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Buster Keaton Biography
Comedian / Filmmaker / Actor
Name at birth: Joseph Francis Keaton VI
Known as "The Great Stone Face," Keaton got big laughs out of his relentlessly blank expression in silent film comedies like The Saphead (1920), Sherlock, Jr. (1924), and his famous The General (1927). Keaton was one of silent film's most famous comedians; his popularity waned in the 1930s, but he made a nostalgic flurry of films before his 1966 death.
Extra credit: Keaton was briefly a cryptographer with U.S. forces in France during World War I.
Keaton appears with fellow film comedian Harold Lloyd in our loop on Celebs Missing Fingers.
Four Good Links
The International Buster Keaton Society
Unnecessarily hypey, but devoted and detailed
Juha's Buster Keaton Page
Swedish fan site with dozens of links
The Beauty of Buster
A fan's proud personal salute
Buster Keaton Filmography
Career dope from the Internet Movie Database
Vital Stats
Birth
Birthplace
Death
1 February 1966
(Lung cancer, age 70)
Best Known As
Silent film comedy great