John Henry Clanfergael Buckler (1 April 1906 – 30 October 1936) was a British actor. He was the son of the actor Hugh Buckler and his wife, actress

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, about whom little is known.

Biography

As a child, Buckler spent some years in England, before joining his parents in Australia in 1914. Buckler made his Broadway debut in 1925 as an English Reporter in '' The Green Hat'' that was based on the novel by

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. He entered Hollywood films in 1934 and appeared in two

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films ''

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'' (1935) and ''

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'' as Captain Fry (1936). Buckler and his father were driving together in a heavy rain storm when their car skidded off the road into

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. Both men died.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckler, John 1906 births 1936 deaths English male film actors People from Cape Town 20th-century English male actors British expatriate male actors in the United States Road incident deaths in California