Buster Keaton facts for kids

Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Born	Joseph Frank Keaton VI ; October 4, 1895; Piqua, Kansas, United States
Died	February 1, 1966 (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

Six-year-old Buster Keaton with his parents Myra and Joe Keaton during a vaudeville act
Poster for Convict 13 (1920)
Keaton (center) with writers (from left) Joe Mitchell, Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez and Eddie Cline (1923)
Roscoe Arbuckle, Keaton and Al St. John in 1918
Keaton (right) and Gilbert Roland in San Sebastián, Spain, in August 1930
Keaton with Thelma Todd and Jimmy Durante in Speak Easily
Keaton feigning his foot stuck in the railroad tracks of a train ride at Knott's Berry Farm in 1956
Keaton as a time traveler in The Twilight Zone episode, "Once Upon a Time", November 1961.
Keaton with Joe E. Brown in the "Journey to Ninevah" episode of Route 66 from 1962.
Keaton with family in 1922
Keaton's grave at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
Keaton's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Keaton in costume circa 1939, with his signature pork pie hat