Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

125

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-02-07

Deathday

1983-04-23 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Oakland, California, USA

Also Known As

Clarence Linden Crabbe
Larry Crabbe
Clarence Linden Crabbe II
Larry 'Buster' Crabbe

Buster Crabbe

Biography

Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe was an American athlete and actor, who starred in a number of popular screen serials in the 1930s and 1940s.

Known For

7.0%

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Sep 20, 1979

6.3%

Flash Gordon

Apr 6, 1936

3.1%

The Alien Dead

Jun 1, 1980

6.4%

Arizona Raiders

Aug 1, 1965

5.6%

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Mar 3, 1940

5.5%

B. J. and the Bear

Feb 10, 1979

4.3%

Nabonga

Jan 25, 1944

5.9%

To the Last Man

Sep 15, 1933

4.0%

Tarzan the Fearless

Aug 11, 1933

6.4%

You're Telling Me!

Apr 6, 1934

5.4%

Daughter of Shanghai

Dec 17, 1937

6.0%

Buck Rogers

Apr 10, 1939

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Acting

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Science Fiction Film Awards as Himself

2017

Tarzan: Lord of the Movies as Tarzan (Archive Footage)

1982

The Comeback Trail as Duke Montana

1980

The Alien Dead as Sheriff Kowalski

1979		Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Brigadier Gordon
1979		Swim Team as Rock Sands
1979		B. J. and the Bear

1977

Buck Rogers as Col. Buck Rogers

1976		Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch as (archive footage)
1976		It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)

1966		Purple Death from Outer Space as Flash Gordon
1966		Spaceship to the Unknown as Flash Gordon (archive footage)
1966		Destination Saturn as Buck Rogers

1965		Arizona Raiders as Capt. Tom Andrews
1965		The Bounty Killer as Mike Clayman

1964

Tarzan the Fearless as Tarzan

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self

1960

Gunfighters of Abilene as Kip

1958

Badman's Country as Wyatt Earp

1957

The Lawless Eighties as Linc Prescott

1956		Gun Brothers as Chad Santee
1956		The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest

1955

Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion as Capt. Michael Gallant

1953

Planet Outlaws as Col. Buck Rogers

1952

King of the Congo as Thunda / Roger Drum

1950		Pirates of the High Seas as Jeff Drake
1950		Captive Girl as Barton

1948		The Philco Television Playhouse
1948		Caged Fury as Smiley

1947		The Sea Hound as Capt. Silver
1947		Last of the Redmen as Magua

1946		Outlaws of the Plains as Billy Carson
1946		Swamp Fire as Mike Kalavich
1946		Overland Riders as Billy Carson
1946		Prairie Badmen as Billy Carson
1946		Ghost Of Hidden Valley as Billy Carson
1946		Terrors on Horseback as Billy Carson
1946		Gentlemen With Guns as Billy Carson
1946		Lightning Raiders as Billy Carson

1945		Prairie Rustlers as Billy Carson / Jim Slade / Billy The Kid
1945		Fighting Bill Carson as Billy Carson
1945		Border Badmen as Billy Carson
1945		Rustlers' Hideout as Billy Carson
1945		Stagecoach Outlaws as Billy Carson
1945		Parade of Aquatic Champions as Himself
1945		Gangster's Den as Billy Carson
1945		Shadows of Death as Billy Carson
1945		His Brother's Ghost as Billy Carson

1944		Oath of Vengeance as Billy Carson
1944		Wild Horse Phantom as Billy Carson
1944		Fuzzy Settles Down as Billy Carson
1944		The Drifter as Billy Carson / Drifter Davis
1944		The Contender as Gary Farrel
1944		Valley Of Vengeance as Billy Carson
1944		Thundering Gun Slingers as Billy Carson
1944		Frontier Outlaws as Billy Carson
1944		Nabonga as Ray Gorman

1943		Devil Riders as Billy Carson
1943		Blazing Frontier as Billy the Kid
1943		The Renegade as Billy the Kid
1943		Cattle Stampede as Billy the Kid
1943		Western Cyclone as Billy the Kid
1943		Fugitive of the Plains as Billy the Kid
1943		The Kid Rides Again as Billy the Kid

1942		Queen of Broadway as Ricky Sloane
1942		The Mysterious Rider as Billy the Kid
1942		Wildcat as Mike Rawlins
1942		Sheriff of Sage Valley as Billy the Kid / Kansas Ed
1942		Law and Order as Billy the Kid / Ted Morrison
1942		Jungle Siren as Captain Gary Hart
1942		Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns as Billy the Kid
1942		Billy the Kid Trapped as Billy the Kid

1941		Billy The Kid's Round-Up as Billy the Kid
1941		Billy the Kid Wanted as Billy the Kid
1941		Jungle Man as Dr. Robert Hammond, aka Junga

1940		Sailor's Lady as Rodney (as Larry Crabbe)
1940		Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as Flash Gordon

1939		Call a Messenger as Chuck Walsh
1939		Colorado Sunset as Dave Haines (as Larry "Buster" Crabbe)
1939		Million Dollar Legs as Coach Jordan (as Larry Crabbe)
1939		Unmarried as Buzz Kinney (as Larry Crabbe)
1939		Buck Rogers as Buck Rogers

1938		Mars Attacks the World as Flash Gordon
1938		Illegal Traffic as Steve
1938		Red Barry as Red Barry
1938		Hunted Men as James Flowers
1938		Tip-Off Girls as John A. 'Red' Deegan
1938		Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars as Flash Gordon
1938		Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars as Flash Gordon
1938		Rocket Ship as Flash Gordon

1937		Daughter of Shanghai as Andrew Sleete (as Larry Crabbe)
1937		Thrill of a Lifetime as Don
1937		Sophie Lang Goes West as Steve Clayson
1937		Forlorn River as Nevada
1937		King of Gamblers as Eddie
1937		Murder Goes to College as Strike Belno

1936		Arizona Mahoney as Kirby Talbot
1936		Rose Bowl as Ossie Merrill
1936		Lady Be Careful as Jake
1936		The Arizona Raiders as Laramie Nelson
1936		Flash Gordon as Flash Gordon
1936		Desert Gold as Chief Moya
1936		Drift Fence as 'Slinger' Dunn

1935		Nevada as Jim Lacey aka 'Nevada'
1935		Starlit Days at the Lido as Self
1935		Wanderer of the Wasteland as Big Ben
1935		Hollywood Hobbies as Himself
1935		Hold 'Em Yale as Hector Wilmot

1934		The Oil Raider as Dave Warren
1934		She Had to Choose as Bill Cutler
1934		We're Rich Again as Erasmus Rockwell 'Erp' Pennington (as Larry 'Buster' Crabbe)
1934		You're Telling Me! as Bob Murchison (as Larry 'Buster' Crabbe)
1934		Badge of Honor as Bob Gordon
1934		Search for Beauty as Don Jackson (as Larry 'Buster' Crabbe)

1933		Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 as Self (uncredited)
1933		The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi as Bob North
1933		To the Last Man as Bill Hayden
1933		Man of the Forest as Yegg
1933		Tarzan the Fearless as Tarzan
1933		King of the Jungle as Kaspa
1933		The Thundering Herd as Bill Hatch
1933		Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 as Self

1931		Maker of Men as Football Player (uncredited)
1931		Movie-Town as Larry Crabbe - Champion Swimmer (uncredited)

1930

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