Buster
Encyclopedia
Works
- Buster (film)Buster (film)Buster is a 1988 comedy-drama film starring musician Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb and Sheila Hancock. The soundtrack featured two Phil Collins singles which eventually topped the Billboard 100 singles chart.-Plot:...
, a film starring Phil Collins- Buster (soundtrack)Buster (soundtrack)Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the 1988 British film Buster. The album is essentially a collection of oldies, tucked in between two Phil Collins songs that were recorded for the film, in which he starred...
, the soundtrack to the film
- Buster (soundtrack)
- "Buster", theme song by Nanna Lüders JensenNanna Lüders JensenNanna Lüders Jensen , known by the stage name of Nanna, is a Danish songwriter and singer. She is best known for her hit single "Buster" from 1984, the theme song for Bille August's children's television series and movie Busters verden. Since then she has released several albums...
for the Danish television show Busters verden
Characters and mascots
- Buster, the Mythbusters crash test dummy
- Buster Baxter, frequently identified as "Buster the Bunny", star of Postcards from Buster and originally from the show Arthur
- Buster Bluth, a character from Arrested Development
- Buster KilrainBuster KilrainBuster Kilrain is the only fictional character in Michael Shaara's 1974 novel about the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, The Killer Angels. His surname is a portmanteau of the title "The Killer Angels"...
, a character from the novel The Killer Angels and the 1993 movie adaptation Gettysburg - Buster, the monkey mascot of Price Busters TVPrice Busters TVPrice Busters TV was an unsuccessful shopping channel in United Kingdom launched by entrepreneur Mark Klein in July 2006. It was based in Bulwell, Nottingham. At launch the channel broadcast live daily from 4 pm through until midnight...
, a shopping channel based in the UK - Buster, Andy's dog in the Toy StoryToy StoryToy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is Pixar's first feature film as well as the first ever feature film to be made entirely with CGI. The film was directed by John Lasseter and featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen...
franchise - Buster Blues, a character in Blues Brothers 2000Blues Brothers 2000Blues Brothers 2000 is a 1998 American musical comedy film that is a sequel to the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. Directed by John Landis, the film featured Dan Aykroyd and John Goodman, with cameos by many musicians.-Plot:...
Titles
- Buster (comics), a British comic
- Buster CappBuster CappBuster Capp is the fictional son of Andy Capp and Flo, and the star of his own comic simply called Buster.Buster has been a contentious issue among his own fans, and fans of Andy Capp...
, eponymous star of the comic, son of Andy and Flo Capp
- Buster Capp
- Buster (sport comic)Buster (sport comic)Buster was a sport comic magazine published in Sweden 1967 - 2005 and in Finland in the 1970s and 1980s. In December 2005, Egmont discontinued the publication of Buster magazine....
, a Swedish comic
Characters, mascots, and weapons
- Buster BrownBuster BrownBuster Brown was a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard Felton Outcault who was known for his association with the Brown Shoe Company. This mischievous young boy was loosely based on a boy near Outcault's home in Flushing, New York...
, a comic strip character created in 1902, and the shoes associated with that character - Buster GonadBuster GonadBuster Gonad is the name of a cartoon character in the British comic Viz. It involves the surreal adventures of "the boy with unfeasibly large testicles". During a storm, Buster's gonads were zapped by cosmic rays which enlarged them to an enormous size. Buster's gonads are so large, in fact, that...
, a comic strip character with unfeasibly large testicles from VizViz (comic)Viz is a popular British comic magazine which has been running since 1979.The comic's style parodies British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with incongruous language, crude toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour and either sexual or violent storylines...
. - Buster Bunny, a character from Tiny Toon Adventures
- Buster, a puppy owned by Darby in My Friends Tigger & PoohMy Friends Tigger & PoohMy Friends Tigger & Pooh is a computer animated television series, inspired by Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne. The television series features Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, including two new characters: a brave 6-year-old red-headed girl named Darby and her dog Buster...
- Buster, the general term for various kinds of weapons in the Mega ManMega Man (series)Mega Man is a video game franchise from Capcom, starring the eponymous character Mega Man, or one of his many counterparts. The series is well-known and comprises well over fifty releases, easily making it Capcom's most prolific franchise. As of December 31, 2010, the series has sold approximately...
universes - Buster sword, sword used by Cloud StrifeCloud Strifeis a fictional character and the main protagonist in Square's role-playing game Final Fantasy VII and several of its sequels and spin-offs. His original design was created by Final Fantasy VII character designer Tetsuya Nomura...
in Final Fantasy VII - Buster Tank, the name of Sherman and Spinner Cortez's tank in Hot Wheels Battle Force 5Hot Wheels Battle Force 5Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 is an American/Canadian 3D CGI television series created by Mattel, Nelvana, and Nerd Corps Entertainment. A two-episode preview aired on the Cartoon Network in the United States on August 24, 2009. In Cartoon Network India it is starting from April 30, 2010 and in Cartoon...
