| BUSTER KEATON was christened Joseph, but Houdini, seeing him tumble down
a flight of stairs without injury, said "Some Buster!" The name
stuck. Born in Muskegon, Michigan, October 4, 1895. At four was made a regular
member of a knockabout comedy act with his father and mother. For sixteen
years was a vaudeville headliner as one of "The Three Keatons."
Hilariously known in "The Electric House," "The Three Ages,"
and "Our Hospitality." Height, five feet, six inches; weighs 140
pounds; dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes. Married to Natalie Talmadge
and has two sons. |