What was Buster Crabbe's profession?
Q: What was Buster Crabbe's profession?
A: Buster Crabbe was an American Olympic swimmer, and a movie and television actor.
Q: How many medals did he win in the Olympics?
A: He won a bronze medal in the 1928 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Q: What roles did he play in movies?
A: He played the heroes in 103 feature length jungle, crime, drama, and western B-movies as well as the heroes in nine movie serials. He is also known for playing science fiction hero Flash Gordon in three movie serials.
Q: What other characters did he portray?
A: He is the only actor to have played the three most popular pulp fiction heroes of the 1930s — Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, and Tarzan.
Q: When did he retire from acting?
A: In the late 1940s, Crabbe left movies to put together his own water show. He got into debt and looked for ways to make money so he turned to television. After his debts were paid, his acting skills grew less in demand so he developed several business interests including Buster Crabbe Swim Pools before retiring to Scottsdale, Arizona.
Q: Where did he die?
A: He died of a heart attack in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1983.
