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MI6 diver. Lieutenant-Commander Lionel Kenneth Phillip Crabb, OBE, GM (28 January 1909 – presumed dead 19 April 1956), known as Buster Crabb, was a Royal Navy frogman and diver who vanished during a reconnaissance mission for MI6 around a Soviet cruiser berthed at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1956.
Dec 14, 2021 · He had even acquired the sobriquet “Buster” after Buster Crabbe, the Hollywood actor and former Olympic swimmer. Something of an eccentric, he favored tweed suits, wore a monocle in the style of an English gent, and brandished a silver swordstick with a crab emblazoned on its handle.
Crabbe was a life-long advocate of physical fitness, conducted televised physical fitness programs and in 1971, aged 63, he set a world age group record for the 400m freestyle. He had extensive business interests, including Buster Crabbe Swim Pools. Featured
1931. Maker of Men as Football Player (uncredited) 1931. Movie-Town as Larry Crabbe - Champion Swimmer (uncredited) 1930. Good News as Student. All. Department. Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe was an American athlete and actor, who starred in a number of popular screen serials in the 1930s and 1940s.
CRABBE, Clarence Linden ("Buster")(b. 7 February 1908 in Oakland, California; d. 23 April 1983 in Scottsdale, Arizona), champion Olympic swimmer who broke five world records and earned more than fifty world and national championships; movie actor; and promoter of physical fitness and nutrition via the lecture circuit, television, and publications.
Apr 24, 1983 · Buster Crabbe, swimming hero of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and later a hero of scores Hollywood B-movies and adventure serials, died Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz.
