Biography of actor buster crabbe as tarzan

Prior to winning a gold medal in for the meter freestyle, Crabbe had graduated from college and attempted to break into films with a few bit parts while working as a stunt double. After his Olympic success, Crabbe landed a contract with Paramount Studios in However, Fearless was poorly received by fans and critics alike, mostly due to its low production values and the popularity of Weissmuller's Tarzan the Ape Man Although the film was shot both as a serial and as a feature, the full-length version is the only one that exists today.

At the time of the serial's release, many theaters showed only the first episode of the serial and pulled it. No print of the serial currently exists and is considered lost. While the Tarzan film did not do much for his career, Crabbe eventually found screen fame in the Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials.

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Some of these serials have alternate titles, resulting from their release to television. While Crabbe was the first actor to portray Flash Gordon onscreen, actor Gale Gordon voiced the radio serial in The movie serials with Crabbe were sold into a TV syndication package in the early s. When his contract with Paramount lapsed in , Crabbe headed over to poverty row studio PRC, where he acted in the studio's popular Billy the Kid western series.