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 original commercials for Studebaker cars. (This was an era where television shows typically had a single sponsor, with "The Buster Keaton Show" having three commercial breaks, each for Studebaker.) This was Keaton's second foray into the new medium of television. It followed the 1949 one-off "The Buster Keaton Comedy Show". Broadcast live, no record of that first program remains and it was not seen by viewers outside California, as it was not filmed in kinescope nor was there a coaxial cable linking the coasts at that time. The Buster Keaton Show The Buster Keaton Show was a television series