Birthday
1895-10-04Place of Birth
Piqua, Kansas, USABiography
Buster Keaton (4th October 1895 - 1st February 1966) was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Keaton was recognized as the seventh-greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Keaton the 21st-greatest male star of all time. 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, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies. "Orson Welles stated that Keaton's The General is the greatest comedy ever made, the greatest Civil War film ever made, and perhaps the greatest film ever made. A 2002 worldwide poll by Sight & Sound ranked Keaton's The General as the 15th best film of all time. Three other Keaton films received votes in the magazine's survey: Our Hospitality, Sherlock, Jr., and The Navigator.Free Trial Channels
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The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
7.5
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
2016
7
as
2016
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
6.8
as Erronius
1966
The King of the Champs-Élysées
1934
6.2
as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
1934