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Buster Keaton
Acting
Born: October 3, 1895
Piqua, Kansas, USA
Biography
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) 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. He was recognized as the seventh-greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Keaton the 21st-greatest male star of all time.
Known For
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Jimmy the Crook
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Train Conductor
Sunset Boulevard
as Buster Keaton
Sherlock Jr.
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
The General
as Johnnie Gray
Our Hospitality
as William McKay
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.
Limelight
as Calvero's Partner
Battling Butler
as Alfred Butler
Jackie Chan: My Story
as (archive footage)
