Joe Keaton
Acting
Born: 1867-07-06 · Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Died: 1946-01-13
Biography
Joseph Hallie Keaton (July 6, 1867 – January 13, 1946) was an American vaudeville performer and silent film actor. He was the father of actor Buster Keaton and appeared with his son in several films. Keaton was born a few miles south of Terre Haute, Indiana, to Libbie Jane and Joseph Francis Keaton IV. Leaving home in 1889, the year of the Land Rush, he homesteaded in the Oklahoma territory for a time, securing a claim three and a half miles northwest of Edmond. A few months into Keaton's resid
🎬 Movies (17)
R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr
2026
Girl's Father / Man on Film Screen
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
2026
Self (Archival)
Palooka from Paducah
1935
Pa Diltz
The General
1926
Union General
Go West
1925
Man in Barber Shop (uncredited)
Sherlock Jr.
1924
The Girl's Father / Man on Film Screen
Our Hospitality
1923
The Engineer
Day Dreams
1922
The Girl's Father
The Electric House
1922
Buster's Father in Prologue
The Goat
1921
Minor Role (uncredited)
Neighbors
1920
His Father (uncredited)
The Scarecrow
1920
Farmer (uncredited)
Convict 13
1920
Prisoner
The Bell Boy
1918
Guest
Out West
1918
Man on Train
Good Night, Nurse!
1918
Man in Bandages
A Country Hero
1917
Cy Klone, Garage Owner