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On this day, February 7, 1908, Buster Crabbe was born.
Buster Crabbe
Circa early 1940s
Born: Clarence Linden Crabbe II; February 7, 1908; Oakland, California, U.S.
Died: April 23, 1983 (aged 75); Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Clarence Linden Crabbe II (/ˈkræb/; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), known professionally as Buster Crabbe, 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.
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Olympic Games
Crabbe at age 20 at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam
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Circa early 1940s
Born: Clarence Linden Crabbe II; February 7, 1908; Oakland, California, U.S.
Died: April 23, 1983 (aged 75); Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Clarence Linden Crabbe II (/ˈkræb/; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), known professionally as Buster Crabbe, 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.
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Olympic Games
Crabbe at age 20 at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam
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'Flash Gordon' (1936) Serial clip
474,214 views • May 28, 2007
Ken Horan
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Emperor Ming lusts after the blond Dale Arden. Ming to Dale: "..your eyes, your hair, your skin...I've never seen one like you before...you're beautiful.." Featuring Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers and Charles Middleton as Ming. This is the only serial that has been selected for preservation in the Library of Congress National Film Registry.
474,214 views • May 28, 2007
Ken Horan
495 subscribers
Emperor Ming lusts after the blond Dale Arden. Ming to Dale: "..your eyes, your hair, your skin...I've never seen one like you before...you're beautiful.." Featuring Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers and Charles Middleton as Ming. This is the only serial that has been selected for preservation in the Library of Congress National Film Registry.
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