Buster Keaton

Also known as Joseph Frank Keaton, Joseph Keaton, Frigo, The Great Stone Face

American actor, comedian, and director (1895–1966)

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Buster Keaton was an American actor, comedian, and director who lived from 1895 to 1966 and became one of the most influential figures in early cinema. He is remembered as a pioneering performer who helped shape the development of comedy film during the silent era.

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Piqua, Kansas, USA

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…

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A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride — Self (Archival)2026
Bound for Glory: The General as Keaton's Cinematic Manifesto — Self (Archival)2026
Hodgepodge — Self (archive footage)2025
Stunts: A Taste for Risk — Various Roles (archive footage)2023
The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies — Self (archive footage)2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty — archive footage2020
Barney's Wall — Self (archive footage)2019
The Image Book — (archive footage)2018
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood — Self2016

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Instance of: human
Given name: Frank
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Piqua
Place of death: Woodland Hills
Father: Joe Keaton
Mother: Myra Keaton
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Participant in: Documenta 6
Genre: historical film
Conflict: World War I
Military branch: 40th Infantry Division
Official website: www.busterkeaton.com
Image: Busterkeaton edit.jpg
Height: 165
Number of children: 2
Residence: Beverly Hills

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manner of death: natural causes
place of burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Commons category: Buster Keaton
cause of death: lung cancer
date of birth: 1895-10-04
topic's main category: Category:Buster Keaton
influenced by: Roscoe Arbuckle
Commons gallery: Buster Keaton
birth name: Joseph Frank Keaton
filmography: Buster Keaton filmography
date of death: 1966-02-01
start of work period: 1917-00-00
end of work period: 1966-00-00
has works in the collection: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
writing language: English language
related category: Category:Films with screenplays by Buster Keaton
time period: 20th century
Commons Creator page: Buster Keaton
nickname: Pamplinas
pseudonym: Frigo
name in native language: Buster Keaton
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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 performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently maintained a stoic, deadpan facial expression that became his trademark and earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".

Keaton was a child vaudeville star, performing as part of his family's traveling act. As an adult, he began working with independent producer Joseph M. Schenck and filmmaker Edward F. Cline, with whom he made a series of successful two-reel comedies in the early 1920s, including One Week (1920), The Playhouse (1921), Cops (1922), and The Electric House (1922). He then moved to feature-length films; several of them, such as Sherlock Jr. (1924), The General (1926), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), and The Cameraman (1928), remain highly regarded. The General is perhaps his most acclaimed work; Orson Welles considered it "the greatest comedy ever made...and perhaps the greatest film ever made".

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