Joe Keaton Joe Keaton Joseph Hallie Keaton (July 6, 1867 – January 13, 1946) was an American vaudeville performer and silent film actor. He was the father of actor Buster Keaton and appeared with his son in several of his films. Keaton was born a few miles south of Terre Haute, Indiana to Libbie Jane and Joseph Francis Keaton IV. Leaving home in 1889, the year of the Land Rush, he homesteaded in the Oklahoma territory for a time, securing a claim three and a half miles northwest of Edmond. A few months into Keaton's residency, the neighboring homesteader (a Canadian whom
International Buster Keaton Society the International Buster Keaton Society laid a four foot plaque in honor of both Keaton and Charles Chaplin on the corner of the shared block (1021 Lillian Ave) where each had made many of their silent comedies in Hollywood.In the honor of the event, the City of Los Angeles declared the date "Buster Keaton Day." "Talking Buster Keaton," a podcast devoted to Buster Keaton, hosted by Alek Lev and Jeremy Guskin, is closely associated with the "Damfinos." Patricia Eliot Tobias, Melody Bunting and Wendy Merckel co–founded The International Buster Keaton Society on October 4, 1992 – Buster’s birthday. Dedicated to