Joe Keaton
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| Born | Joseph Francis Keaton July 6, 1867 Terre Haute, Indiana, USA |
| Died | January 13, 1946 (aged 78) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Myra Keaton |
Joe Keaton (July 6, 1867 – January 13, 1946) was an American silent film actor and the father of actor Buster Keaton. He was of Scottish and Irish heritage.
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Joe Keaton was born Joseph Hallie Keaton a few miles south of Terre Haute, Indiana; Keaton was born to Joseph and Libbie Jane Keaton. Joe and his wife Myra were both grade-Z vaudeville performers in the late 1800s. Joe and Myra's first son/child was Joseph Frank Keaton, who became known as the silent film actor Buster 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 an alcoholic, which forced Buster to quit the act by the time he was a teenager. However, after he hit it big in silent 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 a Hollywood hotel for many years and was said to have stopped drinking after becoming a Christian 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 on May 31 in 1894, together they had 3 children including Buster Keaton, Harry Keaton and Louise Keaton, he is also the father-in-law of Buster's third wife Eleanor Keaton, and grandfather of Jimmy and Bobby Keaton, and became a deceased great-grandfather in the 1950s in which his great-grandchildren (Jimmy Keaton's children) where born, and finally became a deceased great-great-grandfather in the 1980s when William G. Keaton was born in 1985 to one of Jimmy Keaton's children.
Joe Keaton was of Scottish and Irish heritage, and also his wife Myra was of British and German heritage.
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Joe Keaton died on January 10, 1946, in Ventura County, California, according to the Internet 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.
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| Film | Year | Character |
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| Palooka from Paducah | 1935 | Pa Diltz |
| Evelyn Prentice | 1934 | Undertermined Role (uncredited) |
| The General | 1927 | Union general |
| Go West | 1925 | Man in Barber Shop (uncredited) |
| Sherlock, Jr. | 1924 | Her father |
| Our Hospitality | 1923 | The Engineer |
| Daydreams | 1922 | The Girls Father (uncredited) |
| The Electric House | 1922 | Extra (uncredited) |
| Neighbors | 1920 | His father |
| The Scarecrow | 1920 | Farmer (uncredited) |
| Convict 13 | 1920 | Prisoner |
| The Bell Boy | 1918 | Guest |
| Out West | 1918 | Man on train |
| A Country Hero | 1917 | Cy Klone, Garage Owner |
