Buster keaton imdb biography on bradford

1. Biography of Buster Keaton
2. Rise to Fame
3. Later Career and Legacy

Biography of Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton, born Joseph Francis Keaton (–), was an American actor, producer, and writer.

He was born on October 4, , in Piqua, Kansas, to a family of successful vaudeville artists.

Buster keaton imdb biography on bradford

Keaton earned the nickname "Buster" from the famous Harry Houdini after he rolled down a flight of stairs at six months old without getting injured. At the age of three, Keaton was also miraculously saved from a tornado when he was snatched from his room and safely landed near a neighboring house.

Rise to Fame

Already a well-known vaudeville performer, Keaton decided to try his luck in the new art form of cinema at his uncle R.

Arbuckle's studio. His first self-conceived and directed film, "The Three Ages" (), was an eccentric parody of D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance." The improvised chariot