graduated in 1931.
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 BUSTER CRABBE VIDEOS & DVD'S AT HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES
Included are salutes to Pearl White in "The Perils of Pauline," "Flash Gordon" with Buster Crabbe, John Wayne in "The Hurricane Express" and Bela Lugosi in "The Phantom Creeps." 60 min.
Olympic great Buster Crabbe dons the loincloth this time as the Lord of the Jungle, helping a young girl find her father, discovering a lost city and fighting treacherous Arabs.
Buster Crabbe returns as interplanetary hero Flash Gordon, teaming with Dale, Prince Barin and his friends to save Earth from a deadly plague known as the Purple Death, the creation of none other than Ming the Merciless.
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 Bio for Larry "Buster" Crabbe on MSN Movies
Athletic actor Buster Crabbe, born Clarence Crabbe, grew up in Hawaii where he developed into a first-rate swimmer and athlete, going on to win the gold medal in 400-meter swimming at the 1932 Olympics (he broke the record held by another actor-athlete, Johnny Weissmuller).
Crabbe went on to star in the '50s TV series Captain Gallant, which also featured his son Cullen "Cuffy" Crabbe.
Crabbe later returned to the screen once, for a large role in The Alien Dead (1980).
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 Buster Crabbe   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Having been born in 1943, I wasn't around to gauge the importance and fan appeal of Buster Crabbe and the three FLASH GORDON serials when they were in their original theatrical release.
From 1936-1940, Crabbe did five serials at Universal, a period when that studio was going through another of their financial ups and downs.
In retrospect, Crabbe's Paramount work, including the westerns, were of minor import to his career (other than putting groceries on the table).
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 Who is Buster Crabbe? - Ask.com Web Search
The autobiography of Buster Crabbe displays the heart of a true champion, molded by the hands of a loving family and forged by the disciplines...
Buster Crabbe looks so young here, yet you have to remember he was born around the same year as another Sci-Fi hero, William Hartnell!
Buster Crabbe (February 7, 1908 –; April 23, 1983) was an American athlete turned actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s
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 Buster Crabbe Show
Set against the backdrop of a ranch foreman's bunkhouse, Buster Crabbe would engage visitors to his western ranch in games, stories, craftmaking, hobbies, informational segments and interviews with guest performers and personalities between reruns of old movie westerns, comedies and serials.
Crabbe asked the station execs at WJZ to add a studio audience.
Buster Crabbe failed to catch on with NYC's young viewers and said farewell to his "Buddies" on Friday, March 26, 1954.
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 DVD Talk Review: Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Buster Crabbe stared as Flash Gordon in three serials for Universal.
While Buster Crabbe continues in his role as Flash, and Ming is played once again by the deliciously wicked Charles Middleton, the other supporting roles (Barin, Dale, and Aura,) are not played by the same actors that were featured in the first two serials.
The only extras are text bios on Buster Crabbe and director Ford Beebe, and a short text page about the serial.
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 By Buster Crabbe Posters at NicePoster store: Online Buster Crabbe posters and Arts gallery
Buster Crabbe Posters can fit into any interior and become a great present.
You might think that Buster Crabbe Posters are just artistic placards inserted into an artistic frame, however, in life, this is much more.
Buster Crabbe Posters are made for living-rooms and bedrooms, kitchens and rooms for your kids, for a country-house or office, for restaurants or clubs: they make a great contribution to any interior.
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