- GAT-X103 Buster Gundam, from the Mobile Suit Gundam SEEDMobile Suit Gundam SEEDis an anime series developed by Sunrise and directed by Mitsuo Fukuda. As with other series from the Gundam franchise, Gundam SEED takes place in a parallel timeline, in this case the Cosmic Era, the first to do so...
universe
In music
- Buster BaileyBuster BaileyWilliam C. "Buster" Bailey was a jazz musician specializing in the clarinet, but also well versed on saxophone...
(1902–1967), American jazz musician - Buster BennettBuster BennettBuster Bennett was an American blues saxophonist and vocalist. At various times in his career, he played the soprano saxophone, the alto, and the tenor. He was known for his gutbucket style on the saxophone...
(1914–1980), American blues saxophonist and vocalist - Buster BentonBuster BentonBuster Benton was an American blues guitarist and singer, who played guitar in Willie Dixon's Blues All-Stars, and is best known for his solo rendition of the Dixon-penned song "Spider in My Stew." He was tenacious and in the latter part of his lengthy career, despite the amputation of parts of...
(1932–1996), American blues guitarist and singer - Buster BloodvesselBuster BloodvesselDouglas Trendle , better known as Buster Bloodvessel, is an English singer and the frontman of the ska revival band Bad Manners...
(real name Douglas Trendle) (born 1958), English singer of the ska revival band Bad Manners - Buster Brown (musician)Buster Brown (musician)Buster Brown was an American blues and R&B singer best known for his hit, "Fannie Mae".Brown was born in Cordele, Georgia, and in the 1930s and 1940s he played harmonica at local clubs and made a few non-commercial recordings...
(1911–1976), American blues and R&B singer - Buster CooperBuster CooperGeorge "Buster" Cooper is an American jazz trombonist.Cooper was born in St. Petersburg, Florida. He played in a territory band with Nat Towles in Texas in the late 1940s, and gigged with Lionel Hampton in 1953. He played in the house band at the Apollo Theater in New York City in the mid-1950s,...
(born 1929), American jazz trombonist - Buster HardingBuster HardingLavere "Buster" Harding was a Canadian-born American jazz pianist, composer and arranger.-Biography:Born to Benjamin "Ben" and Ada Harding in North Buxton, Ontario...
(1917–1965), Canadian jazz pianist, composer and arranger - Buster Meikle, singer and guitarist, formerly with Unit 4 + 2Unit 4 + 2Unit 4 + 2 were a British pop band, who had a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1965 with the song "Concrete and Clay". The track topped the UK chart for one week.-Early days:...
and Buster & Bill - Buster Poindexter, a pseudonym of singer David JohansenDavid JohansenDavid Roger Johansen is an American rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, as well as a songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band The New York Dolls and also achieved commercial success under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter.-Early life:Johansen was born in...
- Buster SmithBuster SmithHenry "Buster" Smith , also known as Professor Smith, was an American jazz alto saxophonist and mentor to Charlie Parker. Smith was instrumental in instituting the Texas Sax Sound with Count Basie and Lester Young in the 1930s...
(1904–1991), American jazz musician - Buster WilliamsBuster WilliamsCharles Anthony Williams is an American jazz bassist.-Biography:Williams has gained prestige among jazz musicians as a solid supportive player. Since the early 1960s, he has made subtle swing, a precise rhythm and superb technique the landmark of his playing...
(born 1942), jazz bass player - Buster WilsonBuster WilsonAlbert Wesley "Buster" Wilson was an American jazz pianist.Wilson was born in Atlanta but grew up in Los Angeles. He was the replacement for Lil Hardin in King Oliver's band in 1921 during its engagement at the Wayside Park. In 1922 he played with Dink Johnson's Five Hounds of Jazz, then with the...
(1897–1949), American jazz pianist - Prince BusterPrince BusterCecil Bustamente Campbell, O.D. , better known as Prince Buster, and also known by his Muslim name Muhammed Yusef Ali, is a musician from Kingston, Jamaica. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of ska and rocksteady music...
(Cecil Bustamente Campbell) (born 1938), Jamaican musician
Actors
- Buster CrabbeBuster CrabbeClarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe was an American athlete and actor, who starred in a number of popular serials in the 1930s and 1940s.-Birth:...
(1908–1983), American actor and athlete - Buster KeatonBuster KeatonJoseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
(1895–1966), American actor from the silent film era - Buster LarsenBuster LarsenBuster Larsen , was a Danish comic film and TV actor.He began working in the Nørrebros Theater in 1932 aged 12 and entered film in 1933.-Filmography:*De blaa drenge - 1933*Frøken Kirkemus - 1941...
(1920–1993), Danish comic film and television actor - Buster MerryfieldBuster MerryfieldHarry "Buster" Merryfield was an English actor best known for starring in the BBC comedy Only Fools and Horses.-Early life:...
(1920–1999), English actor most famous for his portrayal of 'Uncle' Albert Trotter in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses - Dolly BusterDolly BusterDolly Buster, official Nora Baumberger , is a film producer and director, actress, author, and a former porn star....
