Joseph Frank Keaton, was born in Piqua, Kansas, October 4, 1895 to Joe Keaton and Myra Keaton. Joe and Myra were Vaudevillian comedians with a popular, ever-changing variety act, giving Keaton an eclectic and interesting upbringing. In the earliest days on stage they traveled with a medicine show that included family friend...See full bio »
1930Free and Easy
(performer: "The Free And Easy" 1930 - uncredited, "Oh King, Oh Queen" - uncredited, "The Corn Grows Green in Kansas" - uncredited / "It Must Be You" 1930 - uncredited)
1930Doughboys
(performer: "You Were Meant For Me" 1929 - uncredited)
What used to get my goat at MGM were comedians like The Marx Brothers or Abbott and Costello who never worried about the script or the next scene. My God, we ate, slept and dreamed our pictures.
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Broke his ankle while filming
The Electric House when he slipped on the escalator and was still recovering from it when he made
The Play House in which his stunts were considered to be tamer than usual.
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