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JosephFrankKeaton(October4,1895–February1,1966),knownprofessionallyasBusterKeaton,wasanAmericanactor,comedian,filmdirector,producer,screenwriter,andstuntperformer.Hewasbestknownforhissilentfilms,inwhichhistrademarkwasphysicalcomedywithaconsistentlystoic,deadpanexpressionthatearnedhimthenickname"TheGreatStoneFace".CriticRogerEbertwroteofKeaton's"extraordinaryperiodfrom1920to1929"whenhe"workedwithoutinterruption"onaseriesoffilmsthatmakehim"thegreatestactor-directorinthehistoryofthemovies".HiscareerdeclinedafterwardwithalossofartisticindependencewhenhesignedwithMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer,hiswifedivorcedhim,andhedescendedintoalcoholism.Herecoveredinthe1940s,remarried,andrevivedhiscareerasanhonoredcomicperformerfortherestofhislife,earninganHonoraryAcademyAwardin1959.

ManyofKeaton'sfilmsfromthe1920sremainhighlyregarded,suchasSherlockJr.(1924),TheGeneral(1926),andTheCameraman(1928),withTheGeneralwidelyviewedashismasterpiece.AmongitsstrongestadmirerswasOrsonWelles,whostatedthatTheGeneralwascinema'shighestachievementincomedy,andperhapsthegreatestfilmevermade.Keatonwasrecognizedastheseventh-greatestfilmdirectorbyEntertainmentWeekly,andtheAmericanFilmInstituterankedhimin1999asthe21stgreatestmalestarofclassicHollywoodcinema.