Buster Crabbe
Birthday: February 7, 1908 in Oakland, California, USA
Birth Name: Clarence Linden Crabbe
Height: 185 cm
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 P ...Show More
I was never one to think that because you are in the picture business, because you're an actor, you' Show more
I was never one to think that because you are in the picture business, because you're an actor, you're a special person. Not at all, and I have little regard for any people who act that way. If you're lucky, you bring a little excitement to the world. If you're really lucky, you lend your fame to worthwhile causes -- as I was recently privileged to do raising money for the 1984 Olympics, or promoting healthy activities. Apart from that, you're just another human being, trying to make a living, doing it the best way you possibly can. That's the way I've always operated, and I will continue to do so, just doing the best I can. Hide
[on his acting in serials] We knocked off 13 chapters in five to six weeks and that didn't allow for Show more
[on his acting in serials] We knocked off 13 chapters in five to six weeks and that didn't allow for much dramatic skill. Hide
If you can believe it, we started my last movie for PRC on Monday and had it in the can on Thursday! Show more
If you can believe it, we started my last movie for PRC on Monday and had it in the can on Thursday! That's when I decided I'd had enough and quit. I went in and told them I was through. They didn't even bat an eye. The next thing I knew they replaced me with Lash La Rue. Hide
[about working with cowboy stars Ken Maynard and his brother Kermit Maynard] The difference between Show more
[about working with cowboy stars Ken Maynard and his brother Kermit Maynard] The difference between Ken and Kermit was comparing night to day. Kermit always the gentleman, excellent horseman and a real pleasure to work with. Never an unkind word for anyone. Hide
Some say my acting rose to the level of incompetence and then leveled off. I was a lot better actor Show more
Some say my acting rose to the level of incompetence and then leveled off. I was a lot better actor than people gave me credit for. I didn't have any training, but I feel if I had been given the chance, I could have become a really good, top-rate actor. I didn't make it like a [Clark Gable] or [Charles Boyer]. But I wonder what would have happened if things had been different. Hide
Buster Crabbe's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (16)
