Clarence Linden Crabbe II (1908-83) was an Olympic swimmer who used his good looks and athletic prowess to maintain a long career as a minor film star.
Most of Crabbe’s films were ‘B’ westerns, but he was also the only actor to play Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers and Tarzan. The first of these kept his name alive for many years thanks to repeated Saturday morning television re-runs.
Buster Crabbe’s first screen appearance was as a student in Good News.
