Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote's left-wing politics are evident in his articles for Mother Jones magazine and his disagreements with David Horowitz in Sleeping Where I Fall. Nevertheless, he is best remembered today as one of the original action heroes of the cinema. As a writer he has a mythopoetic style reminiscent of Michael Ventura, the product of years of self-examination. Crabbe's career waned somewhat in the 1950s, though he did make regular television appearances including one on an episode of the 1979 series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century where he plays a retired warrior named "Brigadier Gordon" in honor of Flash Gordon. He is best known for his role in ET but has done other voice work and has narrated many documentaries and served as reader for several audio books. Crabbe starred in the television series, Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955 to 1957) as Captain Michael Gallant; the adventure series aired on NBC. Following the death of his father and the loss of the family farm, Coyote sought work in Hollywood. Other characters he portrayed included Western hero Billy the Kid and Buck Rogers.

Actor Peter Coyote (born October 10, 1942 in Colver, Pennsylvania) was the cofounder, with Emmett Grogan, of the San Francisco Diggers and veteran of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. His next major role was as Flash Gordon in the popular Flash Gordon serial (a role he reprised in two sequels). In the Light of Reverence-narrator (2001). In the 1933 movie, King of the Jungle the 1941's Jungle Man, and the 1952 serial, King of the Congo he played similar roles...but that's not Tarzan. Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps by Emmett Grogan, Peter Coyote (Illustrator) 1990. Other than a 1964 remake of the same movie, it would be the only movie in which he starred as Tarzan. Sleeping Where I Fall: A Chronicle autobiography by Peter Coyote 1998 ISBN 158243011X. Crabbe's role in a 1933 Tarzan serial, also issued as a full length movie Tarzan the Fearless, launched a successful career in which he starred in over one hundred movies.

The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda. Ironically, at that Olympics, he broke the record held by Johnny Weissmuller, whose role as Tarzan he would later assume. The Breathtaker by Alice Blanchard,. Raised in Hawaii, 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. The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter. According to the Internet Movie Database he was born February 17, 1907, and his birth name was Clarence Linden Crabbe. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz, Peter Coyote (Narrator) Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Larry 'Buster' Crabbe (February 7, probably in 1908, Oakland, California - April 23, 1983, Scottsdale, Arizona) was an American athlete turned actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s.