Buster Crabbe

Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe (February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983) was an American athlete and actor, who starred in a number of popular theatrical serials in the 1930s and 1940s.  Raised in Hawaii, he graduated from the Punahou School in Honolulu. He excelled as a swimmer and participated in two Olympic Games: 1928, where he won the bronze medal for the 1,500 meter freestyle, and 1932, where he won the gold medal for the 400 meter freestyle.  He is perhaps best known for his role as Flash Gordon.

Flash Gordon (1936)

Jean Rogers and Buster Crabbe (1936)

King Of The Jungle (1933)

Buster Crabbe (1930s)

Frances Dee and Buster Crabbe (1933)

 

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Buster & Don

 

 

 

 

 

Johnny Weismuller

Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in film, a role he played in twelve motion pictures. While dozens of other actors have also played Tarzan, Weissmuller is by far the best known. His character's distinctive, ululating Tarzan yell is still referenced in film and television.

Weismuller, 1922

Duke Kahanamotu, Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weismuller (1932)

Weismuller (1933)

Johnny Weismuller and George O'Brien

Tarzan, The Ape Man (Publicity Still)

Weismuller (Paris, 1924)

 Weismuller Portrait

Johnny Weismuller & Saloman Dominguez at Le Dome (1970)