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In American film, the most prominent comic actors of the silent era were Charlie Chaplin ( although born in England, his success was principally in the U. S .), Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd.
Lewis followed the legacy of such comedians as Keaton and Harold Lloyd, but his work was not well received by critics in the United States ( in contrast to France where he proved highly popular.
It was in these early years that Remi developed a love of cinema, particularly favouring Windsor McCay's pioneering animated film Gertie the Dinosaur and the films featuring Charlie Chaplin, Harry Langdon and Buster Keaton ; his later work in the comic strip medium would display an obvious influence from these early films in style and content.
However, during his own silent film career, the nearest Keaton had appeared in a " police comedy " was The Goat ( 1921 ) and Cops ( 1922 ).
His last work, in 1935, was as a producer-director for Educational Pictures ; he directed Buster Keaton in The Timid Young Man and Joan Davis in Way Up Thar.
She attempted two unsuccessful series in a row: Mary, which featured David Letterman, Michael Keaton, Swoosie Kurtz and Dick Shawn in the supporting cast and lasted three episodes, which was re-tooled as The Mary Tyler Moore Hour, a backstage show within a show, with Mary portraying a TV star putting on a variety show.
When the film opened in June 1989, it was backed by the biggest marketing and merchandising campaign in film history at the time, and became one of the biggest box office hits of all time, grossing well over US $ 250 million in the US alone and $ 400 million worldwide ( numbers not adjusted for inflation ) and earning critical acclaim for the performances of both Keaton and Nicholson, as well as the film's production aspects, which won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.
The result was Batman Returns which featured Michael Keaton returning as the Dark Knight, and a new triad of villains: Danny DeVito ( as the Penguin ), Michelle Pfeiffer ( as Catwoman ) and Christopher Walken as Max Shreck, an evil corporate tycoon and original character created for the film ( similar to Superman IIIs Ross Webster ).
Joseph Frank " Buster " Keaton ( October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966 ) was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer.
Buster Keaton ( his lifelong stage name ) was recognized as the seventh-greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
He was named " Joseph " to continue a tradition on his father's side — he was sixth in a line bearing the name Joseph Keaton — and " Frank " for his maternal grandfather, who disapproved of the parents ' union.
His father was Joseph Hallie " Joe " Keaton, a native of Vigo County, Indiana.
Buster Keaton was born in Piqua, Kansas, the small town where his mother, Myra Keaton ( née Myra Edith Cutler ), happened to go into labor.
" According to Keaton, in those days, the word " buster " was used to refer to a spill or a fall that had the potential to produce injury.
The act evolved as Keaton learned to take trick falls safely ; he was rarely injured or bruised on stage.
However, Buster Keaton was always able to show the authorities that he had no bruises or broken bones.
" Decades later, Keaton said that he was never hurt by his father and that the falls and physical comedy were a matter of proper technical execution.
Keaton claimed he was having so much fun that he would sometimes begin laughing as his father threw him across the stage.
It is said that, when one official saw Keaton in full costume and makeup and asked a stagehand how old he was, the stagehand, aware of the situation with the Keatons, then pointed to the boy's mother, saying, " I don't know, ask his wife!
" According to one biographer, Keaton was made to go to school while performing in New York, but only attended for part of one day.
Despite tangles with the law and a disastrous tour of music halls in the United Kingdom, Keaton was a rising star in the theater.

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Notable examples include David Tennant, born David McDonald, who said in an interview that he adopted the surname " Tennant " after seeing Neil Tennant in a copy of Smash Hits, Nathan Lane, whose birth name Joseph Lane was already in use, Stewart Granger, whose birth name was James Stewart, and Michael Keaton, born Michael Douglas.
* Buster Keaton, comedian and film director ; born in Kansas but spent the summers of his childhood in Muskegon with his family as a member of the Muskegon Actors ' Colony.
* Michael Keaton, born Michael John Douglas ( born 1951 ), American actor
Diane Keaton ( born Diane Hall ; January 5, 1946 ) is an award-winning American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter.
Keaton was born as Diane Hall in Los Angeles, California.
Michael John Douglas ( born September 5, 1951 ), better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American actor who became known for his early comedic film roles, most notably his performance as the title character of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice, and gained international fame for his dramatic portrayal of Bruce Wayne / Batman in Tim Burton's Batman and Batman Returns.
Keaton, the youngest of seven children, was born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, and lived in Robinson Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Doan and his wife Andrea have four children – Gracie ( born December 17, 1998 ), Josh ( born March 2002 ), Karys ( born July 23, 2004 ), and Carson ( born September 2006 ) Doan is also a second cousin of Carey Price, goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens and first cousin of Keaton Ellerby, a Florida Panthers prospect and Catriona Le May Doan, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in speed skating through the marriage of her husband, Bart Doan.
* Josh Keaton ( born 1979 ), born Joshua Luis Wiener, American actor, voice actor, singer, and music producer
* David Robinson ( film critic ) ( born 1930 ), British film writer and historian, biographer of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton
Coincidentally, Gross and his Family Ties co-star Meredith Baxter ( who played his wife Elyse Keaton ), were born on the same date, June 21, 1947 .< ref >
* Michael Keaton ( born 1951 ), actor whose birth name is Michael Douglas
Keaton Tyndall and Kylie Tyndall ( born Keaton Nicole Tyndall and Kylie Rae Tyndall on March 14, 1992 in Los Angeles, CA ) are identical twin actress.

Keaton and Joseph
In 1921, Keaton married Natalie Talmadge, sister-in-law of his boss, Joseph Schenck, and sister of actresses Norma Talmadge and Constance Talmadge.
Sherlock, Jr. ( 1924 ) is an American silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton and written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez and Joseph A. Mitchell.
The film features a cast including Richard Castellano, Gig Young, Cloris Leachman, Anne Jackson, Beatrice Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon, Harry Guardino, Anne Meara, Bob Dishy, Marian Hailey, Joseph Hindy, and, in her film debut, Diane Keaton.
It starred Diane Keaton as Charlie, Yorgo Voyagis as Joseph, and Klaus Kinski as Kurtz.

Keaton and Frank
Michael Keaton, Emilio Estevez, Val Kilmer, Alec Baldwin, Matthew Broderick, Robert Downey Jr., and Charlie Sheen were all considered for the part of Frank before Kevin Costner got the role.
Central Park West is the address of several famous residences, including The Dakota ( where John Lennon lived with Yoko Ono, who still resides there, and outside of which he was murdered in 1980 ), The San Remo ( home to U2's Bono, Demi Moore, Diane Keaton, & Steve Martin ), The El Dorado, The Beresford ( home to Diana Ross & Jerry Seinfeld ), The Langham, The Century, 15 Central Park West ( home to Sting ), 41 Central Park West ( home to Madonna ), 455 Central Park West, The St. Urban, and The Majestic ( which was home to some of the former heads of the Genovese crime family, including Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano and Frank Costello.
Throughout the series, different voice actors have voiced the Vehicons: Steven Blum, David Kaye, Josh Keaton, Daran Norris, Nolan North, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Frank Welker.
Dogberry was played by Michael Keaton in Kenneth Branagh's 1993 film adaptation, and has been played on television by Michael Elphick, Frank Finlay and Barnard Hughes.

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