Buster Keaton

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Oct 03, 1895 (129 years old)
Death date
Feb 01, 1966

Buster Keaton

Known For

Stunts: A Taste for Risk
0h 44m
Movie 2023

Stunts: A Taste for Risk

The amazing story of stunts, men and women who risk their lives every day on set to get the perfect action scene.

Navigators
1h 25m
Movie 2023

Navigators

December 1919. The American government deports 249 anarchists and radicals on the “Soviet Ark”. Five years later, this same ship becomes the set of Buster Keaton’s slapstick comedy “The Navigator”.

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
0h 17m
Movie 2020

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

Time Travelers, a new documentary by Daniel Raim featuring interviews with John Bengtson and film historian Marc Wanamaker, reveals newly discovered connections between Buster Keaton’s MGM debut and the earliest films of his career.

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.