death_date death_place years_active birth_place imagesize name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
25 march 1950 houston , texas , u.s. 1930 -- 1949 gainesville , texas , u.s. 144px frank buck 17 march 1884 lillie m. 1901 -- 1913 ; divorced -rrb- nina c. boardman west -lrb- m. 1914 -- 1927 ; divorced -rrb- muriel reilly -lrb- -lrb- m. 1928 -- 1950 ; his death -rrb- pen name amy leslie -rrb- -lrb- frankbuck.gif frank buck -lrb- animal collector -rrb-
 frank howard buck film actor , author , film director lung cancer
frank buck -lrb- animal collector -rrb-

frank howard buck -lrb- march 17 , 1884 -- march 25 , 1950 -rrb- was a hunter and collector of wild animals , as well as a movie actor , director , writer and producer .
he is known for his book `` bring 'em back alive '' and his 1930s and 1940s jungle adventure movies including : `` wild cargo '' , `` jungle cavalcade '' , `` jacare , killer of the amazon '' , many of which included staged `` fights to the death '' between formidable beasts .
