Buster Keaton "Francis". His father was Joseph Hallie "Joe" Keaton, who owned a traveling show with Harry Houdini called the Mohawk Indian Medicine Company, which performed on stage and sold patent medicine on the side. According to a frequently repeated story, which may be apocryphal, Keaton acquired the nickname "Buster" at about 18 months of age. Keaton told interviewer Fletcher Markle that Houdini was present one day when the young Keaton took a tumble down a long flight of stairs without injury. After the infant sat up and shook off his experience, Houdini remarked, "That was a real buster!" According to Keaton,
Buster Keaton tribute to the comedian and friend of Keaton who had died earlier that year. Keaton starred in four films for American International Pictures: 1964's "Pajama Party" and 1965's "Beach Blanket Bingo", "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini", and "Sergeant Deadhead". Director William Asher recalled: In 1965, Keaton starred in the short film "The Railrodder" for the National Film Board of Canada. He travelled from one end of Canada to the other on a motorized handcar, wearing his traditional pork pie hat and performing gags similar to those in films that he made 50 years before. The film is also notable