Buster Keaton
Birthday: 1895-10-04 | Place of Birth: Piqua, Kansas, USABuster Keaton (4th October 1895 - 1st February 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". Keaton 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. Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, [when] he worked without interruption on a series of films that make him, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies. "Orson Welles stated that Keaton's The General is the greatest comedy ever made, the greatest Civil War film ever made, and perhaps the greatest film ever made. A 2002 worldwide poll by Sight & Sound ranked Keaton's The General as the 15th best film of all time. Three other Keaton films received votes in the magazine's survey: Our Hospitality, Sherlock, Jr., and The Navigator.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Archival Footage
as Himself (archival footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Erronius
as Lion Tamer
as edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)
as Train Conductor
as Calvero's Partner
as Buster
as Hickey
as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone
as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
as Buster Keaton
as Elmer
as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
as Wally
as Buster
as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.
as Johnny Gray
as Ronald, The Boy
as Alfred Butler
as Friendless
as Indian (uncredited)
as James 'Jimmie' Shannon
as Sherlock, Jr.