Born: 4 October 1895
Died: 1 February 1966 (lung cancer, age 70)
Birthplace: Piqua, Kansas
Best known as:
The silent film comedy great known as "The Great Stone Face"

4 good links

The International Buster Keaton Society
Unnecessarily hypey, but devoted and detailed
Buster Keaton
Profile from the PBS series American Masters
The Beauty of Buster
A fan's proud personal salute
Buster Keaton Filmography
Career dope from the Internet Movie Database

Buster Keaton Biography

Name at birth: Joseph Francis Keaton VI

Known as "The Great Stone Face," Buster Keaton got big laughs out of his relentlessly blank expression in silent film comedies like The Saphead (1920), Sherlock, Jr. (1924), and his famous The General (1927). Keaton was one of silent film's most famous comedians; his popularity waned in the 1930s, but he made a nostalgic flurry of films before his 1966 death. Buster Keaton's other films include Go West (1925), Doughboys (1930), It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) and Beach Blanket Bingo (1965).