- Joe Keaton
Infobox actor
name = Joe Keaton
birthname = Joseph Hallie Keaton
birthdate = birth date|1867|7|6
location =Terre Haute, Indiana ,USA
deathdate = death date and age|1946|1|13|1867|7|6
deathplace =Los Angeles, California ,USA
spouse =Myra Keaton Joe Keaton (
July 6 ,1867 –January 13 ,1946 ) was an Americansilent film actor and the father of actorBuster Keaton .Information
Keaton, a
Scotch-Irish American , was born Joseph Hallie Keaton a few miles south ofTerre Haute, Indiana . Keaton was born to Libbie (née Jane), and Joseph Francis Keaton IV. Joe and his wife Myra were both grade-Zvaudeville performers. Joe and Myra's first son/child was Joseph Frank Keaton, who became known as the silent film actorBuster Keaton . Buster joined the act when he was only a few years old. The act was a rough-and-tumble one, with Buster being thrown around on stage most of the time. As the years went by, Joe Keaton became analcoholic , which forced Buster to quit the act by the time he was ateenager . However, after he hit it big insilent film , Buster provided Joe with small parts in several movies. Myra and Joe split up long after Buster had become an adult. She'd had it with the constant verbal and physical abuse Joe put her through. He lived alone in aHollywood hotel for many years and was said to have stoppeddrinking after becoming aChristian Scientist . Buster said Joe died as a result of being struck by a car.Joe Keaton eloped with Myra Edith Cutler, who became known as
Myra Keaton onMay 31 ,1894 , together they had 3 children includingBuster Keaton ,Harry Keaton andLouise Keaton . Myra had British and German ancestry. He is also the father-in-law of Buster's third wife Eleanor Keaton, and grandfather of Jimmy and Bobby Keaton.Death
Joe Keaton died on January 10, 1946, in
Ventura County, California , according to theInternet Movie Database Joe's cause of death was 'struck by car'. Keaton was 78 years old at the time of his death. His burial location is unknown.Filmography
ee also
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Buster Keaton
*Camille Keaton
*Harry Keaton
*Myra Keaton
*Louise Keaton External links
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* [http://www.busterkeaton.com/bio1.htm Keaton biography]
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