1895 - 1966
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression that earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929" when he "worked without interruption" as having made him "the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies". In 1996, Entertainment Weekly recognized Keaton as the seventh-greatest film director, and in 1999 the American Film Institute ranked him as the 21st-greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema.Working with independent producer Joseph M. Schenck and filmmaker Edward F. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buster Keaton has received more than 5,577,768 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Buster Keaton is the 88th most popular actor (down from 86th in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from United States (down from 173rd in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Actor.
Buster Keaton is most famous for his silent comedy films.
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Among actors, Buster Keaton ranks 88 out of 10,030. Before him are Judi Dench, Leslie Nielsen, Tom Selleck, Peter Falk, Michael Gambon, and Gregory Peck. After him are John Travolta, Charlton Heston, Gloria Stuart, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Sutherland, and Johnny Depp.
1934 - Present
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 82
1926 - 2010
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 83
1945 - Present
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 84
1927 - 2011
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 85
1940 - Present
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 86
1916 - 2003
HPI: 78.76
Rank: 87
1895 - 1966
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 88
1954 - Present
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 89
1923 - 2008
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 90
1910 - 2010
HPI: 78.65
Rank: 91
1899 - 1957
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 92
1935 - Present
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 93
1963 - Present
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 94
Among people born in 1895, Buster Keaton ranks 7. Before him are George VI, Carl Orff, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Juan Perón, Anna Freud, and Richard Sorge. After him are Jiddu Krishnamurti, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Nikolai Yezhov, Mikhail Bakhtin, Max Horkheimer, and J. Edgar Hoover. Among people deceased in 1966, Buster Keaton ranks 3. Before him are Walt Disney and André Breton. After him are Alberto Giacometti, Georges Lemaître, Anna Akhmatova, Sergei Korolev, Jean Arp, Sepp Dietrich, Chester W. Nimitz, Montgomery Clift, and Giuseppe Farina.
1895 - 1952
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 1
1895 - 1982
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 2
1895 - 1918
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 3
1895 - 1974
HPI: 79.67
Rank: 4
1895 - 1982
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 5
1895 - 1944
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 6
1895 - 1966
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 7
1895 - 1986
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 8
1895 - 1978
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 9
1895 - 1940
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 10
1895 - 1975
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 11
1895 - 1973
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 12
1895 - 1972
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 13
1901 - 1966
HPI: 86.39
Rank: 1
1896 - 1966
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 2
1895 - 1966
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 3
1901 - 1966
HPI: 78.52
Rank: 4
1894 - 1966
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 5
1889 - 1966
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 6
1906 - 1966
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 7
1886 - 1966
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 8
1892 - 1966
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 9
1885 - 1966
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 10
1920 - 1966
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 11
1906 - 1966
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Buster Keaton ranks 183 out of 15,968. Before him are Gene Cernan (1934), Patti Smith (1946), Chuck Berry (1926), Gregory Peck (1916), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), and Billy the Kid (1859). After him are John Travolta (1954), Charlton Heston (1923), Gloria Stuart (1910), Humphrey Bogart (1899), Edward Thorndike (1874), and Talcott Parsons (1902).
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 177
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 178
1926 - 2017
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 179
1916 - 2003
HPI: 78.76
Rank: 180
1925 - 1968
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 181
1859 - 1881
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 182
1895 - 1966
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 183
1954 - Present
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 184
1923 - 2008
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 185
1910 - 2010
HPI: 78.65
Rank: 186
1899 - 1957
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 187
1874 - 1949
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 188
1902 - 1979
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 189
Among actors born in United States, Buster Keaton ranks 43. Before him are Tom Hanks (1956), Jane Fonda (1937), John Wayne (1907), Tom Selleck (1945), Peter Falk (1927), and Gregory Peck (1916). After him are John Travolta (1954), Charlton Heston (1923), Gloria Stuart (1910), Humphrey Bogart (1899), Johnny Depp (1963), and Tom Cruise (1962).
1956 - Present
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 37
1937 - Present
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 38
1907 - 1979
HPI: 79.41
Rank: 39
1945 - Present
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 40
1927 - 2011
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 41
1916 - 2003
HPI: 78.76
Rank: 42
1895 - 1966
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 43
1954 - Present
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 44
1923 - 2008
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 45
1910 - 2010
HPI: 78.65
Rank: 46
1899 - 1957
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 47
1963 - Present
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 48
1962 - Present
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 49