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Buster Crabbe <span class="SFPTagline"> From SCIFIPEDIA </span> Buster Crabbe (February 17, 1907 Oakland, California - April 23, 1983) was an American actor. From the jungle to the stars, Olympic gold-medal winning swimmer Buster Crabbe became the movies' pulp hero. After the success of Tarzan, the Ape Man (starring another Olympic swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller), Crabbe was cast as Kaspa, the Lion King, a similar loin-cloth wearing European raised in the jungle. He followed that by playing Tarzan himself in Tarzan the Fearless. After a couple of years, he would play Flash Gordon and then Buck Rogers, space age heroes. With ray gun in hand, Crabbe starred in several serials that really set the trend for 1930s space opera. While his subsequent career was heavily in Westerns (especially as Billy the Kid), he would return to the genre a few more times, notably as "Brigadier Gordon" in an episode of the 1980s TV series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, bringing Buck and Flash (in last names, at least) together. External LinksTo see specific information, such as individual movies, please click the Buster Crabbe category link at the bottom of this article. To see other articles that reference Buster Crabbe, please click the What Links Here tool in the toolbox at the bottom of this page. Categories: Buster Crabbe | 1907 births | 1983 deaths | Actors | Actors from the USA | Actors from California | Actors from Oakland | Actors who have played Tarzan | Tarzan universe actors | Serial actors | Olympians | 1930s actors | 1940s actors | 1970s actors | 1980s actors
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