Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton was an American silent film actor and director, known for deadpan expression amid physical comedy and elaborate stunts.
His stone-faced persona earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face." Films like *The General* and *Sherlock Jr.* are considered masterpieces.
His name evokes classic silent comedy alongside Chaplin and Lloyd.
- Laurel and HardyContrasting comedic film partners
- pratfallComedic fall on buttocks
- stuntsDangerous performed feats
- trainRail vehicle or instruct
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
porkpie · vaudeville · leap · silent film · comedy · Keystone Cops · resilient · pantomime · silent era · silent comedy · director · black-and-white · comedic timing · visual storytelling · absurdism · stone face · stare · Chaplin
- Silent Filmsilent films, silent era, silent comedy, Charlie Chaplin, intertitle
- 1920s IconsBabe Ruth, Charlie Chaplin, Al Capone, Charles Lindbergh, Duke Ellington
- comedianscomedian, stand-up, comic, stand-up comic, standup comic
- slapstickpratfall, banana peel, pie throw, falling down, custard pie
- Stage NamesLady Gaga, Marilyn Monroe, Cary Grant, John Wayne, Cher
- KansansDwight Eisenhower, Bob Dole, Amelia Earhart, Charlie Parker, Langston Hughes
Buster KeatonJim Carrey
Charlie Chaplin · Jerry Lewis · Robin Williams · mugging · hamming
Buster KeatonGroucho Marx
Quipping brother with glasses
Bob Hope · Jack Benny · Woody Allen · Oscar Wilde · George Burns