Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton was a very creative, innovative star and director in the silent film era. He was also an unbelievable stunt man. He continued making films through the mid-1960's. According to IMDB his first film was released in 1917.

He was known as "The Great Stone Face".

Here are some clips:

The Wonderful Inventiveness of Buster Keaton

Some of Buster Keaton's most amazing stunts COLORIZED
Best of Buster Keaton's stunts
Some of Buster Keaton’s Great, Death-Defying Stunts Captured in Animated Gifs

A BK Physics Lesson

Many of the scenes in the clips are from these movies (which are among my favorites):

Sherlock Jr
The General
The Navigator
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
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