Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton (1895-1966) was a silent film comedian nicknamed "The Great Stoneface" due to his trademark deadpan expression. Frequently directing and writing his films as well as performing his own stunts, Keaton's best known films include The General (pursuing his stolen train) and Steamboat Bill Jr. (which inspired the title of the Mickey Mouse short Steamboat Willie). 
Keaton typically ranks alongside Charlie Chaplin in silent comedy retrospectives. His later work included occasional character parts in talkies, a supporting role in the film of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (released posthumously), a Twilight Zone guest appearance (tailored to him, with the opening and closing scenes done silent movie style with intertitles only), and cameos in Chaplin's 1952 film Limelight, Sunset Boulevard, and the beach party movies. He returned to his silent and locomotive roots for the 1965 National Film Board of Canada short The Railrodder, directed by Gerald Potterton.
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*The climax from Keaton's 1934 Educational Pictures short Allez Oop, where Keaton uses a clothing line as a makeshift trapeze to rescue a woman (Dorothy Sebastian) from a burning building, was repurposed in a Sesame Street demonstrating the word HELP. 
*Judy Freudberg, discussing Mr. Noodle's brother Mr. Noodle, was quoted as calling actor Michael Jeter "Buster Keaton reincarnated."The New York Post. "Using His (Mr. Noodle) - Actor Michael Jeter Is Tickled to Be Elmo's Bumbling Best Friend." October 14, 2000.
*In the 2012 book Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet: Clash of the Class Clowns, Sam the Eagle offers lectures and screenings of silent comedian Buster Chapbuckle. While the name combines Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and one-time Keystone Kops member Fatty Arbuckle, the illustration caricatures Buster Keaton, while Danvers describes him as "a very serious-looking dude."
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