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)
[on why he did all his own stunts] Stuntmen don't get laughs.
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Trivia:
In one scene in
Sherlock Jr., filmed at a train station, Keaton was hanging from a tube connected to a water basin. The water poured out and washed him on to the track, fracturing his neck. This footage appears in the released film.
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Trademark:
His films contain elaborate gadgets of his own devising
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