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The “Great Stone Face” Buster Keaton in Go West Comic foundations Sherlock, Jr. Buster Keaton in costume sits on the side of a steam locomotive labeled General in a black-and-white scene from the 1926 silent film The General.
Buster Keaton sitting on the floor with a film camera on top of him, as if the camera fell on Keaton.
Charlie Chaplin as Calvero applies makeup at a dressing table mirror while Buster Keaton sits behind him in a backstage scene from the film Limelight (1952). Buster Keaton as Johnny Gray and Marion Mack as Annabelle Lee inside the cab of a steam locomotive in a scene from the silent film The General.
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Rudy Blesh, Keaton (1966, reissued 1971); Daniel Moews, Keaton: The Silent Features Close Up (1977); Tom Dardis, Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn’t Lie Down (1979, reprinted with corrections, 1996); Marion Meade, Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase (1995, reissued 1997).

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  • Arpit Nayak
    Arpit Nayak is an editor at Encyclopedia Britannica.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Masters - Buster Keaton. Jul 24, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 28, 2026
Add new Web site: San Francisco Silent Film Festival - Fatty + Buster: The Comique World of Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. Dec 18, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - The Genius of Buster Keaton. Nov 07, 2025
Anniversary information added. Sep 30, 2025
Add new Web site: The International Buster Keaton Society - About Buster Overview. Aug 23, 2025
Add new Web site: CBS News - Buster Keaton, the "Great Stone Face". Jul 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Buster Keaton. May 24, 2025
Article revised and updated. Mar 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Site of The International Buster Keaton Society. Jan 17, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Mar 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Famous Clowns - Biography of Buster Keaton. Mar 08, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC Culture - Why Buster Keaton is today's most influential actor. Dec 06, 2023
Links added. Feb 01, 2023
Link added. Feb 01, 2023
Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Buster Keaton. Dec 08, 2022
Add new Web site: LiveAbout - Biography of Buster Keaton. Jul 31, 2022
Added the movies The Cameraman and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Mar 13, 2020
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Biography of Buster Keaton. Jan 12, 2018
Article revised and updated. Nov 10, 2017
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Buster Keaton. Mar 23, 2017
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Buster Keaton Profile - Buster Keaton - Sundays in October. Mar 23, 2017
Changed the year of The General from "1926" to "1927." Jul 28, 2010
Added new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Buster Keaton. Sep 08, 2006
Article revised. Jun 16, 2005
Article revised. Apr 19, 2002
Article revised. Jan 22, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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