Buster Keaton Buster Keaton Joseph Frank Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), known professionally as Buster Keaton, was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression which earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". 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 "the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies". His career declined afterward with a loss
The Buster Keaton Show The Buster Keaton Show The Buster Keaton Show was a television series broadcast in 1950 starring Buster Keaton. It was broadcast over KTTV, which at the time was the Los Angeles affiliate of CBS (the network would start KNXT in 1951). Several episodes from the show were assembled into a feature length film that was released theatrically in the United Kingdom as "The Misadventures of Buster Keaton". An episode of "The Buster Keaton Show", and three episodes of "Life with Buster Keaton" can be viewed on the internet archive. The former is a kinescope of a live telecast, and includes