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- Though he acted in a number of films in the ’30s (often alongside Jimmy Durante), Keaton no longer possessed the stoic charm many had grown to love. He worked as an uncredited writer for the Marx Brothers and Red Skelton, eking out a living at a fraction of his former salary.
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Buster Keaton. Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) [1] was an American actor, comedian and film director. [2] He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts.
After several more years of hardship working as an uncredited, underpaid gag man for comedians such as the Marx Brothers, he was consulted on how to do a realistic and comedic fall for In the Good Old Summertime (1949) in which an expensive violin is destroyed. Finding no one who could do this better than him, he was given a minor role in the film.
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Jan 13, 2000 · He worked as an uncredited writer for the Marx Brothers and Red Skelton, eking out a living at a fraction of his former salary. He began drinking and through the ’40s did very little work of ...
Jun 27, 2019 · But I mean he’s actually uncredited for The Cameraman, College, and Steamboat Bill, Jr. Scholars believe he still was the actual director but again that’s at least a little like saying Spielberg deserves credit for Poltergeist or Hawks deserves sole credit for The Thing That Came From Another World.
1944 Take It or Leave It Buster Keaton: Clip from 'Hollywood Cavalcade' (uncredited)
Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: Comedian and director Buster Keaton was popular for his pioneering silent comedies in the 1920s. Industries; Comedy; Astrological Sign: Libra
The Playhouse is a 1921 American two-reel silent comic trick film written by, directed by, and starring Buster Keaton. It runs for 22 minutes, and is most famous for an opening sequence where Keaton plays every role.