Buster Keaton the City of Los Angeles declared the date "Buster Keaton Day." Keaton designed and modified his own pork pie hats during his career. In 1964, he told an interviewer that in making "this particular pork pie", he "started with a good Stetson and cut it down", stiffening the brim with sugar water. The hats were often destroyed during Keaton's wild film antics; some were given away as gifts and some were snatched by souvenir hunters. Keaton said he was lucky if he used only six hats in making a film. Keaton estimated that he and his wife Eleanor made thousands
Frank Doubleday (actor) Frank Doubleday (actor) Frank Doubleday (January 28, 1945 – March 3, 2018) was an American actor whose most notable roles are as film villains. Doubleday was born in Norwich, Connecticut, but moved to Los Angeles with his family as a child. Doubleday is known for such films as John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13" (1976) and John Carpenter's "Escape from New York" (1981) playing the character Romero. In the special edition "Escape from New York" DVD commentary, Kurt Russell credits Doubleday's performance as setting the tone of the movie. He made his film debut in "The First Nudie Musical" (1976),