Buster Keaton film catalogue

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Buster Keaton was an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, editor and stuntman. Born Joseph Frank Keaton. More

Buster Keaton was primarily known as an actor of vaudeville, theater, film, TV and radio. Has 149 acting credits to his name. Worked in 20 films with Roscoe ''Fatty'' Arbuckle, in 1 short playing with Harold Lloyd, was gag writer for 3 Marx Brothers films ''A Night at the Opera'' from 1935, ''A Day at the Circus '' from 1939 and ''Go West'' from 1940 and gag consultant for the movie ''Nothing But Trouble'' from 1944, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Best known movies ''The Saphead'' from 1920, ''The Paleface'' from 1922, ''Cops'' from 1922, ''Sherlock Jr,.'' from 1924, ''The General'' from 1926 with Boris Karloff "Steamboat Bill Jr." from 1928, ''The Cameraman'' from 1928, ''Sunset Blvd.'' from 1950, ''Limelight'' from 1952, with Charlie Chaplin, ''Around the World in 80 Days'' from 1956, ''It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" from 1963 and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", Buster Keaton's last film. Hosted his own TV show in the 1950s, "The Buster Keaton Show" ' and 'Life with Buster Keaton' He always did almost all of his stunts himself.

Nicknamed ''The Great Stone Face''.

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Full name

Buster Keaton

Born

Piqua, Kansas, USA, 4-10 1895

Nationality

American

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Deceased

Los Angeles, Californië, USA, 1-2 1966

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