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 Nelson (actor) Screen Actors Guild as SAG-AFTRA) to assist member performers facing serious but temporary financial hardships. A Frank Nelson parody appears from time to time in recent years within the comic strip "Gasoline Alley", in which he annoys Skeezix whenever he tries to go shopping regardless of the location, and even filled in as his doctor once. Frank Nelson's mannerisms were also used in the "Evil Con Carne" character Estroy, voiced by Maurice LaMarche. Frank Nelson (actor) Frank Brandon Nelson (May 6, 1911 – September 12, 1986) was an American comedic actor best known for playing put-upon foils on radio and