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Buster Keaton
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Born
Joseph Frank Keaton VI

(1895-10-04)October 4, 1895
Piqua, Kansas, United States
Died February 1, 1966(1966-02-01) (aged 70)
Woodland Hills, California, United States
Cause of death Lung cancer
Occupation Actor, movie director
Years active 1898–1966

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton VI (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor and movie director. He is most famous for his silent films which showed his skill at physical comedy.

The magazine Entertainment Weekly listed Keaton at number seven on their list of "The Greatest Directors of All Time." And in 1999 the American Film Institute placed Keaton at 21 on their list of "The Greatest Male Actors of All Time."

Famous movie critic Roger Ebert wrote that Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, he worked without interruption on a series of movies that make him, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies."

In a 2002 worldwide poll by "Sight & Sound" Keaton's 1927 movie titled "The General" was number 15 on their "Best movies of All Time" list. Three other Keaton movies were also added to the magazine's survey.

Images for kids

  • Threekeatons

    Six-year-old Buster Keaton with his parents Myra and Joe Keaton during a vaudeville act

  • Keaton Convict 13 1920

    Poster for Convict 13 (1920)

  • Keaton-Writers-1923

    Keaton (center) with writers (from left) Joe Mitchell, Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez and Eddie Cline (1923)

  • OutWest1918-01

    Roscoe Arbuckle, Keaton and Al St. John in 1918

  • Buster Keaton and a Spanish journalist

    Keaton (right) and Gilbert Roland in San Sebastián, Spain, in August 1930

  • Speak Easily (1932) 1

    Keaton with Thelma Todd and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily

  • BusterKeatonKBF1956

    Keaton feigning his foot stuck in the railroad tracks of a train ride at Knott's Berry Farm in 1956

  • Buster Keaton Twilight Zone 1961

    Keaton as a time traveler in The Twilight Zone episode, "Once Upon a Time", November 1961.

  • Buster Keaton Joe E Brown Route 66 1962

    Keaton with Joe E. Brown in the "Journey to Ninevah" episode of Route 66 from 1962.

  • Buster Keaton with Family 1922

    Keaton with family in 1922

  • Keaton grave

    Keaton's grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills

  • Buster Keaton

    Keaton's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

  • KeatonPorkpie

    Keaton in costume circa 1939, with his signature pork pie hat


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