Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe II (February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983) was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimming event, which launched his career on the silver screen and later television. He starred in a variety of popular feature films and movie serials released between 1933 and the 1950s, portraying the top three syndicated comic-strip heroes of the 1930s: Tarzan, Flash Gordon, and Buck Rogers. In 1983 Crabbe died of a heart attack in Arizona. (Via Wikipedia)
- Origin
- Oakland, California, USA
- Born
- February 7, 1908
- Died
- April 23, 1983 (41 years ago, at 75)