Buster Keaton

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1895 age 0

   Born

2. 1924 age 29

   CreditSherlock, Jr.

   CreditSherlock, Jr.director

   CreditSherlock, Jr.film editor

   CreditSherlock, Jr.producer

3. 1926 age 31

   CreditThe General

   CreditThe Generaldirector

   CreditThe Generalfilm editor

   CreditThe Generalproducer

   CreditThe Generalscreenwriter

4. 1935 age 40

   CreditA Night at the Operascreenwriter

5. 1950 age 55

   CreditSunset Boulevard

6. 1952 age 57

   CreditLimelight

7. 1956 age 61

   CreditAround the World in 80 Days

8. 1963 age 68

   CreditIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

9. 1966 age 70

   Died

• HMHarold Miller3 titles
• FAFred Aldrich2 titles
• MMMike Mazurki2 titles
• JBJoe E. Brown2 titles
• FFFranklyn Farnum2 titles
• GAGertrude Astor2 titles
• FHFrank Hagney2 titles
• RORobert Emmett O'Connor2 titles
• MDMinta Durfee2 titles
• FMFrank Mills2 titles

• Spouse

  • NTNatalie Talmadge

• Parents

  • JKJoe Keaton

• Influenced by

  • HLHarold Lloyd
  • RARoscoe Arbuckle

Nothing recorded for: Partner, Children, Siblings, Studied under, Taught.

• We used to get arrested every other week — that is, the old man would get arrested.

  Buster Keaton, CC BY-SA 4.0

• The funny thing about our act is that dad gets the worst of it, although I'm the one who apparently receives the bruises … the secret is in landing limp and breaking the fall with a foot or a hand. It's a knack. I started so young that landing right is second nature with me. Several times I'd have been killed if I hadn't been able to land like a cat. Imitators of our act don't last long, because they can't stand the treatment.

  Buster Keaton, CC BY-SA 4.0

• A picture without falls is as bad as Niagara in the same fix.

  Buster Keaton, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Marriage is fine as an institution, but bad as a habit.

  Buster Keaton, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Our hero came from Nowhere — he wasn't going Anywhere and he got kicked off Somewhere.

  Buster Keaton, CC BY-SA 4.0

• If one more person tells me this is just like old times, I swear I'll jump out the window.

  Buster Keaton, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nationalities

United States

Cause of death

lung cancer

Height

165 cm

Languages

English

Years active

1917–1966

Genres

comedy film, silent film, drama film, independent film, adventure film, action film, romance film, historical drama film, historical film