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Crabbe's Hollywood career waned somewhat in the 1950s and 1960s, and he became a stockbroker and businessman during this period. According to David Ragan's Movie Stars of the '30s, Crabbe owned a Southern California swimming pool-building company in later years. In the mid-1950s, Crabbe purchased the Adirondack campus of the Adirondack-Florida School, which advertised itself as a swim camp ...
Apr 24, 1983 · He returned to the mainland to attend the University of Southern California, graduating with a bachelor's degree. He was a first-year law student at the university when he won a place on the ...
Buster Crabbe. Actor: Nabonga. Buster Crabbe graduated from the University of Southern California. In 1931, while working on That's My Boy (1932) for Columbia Pictures, he was tested by MGM for Tarzan and rejected. Paramount Pictures put him in King of the Jungle (1933) as Kaspa, the Lion Man (after a book of that title but clearly a copy of the Tarzan stories).
Buster Crabbe. Actor: Nabonga. Buster Crabbe graduated from the University of Southern California. In 1931, while working on That's My Boy (1932) for Columbia Pictures, he was tested by MGM for Tarzan and rejected. Paramount Pictures put him in King of the Jungle (1933) as Kaspa, the Lion Man (after a book of that title but clearly a copy of the Tarzan stories).
Jul 17, 2024 · Crabbe, who grew up in Hawaii and swam for the University of Southern California, competed at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, winning a bronze medal in the 1,500-meter freestyle and finishing in fourth place in the 400-meter freestyle.At the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, Crabbe faced world-record holder Jean Taris of France and Olympic record holder Takashi Yokoyama of Japan in the 400-meter ...
Birth. Crabbe was born on February 7, 1908 in Oakland, California to Edward Clinton Simmons Crabbe and Lucy Agnes McNamara Crabbe. His father was a real estate broker.He was named Clarence Linden Crabbe after his grandfather.Clarence had a brother named Edward Clinton Simmons Crabbe II who was a year younger.
Clarence Linden Crabbe II (/ˈkræb/; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983), known professionally as Buster Crabbe, was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and f...
Apr 24, 1983 · Buster Crabbe, swimming hero of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and later a hero of scores Hollywood B-movies and adventure serials, died Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Buster Crabbe moved to Hawaii as a 2-year-old when his father took a job as an overseer on a pineapple plantation. But he returned to the mainland to attend Southern Cal as an undergrad and a law student and, although he won only one NCAA title, he went on to win 18 AAU championships and set 16 ...
Roles: Competed in Olympic Games: Sex: Male: Full name: Clarence Linden "Buster"•Crabbe, Jr. Used name: Buster•Crabbe: Born: 7 February 1908 in Oakland ...
