Some of Buster Keaton's most amazing stunts

Music: aqua by Ryan Little

Clips used: Three Ages, Cops, Day Dreams, Sherlock Jr., One Week, Hard Luck, Neighbors, The General, Steamboat Bill, Jr., Seven Chances, Our Hospitality, The Bell Boy

[donmchoull]

For more amazing silent comedy stunts, check out my Harold Lloyd video

[SuperSaiyan-]

He is almost like an animated character. Just unbelievable.

[ThunderPants]

The fact that Buster Keaton survived into old age is nothing short of miraculous.

[bastlake]

Some of this stuff is literally 100 years old and I still can't figure how they did it. Simply amazing.

[RochelleHasTooManyHobbies]

He verbally mentions it in this video, but Buster Keaton started practicing physical comedy stunts at around 4 years old. His family was part of a vaudeville act they co-owned with Houdini, and his dad (as part of the act, with no real malice and not a single recollected injury from Keaton himself) would throw him at walls, into the orchestra, off the stage, etc.

He credits that very early training with his success, but his family BARELY got away with it in the 1890s (his father was actually arrested multiple times for abuse after the audience saw the show, which Keaton had always fully rejected, asserting very firmly it was all for the act).

[lucy]

The fact that all of these things used to be done in real time just makes it even more amazing. Incredibly dangerous work executed so perfectly and with style.... what a legend.

[JanMike]

Keaton risked his life in every scene of every film; that he survived all these stunts is miraculous.

[HuwDouglasEvans]

If you're not amazed by his stunts, you need to watch them again. Astounding.

[Sniperboy]

Easily one of the most legendary actors to ever exist. It’s a shame that so many modern people don’t understand what it took to do what he did way back when. He will always be a legend.

[abloogywoogywoo]

To impress Harry Houdini and inspire Jackie Chan, you have to be a legend.

[TheStockwell]

0:55 As historian David MacLeod explains, "He grabbed the water spout, it slowly came down and the force of the water knocked him down on to the railway line. In the film he got up and ran away, but he said for about two or three weeks afterwards he was getting these terrible headaches”.

Remarkably, unbeknownst to the actor, Keaton had broken his neck and only noticed the injury 30 years later when the doctor performed an X-ray and revealed the shocking news.

[leer.watson]

42 years old. Right now (literally) is first time I’m hearing about this man and his work. All because it appeared on my YouTube feed. Makes me wonder how many other extraordinary people or events are out there….

[williamjameslehy]

Keaton was one of the greatest performers to ever live. Without speaking a single word he made timeless comedy that can make anyone, from anywhere, born in any year laugh until it hurts.

[aurona]

The stunt on the front of the train still makes me tense up even after seeing it hundreds of times.
Utter genius.

[umakantachhatria]

Without CGI etc, his stunts and effects seems flawless and amazing even today

[johnnydollar]

The sheer athleticism of this man's stunts is just awe inspiring.

[PCG]

The waterfall clip was absolutely amazing!! Never seen this before. What a legend!!

[Grapefruit]

Just by looking at this 5 min of clips he's the greatest stuntman of all time.

[cycleSCUBA]

It's not 'just' the jaw-dropping stunts but that facial expression and the body movements to enhance the effect yet more.
A Genius.
He should be awarded a posthumous Oscar for such a significant contribution to the action film.

[swayjaayy]

How he did some of these is nothing short of amazing. No cgi and elaborate harnesses and wires for the most part. A true G.O.A.T