Buster Crabbe
Swimmer • Olympian • Actor
Birth Date: February 7, 1908
Death Date: April 23, 1983
Birth Place: Oakland, California
Gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer, in Hollywood from 1933 in action/adventure roles including Tarzan, Flash Gordon and Billy the Kid.
Credits
Flash Gordon: Space Soldiers
Actor
Show
1996
The Comeback Trail
Actor
Duke Montana
Movie
1982
The Alien Dead
Actor
Sheriff Kowalski
Movie
1980
B. J. and the Bear
Guest Star
Series
1979
Meet Flash Gordon in Person
Actor
Show
1970
Purple Death From Outer Space
Actor
Flash Gordon
Movie
1966
The Bounty KillerStream
Actor
Mike Clayman
Movie
1965
Arizona Raiders
Actor
Capt. Tom Andrews
Movie
1965
Gunfighters of Abilene
Actor
Kip
Movie
1960
Badman's CountryStream
Actor
Wyatt Earp
Movie
1958
The Lawless Eighties
Actor
Linc Prescott
Movie
1958
The Gabby Hayes ShowStream
Actor
Billy Carson
Series
1956
Gun Brothers
Actor
Chad Santee
Movie
1956
Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion
Actor
Captain Michael Gallant
Show
1955
Star Tonight
Actor
Show
1955
The Red Skelton ShowStream
Actor
Variety Show
1951
The Red Skelton ShowStream
Guest Star
Variety Show
1951
What's My Line?Stream
Guest
Game Show
1950
Captive Girl
Actor
Barton
Movie
1950
Caged Fury
Actor
Smiley
Movie
1948
Posljednji crvenokožac
Actor
Movie
1947
The Last of the Redmen
Actor
Magua
Movie
1947
Swamp Fire
Actor
Mike Kalavich
Movie
1946
Prairie Badmen
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1946
Terrors on Horseback
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1946
Overland Riders
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1946
Outlaws of the Plains
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1946
Ghost of Hidden Valley
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1946
Gentlemen With Guns
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1946
Stagecoach Outlaws
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1945
Lightning Raiders
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1945
Gangster's Den
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1945
Prairie Rustlers
Actor
Billy Carson/Jim Slade
Movie
1945
Border Badmen
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1945
Shadows of Death
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1945
Fighting Bill Carson
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1945
His Brother's Ghost
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1945
Rustlers' Hideout
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1944
Fuzzy Settles Down
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1944
Valley of Vengeance
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1944
Nabonga
Actor
Ray Gorman
Movie
1944
Frontier Outlaws
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1944
Oath of Vengeance
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1944
Wild Horse Phantom
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1944
Thundering Gun Slingers
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1944
The Contender
Actor
Gary
Movie
1944
The Drifter
Actor
Billy Carson/Drifter Davis
Movie
1944
Devil Riders
Actor
Billy Carson
Movie
1943
Western Cyclone
Actor
Billy the Kid
Movie
1943
The Kid Rides Again
Actor
Billy the Kid
Movie
1943
Blazing Frontier
Actor
Billy the Kid
Movie
1943
Cattle Stampede
Actor
Billy the Kid
Movie
1943
Fugitive of the Plains
Actor
Billy the Kid
Movie
1943
The Renegade
Actor
Billy the Kid
Movie
1943
Billy the Kid Trapped
Actor
Billy the Kid
Movie
1942
Wildcat
Actor
Mike Rawlins
Movie
1942
Billy the Kid's Law and Order
Actor
Billy the Kid
Movie
1942
Jungle Siren
Actor
Capt. Gary Hart
Movie
1942
The Mysterious Rider
Actor
Billy the Kid/Bill Andrews
Movie
1942
Sheriff of Sage Valley
Actor
Billy the Kid/Kansas Ed Bonney
Movie
1942
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
Actor
Billy
Movie
1942
Queen of Broadway
Actor
Ricky Sloane
Movie
1942
Jungle Man
Actor
Dr. Robert Hammond
Movie
1941
Billy the Kid's Roundup
Actor
Billy the Kid
Movie
1941
Billy the Kid Wanted
Actor
Billy the Kid
Movie
1941
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Actor
Show
1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Actor
Flash Gordon
Movie
1940
The Peril From Planet Mongo
Actor
Flash Gordon
Movie
1940
Sailor's Lady
Actor
Rodney
Movie
1940
Buck Rogers
Actor
Buck Rogers
Series
1939
Destination Saturn
Actor
Buck Rogers
Movie
1939
Colorado Sunset
Actor
Dave Haines
Movie
1939
Million Dollar Legs
Actor
Coach Jordan
Movie
1939
Red Barry
Actor
Red Barry
Show
1938
Flash Gordon: Trip to Mars
Actor
Flash Gordon
Show
1938
The Deadly Ray From Mars
Actor
Flash Gordon
Movie
1938
Mars Attacks the World
Actor
Flash Gordon
Movie
1938
Tip-Off Girls
Actor
John A. "Red" Deegan
Movie
1938
Arizona Mahoney
Actor
Kirby Talbot
Movie
1937
Forlorn River
Actor
Jim Lacey
Movie
1937
Flash Gordon
Actor
Flash Gordon
Movie
1936
Lady Be Careful
Actor
Jake
Movie
1936
Rose Bowl
Actor
Ossie Merrill
Movie
1936
Space Soldiers
Actor
Flash Gordon
Movie
1936
Bad Men of Arizona
Actor
"Laramie" Nelson
Movie
1936
Desert Gold
Actor
Chief Moya
Movie
1936
Drift Fence
Actor
"Slinger" Dunn
Movie
1936
Hold 'Em Yale
Actor
Hector Wilmot
Movie
1935
Nevada
Actor
Jim Lacey
Movie
1935
You're Telling Me
Actor
Bob Murchison
Movie
1934
Badge of Honor
Actor
Bob Gordon
Movie
1934
Search for Beauty
Actor
Don Jackson
Movie
1934
She Had to Choose
Actor
Bill
Movie
1934
Buffalo Stampede
Actor
Bill
Movie
1934
The Oil Raider
Actor
Dave Warren
Movie
1934
Tarzan the Fearless
Actor
Tarzan
Movie
1933
To the Last Man
Actor
Bill Hayden
Movie
1933
King of the Jungle
Actor
Kaspa the Lion Man
Movie
1933
Man of the Forest
Actor
Henchman Yegg
Movie
1933
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Actor
Bob North
Movie
1933
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