Joseph Frank " Buster " Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) [1] was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. [2] . He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which …

Apr 2, 2014 · Born to vaudeville performers, Buster Keaton began performing at age 3. He was introduced to film when he was 21 and eventually directed and starred in films in the 1920s. …

Feb 21, 2023 · The two-year-old Keaton once looked out of a window at a storm and was sucked into the violent vortex of a tornado, swirling until he was ultimately dropped in a field, according …

Mar 12, 2025 · Buster Keaton (born October 4, 1895, Piqua, Kansas, U.S.—died February 1, 1966, Woodland Hills, California) was an American film comedian and director, known as the …

Buster Keaton. Actor: The General. Joseph Frank Keaton was born on October 4, 1895 in Piqua, Kansas to Joe Keaton and Myra Keaton, Vaudevillian comedians with a popular, ever …

Dec 18, 2023 · In the golden age of silent cinema, one figure shone brighter than most: Buster Keaton. He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy …

Born Joseph Frank Keaton to a pair of medicine show performers, Joseph Hallie Keaton and Myra Cutler Keaton, on October 4, 1895, Buster seemed destined for show business.

Oct 4, 2024 · In Keaton’s retelling, he was six months old when the incident occurred, and Harry Houdini gave him the nickname (though the family did not get to know Houdini until later). At …

Comedian Buster Keaton, 70, Hollywood immortal whose trade-mark was the dead pan and who felt last year that “I might live forever,” died of lung cancer Tuesday in his Woodland Hills home.

Joseph Frank " Buster " Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he …