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| Buster Keaton 1895-1966 |
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Joseph Francis "Buster" Keaton, born October 4, 1895 in Piqua, Kansas, died February 1, 1966 in Woodland Hills northwest of Los Angeles, California, was an American silent film actor and filmmaker. With the short films One Week, Cops, The Electric House, and The Playhouse Keaton got his big break through. In the beginning of the 1920s, Buster Keaton was regarded as one of America's premier comedians alongside Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, whom he both admired. The General from 1927, which flopped dramatically and got bad reviews but is regarded today as his great masterpiece and a good choice for those who are not particularly familiar with silent film, as well as one of his last silents The Cameraman from 1928.
