Buster Keaton Research

Date of Birth:

4th October 1895, Piqua, Kansas, USA
Date of Death:
1st February 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA (lung cancer)
Birth Name:
Joseph Frank Keaton VI
Nickname:
The Great Stone Face
Malec
Height:
5'5"
Trade Mark:
Flat hat, slapshoes, deadpan expression
His films contain elaborate gadgets of his own devising
Used the camera to help comedy e.g to create effct of rocking boat in the beginning of The Boat (1921)
Personal Quote:
No man can be a genius in slap shoes and a flat hat.