Buster Keaton (1895-1966) began his stage career as a three-year-old and in 1917 began cinematic collaborations with comedian Fatty Arbuckle. From 1920, he starred in and directed first short slapstick comedies, then ten full-length feature films that made him world famous between 1923 and 1928 as "Stoneface," the "man who never laughs." Downgraded to "gagman" in the sound film, he made famous coming-of-age appearances in Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) and Chaplin's LIMELIGHT (1952), among others. + Edward F. Cline (1892-1961) joined Keystone Studios in 1914 as an actor and gag supplier, working with Chaplin before making his debut as a director of short slapstick comedies in 1916. Beginning in 1920, Buster Keaton regularly called on him to co-direct his 19 to 1923 short films. After 1932, W. C. Fields in particular was the star of his sound films, on which many Keystone veterans collaborated.

Buster Keaton (1895-1966) began his stage career as a three-year-old and in 1917 began cinematic collaborations with comedian Fatty Arbuckle. From 1920, he starred in and directed first short slapstick comedies, then ten full-length feature films that made him world famous between 1923 and 1928 as "Stoneface," the "man who never laughs." Downgraded to "gagman" in the sound film, he made famous coming-of-age appearances in Billy Wilder's SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) and Chaplin's LIMELIGHT (1952), among others. + Edward F. Cline (1892-1961) joined Keystone Studios in 1914 as an actor and gag supplier, working with Chaplin before making his debut as a director of short slapstick comedies in 1916. Beginning in 1920, Buster Keaton regularly called on him to co-direct his 19 to 1923 short films. After 1932, W. C. Fields in particular was the star of his sound films, on which many Keystone veterans collaborated.