Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Buster Keaton ( October 4 , 1895 â `` February 1 , 1966 ) was an American comic actor , filmmaker , producer and writer .
Simplified: Joseph Frank `` Buster '' Keaton VI ( October 4 , 1895 â `` February 1 , 1966 ) was an American actor and movie director .