Steamboat Bill, Jr. Bill, Jr." McQueen stands in Keaton's place as a house facade falls over him. This film was shot from multiple angles, and the scene repeats over and over again while McQueen stands seemingly unaffected. Steamboat Bill, Jr. Steamboat Bill, Jr. is a 1928 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton. Released by United Artists, the film is the last product of Keaton's independent production team and set of gag writers. It was not a box-office success and became the last picture Keaton made for United Artists. Keaton ended up moving to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he made one last film in his trademark
Steamboat Bill, Jr. Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" (1928), which was released six months later and is considered the debut of Mickey Mouse. The famous falling house stunt has been re-created several times on film and television (although with lighter materials and more contemporary safety measures in place) including the 1991 "MacGyver" episode "Deadly Silents"; the 2004 "Arrested Development" episode "The One Where They Build a House" (performed by the show's character named Buster); and episode 7 in the first season of "Lucha Underground", with a ladder. "Deadpan", a 1997 work by English film artist and director Steve McQueen, was also inspired by "Steamboat