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Buster Keaton

1895 - 1966

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Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently maintained a stoic, deadpan facial expression that became his trademark and earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Keaton was a child vaudeville star, performing as part of his family's traveling act. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Buster Keaton is the 88th most popular actor (up from 103rd in 2019), the 219th most popular biography from United States (down from 202nd in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Actor.

Buster Keaton is most famous for his silent comedy films.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Buster Keaton ranks 88 out of 13,578. Before him are Robert Redford, Jon Voight, David Hasselhoff, Ian McKellen, Leslie Nielsen, and Kevin Costner. After him are Michael Caine, Rowan Atkinson, Tom Cruise, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Humphrey Bogart, and Greta Garbo.

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Among people born in 1895, Buster Keaton ranks 9. Before him are Amin al-Husseini, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Juan Perón, Buckminster Fuller, and Carl Orff. After him are Anna Freud, Ernst Jünger, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Nikolai Yezhov, and Mikhail Bakhtin. Among people deceased in 1966, Buster Keaton ranks 3. Before him are Walt Disney, and André Breton. After him are Anna Akhmatova, Margaret Sanger, Peter Debye, Georges Lemaître, Alberto Giacometti, Sepp Dietrich, Jean Arp, Sayyid Qutb, and Giuseppe Farina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Buster Keaton ranks 219 out of 20,380. Before him are Jon Voight (1938), David Hasselhoff (1952), Kevin Costner (1955), Amelia Earhart (1897), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), and George Beadle (1903). After him are Tom Cruise (1962), Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (1941), Frank Lloyd Wright (1867), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), Grover Cleveland (1837), and Milton Friedman (1912).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Buster Keaton ranks 46. Before him are Henry Fonda (1905), Denzel Washington (1954), Robert Redford (1936), Jon Voight (1938), David Hasselhoff (1952), and Kevin Costner (1955). After him are Tom Cruise (1962), Humphrey Bogart (1899), Candice Bergen (1946), Clark Gable (1901), Richard Chamberlain (1934), and Gregory Peck (1916).

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