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
Frank Shannon Frank Shannon Francis Connolly Shannon (July 27, 1874 – February 1, 1959), better known as Frank Shannon, was an Irish actor and writer. A stage actor and silent film pioneer, Shannon made his screen debut in 1913's "The Artist's Joke". He later appeared in dozens of films through the mid-1920s, including "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1913) and "Monsieur Beaucaire" (1924). Shannon then returned to the stage until beckoned back to Hollywood in 1931 and played a few substantial supporting parts, including Captain McTavish in Warner Bros.' "Torchy Blaine" series from 1937 to 1939, but he is most fondly remembered as