Cast & creator
Buster Crabbe
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, The Philco Television Playhouse, The Steve Allen Show
Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe was an American athlete and actor, who starred in a number of popular screen serials in the 1930s and 1940s.
Also known as: Clarence Linden Crabbe, Larry Crabbe, Clarence Linden Crabbe II, Larry 'Buster' Crabbe
124
film credits
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television credits
131
1930–2017 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (131)
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The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Brigadier Gordon
1979
B. J. and the Bear
1979
Science Fiction Film Awards
Self
Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion
Capt. Michael Gallant
1955
Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon
1936
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Flash Gordon
1940
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
1934
You're Telling Me!
Bob Murchison (as Larry 'Buster' Crabbe)
1934
Unmarried
Buzz Kinney (as Larry Crabbe)
1939Hollywood Hobbies
Himself
1935
Man of the Forest
Yegg
1933
The Boy from Mercury
Flash Gordon (Archive Footage)
1996
Border Badmen
Billy Carson
1945
Arizona Raiders
Capt. Tom Andrews
1965
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Big Ben
1935Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (uncredited)
1933
Captive Girl
Barton
1950
Buffalo Stampede
Bill Hatch
1933
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
Flash Gordon
1938
Peril from the Planet Mongo
Flash Gordon
1966
Rustlers' Hideout
Billy Carson
1945
To the Last Man
Bill Hayden
1933
Billy The Kid's Round-Up
Billy the Kid
1941
Starlit Days at the Lido
Self
1935
Last of the Redmen
Magua
1947
Buck Rogers
Col. Buck Rogers
1977
Pirates of the High Seas
Jeff Drake
1950
King of the Jungle
Kaspa
1933
King of the Congo
Thunda / Roger Drum
1952
Tarzan: Lord of the Movies
Tarzan (Archive Footage)
2017
Murder Goes to College
Strike Belno
1937
Buck Rogers
Buck Rogers
1939
Thrill of a Lifetime
Don
1937
Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes
1989
Jungle Man
Dr. Robert Hammond, aka Junga
1941
Frontier Outlaws
Billy Carson
1944
Spaceship to the Unknown
Flash Gordon (archive footage)
1966
The Bounty Killer
Mike Clayman
1965
Prairie Rustlers
Billy Carson / Jim Slade / Billy The Kid
1945
Parade of Aquatic Champions
Himself
1945
Billy the Kid Wanted
Billy the Kid
1941
Mars Attacks the World
Flash Gordon
1938
We're Rich Again
"Erp" Pennington (as Larry "Buster" Crabbe)
1934
Swim Team
Rock Sands
1979
Fugitive of the Plains
Billy the Kid
1943
The Kid Rides Again
Billy the Kid
1943
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
Brigadier Gordon
1979
She Had to Choose
Bill Cutler
1934
Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan
Tarzan (archive footage)
1996
Sheriff of Sage Valley
Billy the Kid / Kansas Ed
1942
Daughter of Shanghai
Andrew Sleete (as Larry Crabbe)
1937
Sophie Lang Goes West
Steve Clayson
1937
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
1976
Tarzan the Fearless
Tarzan
1964
Million Dollar Legs
Coach Jordan (as Larry Crabbe)
1939
Hunted Men
James Flowers
1938
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Bob North
1933
Stagecoach Outlaws
Billy Carson
1945
Badman's Country
Wyatt Earp
1958
Desert Gold
Chief Moya
1936
His Brother's Ghost
Billy Carson
1945
Tip-Off Girls
John A. 'Red' Deegan
1938
The Lawless Eighties
Linc Prescott
1957
Billy the Kid Trapped
Billy the Kid
1942
Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars
Flash Gordon
1966
Purple Death from Outer Space
Flash Gordon
1966
The Alien Dead
Sheriff Kowalski
1980
Gunfighters of Abilene
Kip
1960
Blazing Frontier
Billy the Kid
1943
Deadly Ray From Mars
Flash Gordon
1966
Tarzan the Fearless
Tarzan
1933
Ghost of Hidden Valley
Billy Carson
1946
Outlaws of the Plains
Billy Carson
1946
Valley Of Vengeance
Billy Carson
1944
Illegal Traffic
Steve
1938
Wildcat
Mike Rawlins
1942
Thundering Gun Slingers
Billy Carson
1944
Fuzzy Settles Down
Billy Carson
1944
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns
Billy the Kid
1942
Gangster's Den
Billy Carson
1945
Lady Be Careful
Jake
1936
Western Cyclone
Billy the Kid
1943
Nevada
Jim Lacey aka 'Nevada'
1935Movie-Town
Larry Crabbe - Champion Swimmer (uncredited)
1931
Colorado Sunset
Dave Haines (as Larry "Buster" Crabbe)
1939
Maker of Men
Football Player (uncredited)
1931
Red Barry
Red Barry
1938
Sailor's Lady
Rodney (as Larry Crabbe)
1940
Arizona Mahoney
Kirby Talbot
1936
Drift Fence
'Slinger' Dunn
1936
Shadows of Death
Billy Carson
1945
Rose Bowl
Ossie Merrill
1936
Gun Brothers
Chad Santee
1956
Caged Fury
Smiley
1948
Terrors on Horseback
Billy Carson
1946
King of Gamblers
Eddie
1937
Nabonga
Ray Gorman
1944
Rocket Ship
Flash Gordon
1938
Oath of Vengeance
Billy Carson
1944
Good News
Student
1930
The Mysterious Rider
Billy the Kid
1942
Devil Riders
Billy Carson
1943
Hold 'Em Yale
Hector Wilmot
1935
Planet Outlaws
Col. Buck Rogers
1953
The Renegade
Billy the Kid
1943
Cattle Stampede
Billy the Kid
1943
Overland Riders
Billy Carson
1946
The Comeback Trail
Duke Montana
1982
Law and Order
Billy the Kid / Ted Morrison
1942
The Drifter
Billy Carson / Drifter Davis
1944
Jungle Siren
Captain Gary Hart
1942
Swamp Fire
Mike Kalavich
1946
The Arizona Raiders
Laramie Nelson
1936
Wild Horse Phantom
Billy Carson
1944
The Sea Hound
Capt. Silver
1947
Call a Messenger
Chuck Walsh
1939
Gentlemen With Guns
Billy Carson
1946
Search for Beauty
Don Jackson (as Larry 'Buster' Crabbe)
1934
Forlorn River
Nevada
1937
Prairie Badmen
Billy Carson
1946
The Oil Raider
Dave Warren
1934
Destination Saturn
Buck Rogers
1966
Lightning Raiders
Billy Carson
1946
Queen of Broadway
Ricky Sloane
1942
The Contender
Gary Farrel
1944
Fighting Bill Carson
Billy Carson
1945
Badge of Honor
Bob Gordon
1934