Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Buster Keaton across 5 places, from 1895 to 1966.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Buster Keaton is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Buster Keaton was documented, and when
4 October 1895exact date
Piqua, Kansasattested“Keaton was born on October 4, 1895, into a vaudeville family in Piqua, Kansas, the small town that his mother, Myra Keaton (née Cutler), was visiting at the time.”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
February 1917month
New Yorkattested“Keaton spent the summers of 1908–1916 "at the 'Actor's Colony' in the Bluffton neighborhood of Muskegon, Michigan, along with other famous vaudevillians." In February 1917, he met Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle at the Talmadge Studios in New Yo…”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
February 1917month
New York Cityattested“Keaton spent the summers of 1908–1916 "at the 'Actor's Colony' in the Bluffton neighborhood of Muskegon, Michigan, along with other famous vaudevillians." In February 1917, he met Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle at the Talmadge Studios in New Yo…”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
1966year
Torontoattested“Keaton's final appearance on film was in The Scribe, a 1966 safety film produced in Toronto by the Construction Safety Associations of Ontario: he died shortly after completing it.”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
1 February 1966exact date
Woodland Hills, Los Angelesattested“He died of lung cancer on February 1, 1966, aged 70, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
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1899year
Wilmington, Delawarementioned“He first appeared on stage in 1899 in Wilmington, Delaware.”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
1926year
Beverly Hills, Californiamentioned“in 1926 to build a estate in Beverly Hills for $300,000 ($5,141,000 in 2024).”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
1934year
Parismentioned“In 1934, Keaton accepted an offer to make an independent film in Paris, Le Roi des Champs-Élysées; it was not released in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
1934year
United Statesmentioned“In 1934, Keaton accepted an offer to make an independent film in Paris, Le Roi des Champs-Élysées; it was not released in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
1946 to 1986period
United Statesmentioned“He made his last starring feature, El Moderno Barba Azul (1946), in Mexico; the film was a low-budget production, and it may not have been seen in the United States until its release on VHS videotape in 1986, under the title Boom in the…”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
1946 to 1986period
Mexicomentioned“He made his last starring feature, El Moderno Barba Azul (1946), in Mexico; the film was a low-budget production, and it may not have been seen in the United States until its release on VHS videotape in 1986, under the title Boom in the…”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
1947 to 1954period
Parismentioned“Between 1947 and 1954, the couple appeared regularly in the Cirque Medrano in Paris as a double act.”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
1962year
Buffalo, New Yorkmentioned“In a series of pantomime television commercials for Simon Pure Beer made in 1962 by Jim Mohr in Buffalo, New York, Keaton revisited some of the gags from his silent-film days.”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
1964year
Canadamentioned“During the autumn of 1964 Keaton was in Canada, starring in the color featurette The Railrodder for the National Film Board of Canada.”source: Wikipedia: Buster Keaton
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explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
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