Buster Crabbe


Actor
Buster Crabbe

About

Also Known As
Clarence Linden Crabbe, Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Larry Crabbe
Birth Place
Oakland, California, USA
Born
February 07, 1908
Died
April 23, 1983
Cause of Death
Heart Attack

Biography

Gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer, in Hollywood from 1933 in action/adventure roles incuding Tarzan, Flash Gordon and Billy the Kid....

Photos & Videos

Family & Companions

Adah Crabbe
Wife
Survived him.

Notes

Received a gold medal for the 400-meter free-style swimming during the Summer Oympics of 1932

Biography

Gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer, in Hollywood from 1933 in action/adventure roles incuding Tarzan, Flash Gordon and Billy the Kid.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Alien Dead (1985)
Sheriff Kowalski
The Comeback Trail (1972)
The Bounty Killer (1965)
Mike Clayman
Arizona Raiders (1965)
Captain Andrews
Gunfighters of Abilene (1960)
Kip [Tanner]
Badman's Country (1958)
Wyatt Earp
The Lawless Eighties (1957)
Link Prescott
Gun Brothers (1956)
Chad [Santee]
King of the Congo (1952)
Captive Girl (1950)
Barton
Pirates of the High Seas (1950)
Caged Fury (1948)
Smiley
Last of the Redmen (1947)
Magua
The Sea Hound (1947)
Gentlemen with Guns (1946)
Billy Carson
Prairie Badmen (1946)
Billy Carson
Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946)
Billy Carson
Overland Riders (1946)
Billy Carson
Outlaws of the Plains (1946)
Billy Carson
Lightning Raiders (1946)
Billy Carson
Terrors on Horseback (1946)
Billy Carson
Swamp Fire (1946)
Mike Kalavich
Shadows of Death (1945)
Billy Carson
Border Badmen (1945)
Billy Carson
Stagecoach Outlaws (1945)
Billy Carson
Prairie Rustlers (1945)
Billy Carson/[Jim]
Gangster's Den (1945)
Billy Carson
His Brother's Ghost (1945)
Billy Carson
Fighting Bill Carson (1945)
Billy Carson
Wild Horse Phantom (1944)
Billy Carson
Thundering Gun Slingers (1944)
Billy Carson
Nabonga Gorilla (1944)
Ray Gorman
Rustlers' Hideout (1944)
Billy Gibson [Carson]
Oath of Vengeance (1944)
Billy Carson
The Drifter (1944)
Billy Carson/Drifter Davis
The Contender (1944)
Gary [Farrell]
Fuzzy Settles Down (1944)
Billy Carson
Frontier Outlaws (1944)
Billy Carson
Valley of Vengeance (1944)
Billy Carson
Queen of Broadway (1943)
Ricky Sloane
The Renegades (1943)
Billy the Kid
Devil Riders (1943)
Billy Carson
The Kid Rides Again (1943)
[William Bonney, also known as] Billy the Kid
Fugitive of the Plains (1943)
Billy the Kid
Blazing Frontier (1943)
Billy the Kid
Cattle Stampede (1943)
Billy the Kid
Western Cyclone (1943)
Billy the Kid
Jungle Siren (1942)
Captain Gary Hart
The Mysterious Rider (1942)
Billy the Kid [also known as Bill Andrews]
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns (1942)
Billy [the Kid]
Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942)
Billy the Kid/[Kansas Ed]
Law and Order (1942)
Billy the Kid [/Ted Morrison]
Billy the Kid Trapped (1942)
Billy [the Kid]
Wildcat (1942)
Mike Rawlins
Jungle Man (1941)
Dr. Hammond
Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941)
Billy [the Kid]
Billy the Kid Wanted (1941)
Billy [the Kid]
Sailor's Lady (1940)
Rodney
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)
Unmarried (1939)
Buzz Kenton
Colorado Sunset (1939)
[Dave] Haines
Million Dollar Legs (1939)
Coach Baxter
Call a Messenger (1939)
"Chuck" Walsh
Buck Rogers (1939)
Daughter of Shanghai (1938)
Andrew Sleete
Thrill of a Lifetime (1938)
Don
Rocket Ship (1938)
Flash Gordon
Mars Attacks the World (1938)
Flash Gordon
Hunted Men (1938)
James Flowers
Illegal Traffic (1938)
Steve
Tip-Off Girls (1938)
Red Deegan
King of Gamblers (1937)
Eddie
Murder Goes to College (1937)
Strike Belno
Sophie Lang Goes West (1937)
Steve Clayson
Forlorn River (1937)
Nevada
Desert Gold (1936)
Moya, chief of an Indian tribe
Lady Be Careful (1936)
Jake
Arizona Mahoney (1936)
Kirby Talbot
The Arizona Raiders (1936)
Laramie Nelson
Rose Bowl (1936)
Ossie Merrill
Drift Fence (1936)
Slinger Dunn
The Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
[Big] Ben
Hold 'Em Yale (1935)
Hector Wilmot
Nevada (1935)
Nevada [Jim Lacey]
Badge of Honor (1934)
Bob Gordon
The Oil Raider (1934)
Dave Warren
Search for Beauty (1934)
Don Jackson
You're Telling Me! (1934)
Bob Murchison
We're Rich Again (1934)
[Erasmus] Erp [Rockwell Pennington]
She Had to Choose (1934)
Bill Cutler
Man of the Forest (1933)
Yegg
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933)
Bob North
King of the Jungle (1933)
Kaspa
Tarzan the Fearless (1933)
Tarzan
Thundering Herd (1933)
Bill Hatch
To the Last Man (1933)
Bill Hayden

Cast (Short)

Starlit Days at the Lido (1935)
Himself

Life Events

1933

Feature film debut, "King of the Jungle"

1941

First worked with director Sam Newfield in "Billy the Kid Wanted"

1947

Final collaboration with Sam Newfield, after appearing in forty-four of his films, "Raiders of Red Rock"

1985

Final feature appearance, "The Alien Dead"

Companions

Adah Crabbe
Wife
Survived him.

Bibliography

Notes

Received a gold medal for the 400-meter free-style swimming during the Summer Oympics of 1932