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Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

ACTOR Oct 4, 1897 - Feb 1, 1966

KNOWN FOR

His comic, acrobatic physicality and stoic charm in silent films, including The General and The Cameraman

AMERICAN MASTERS FILM

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (Nov 1987)Directed by Kevin Brownlow, David Gill

Written Features

Buster Keaton’s “Sunset Boulevard” cameo arrived at a moment of Hollywood reckoning
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton Biography

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