(Kateřina Nora Baumberger) (born 1969), film producer and director, actress, author, and former porn star
In sports
- Buster Brown (baseball)Buster Brown (baseball)Charles Edward "Buster" Brown , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from -. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, and Boston Braves.-External links:...
(1881–1914), American Major League Baseball pitcher - Buster DraytonBuster DraytonBuster Drayton , was a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.Drayton turned pro in 1978 and won the Vacant IBF Light Middleweight Title with a decision win over Carlos Santos in 1986. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Matthew Hilton the following year...
(born 1952), American boxer - James Douglas (boxer) (born 1960), better known as Buster Douglas, heavyweight boxer
- Buster MathisBuster MathisBuster Mathis was a boxer who had a very successful career as an amateur heavyweight boxer. He qualified for a spot in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. However, he was injured and was unable to compete there. Instead of him, the fighter Mathis beat in the Olympic Trials went to the Olympics...
(1943–1995), American heavyweight boxer - Buster Mathis, Jr. (born 1970), American heavyweight boxer, son of Buster Mathis
- Buster MillsBuster MillsColonel Buster Mills was an American outfielder, coach, scout and interim manager in Major League Baseball. A native of Ranger, Texas, Mills received a degree in geology from Oklahoma University in 1931...
(1908–1991), American Major League Baseball outfielder, coach, scout and interim manager - Buster MottramBuster MottramChristopher Mottram is a former English tennis player, who achieved a highest lifetime ranking of fifteenth in the world.Mottram represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup eight times...
(born 1955), English tennis player - Buster NarumBuster NarumLeslie Ferdinand "Buster" Narum was a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Senators ....
(1940–2004), American Major League Baseball pitcher - Buster NupenBuster NupenBuster Nupen ; 1 January 1902 in Johannesburg, South Africa – 29 January 1977 in Johannesburg, South Africa) was one of the most enigmatic cricketers on the inter-war period....
(1902–1977), South African cricketer - Buster OlneyBuster OlneyRobert Stanbury "Buster" Olney III is a columnist for ESPN: The Magazine, ESPN.com, and covered the New York Giants and New York Yankees for The New York Times. He is also a regular analyst for the ESPN's Baseball Tonight...
(born 1964), sports journalist - Buster PoseyBuster PoseyGerald Dempsey "Buster" Posey III is a catcher for the San Francisco Giants. He was drafted by the Giants fifth overall in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft....
(born 1987), Major League Baseball catcher and first baseman - Buster RamseyBuster RamseyGarrard Sliger "Buster" Ramsey was an American football player who starred at William and Mary and was the first head coach of the American Football League's Buffalo Bills in 1960...
(1920–2007), American college football player and National Football League player and head coach - Buster RhymesBuster RhymesGeorge "Buster" Rhymes is a former professional American football wide receiver.Rhymes grew up in Liberty City, an inner-city section of Miami. He graduated from Miami Northwestern High School...
(born 1962), American retired football wide receiver
Other people
- Buster EdwardsBuster EdwardsBuster Edwards was a British criminal who was a member of the gang that committed the Great Train Robbery. He had also been a boxer and nightclub owner.-Early and private life:...
(1931–1994), member of the gang that perpetrated the Great Train Robbery - Buster GlossonBuster GlossonLieutenant General Buster Cleveland Glosson was the deputy chief of staff for plans and operations at the headquarters for the U.S. Air Force in Washington D.C. He was responsible to the secretary of the Air Force and chief of staff for the planning, operations, requirements and force structure...
, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general - Buster Lloyd-Jones (1914–1980), British veterinarian
- Buster MartinBuster MartinPierre Jean "Buster" Martin claimed to be the United Kingdom's oldest employee, stating that he was born in 1906....
, who claimed to be the oldest employee in the UK - Lionel CrabbLionel CrabbLionel "Buster" Crabb OBE, GM was a British Royal Navy frogman and MI6 diver who vanished during a reconnaissance mission around a Soviet cruiser in 1956.-Early life:...
(1909-1956?), nicknamed Buster, British Royal Navy and MI6 diver - John BusterJohn BusterJohn Edmond Buster, M.D., working at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, directed the research team that performed history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another resulting in a live birth...
, director of the team that performed the first embryo transfer resulting in a live birth
Other
- Buster (dog)Buster (dog)Buster was a dog belonging to Roy Hattersley, a British politician and former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. Buster was a mixed-breed dog, as his father was a German Shepherd, and his mother a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. He was a former rescue dog adopted by Hattersley from Brent Animal...
, a dog belonging to Roy Hattersley, who has published his diaries (ghost written by Hattersley) - Buster, a brevity codeBrevity codeMultiservice tactical brevity codes are codes used by various military forces. The codes procedure words, a type of voice procedure, are designed to convey complex information with a few words.-American/NATO codes:...
signaling an aircraft pilot to use maximum continuous power - The Amiga custom computer chip "Buster"