Buster Keaton Junior, born Joseph Talmadge Keaton on June 2nd, 1922 in Los Angeles, California, was the son of comic actor Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (1895-1966), best known as "Buster Keaton" and silent screen actress Natalie Talmadge (1898-1969). Buster Jr. had a younger brother, Robert Talmadge Keaton (1924-2009). His mother's sisters, Norma and Constance Talmadge, were also well known actresses.
Buster Junior was a sometimes actor, like his parents. He acted in "Our Hospitality" (1923) - he played the infant, age one, in his father's movie - and "This Is Your Life" (1950).
Buster Junior married Barbara Jane Tichenor (1943 - 2007) and they had four children: Michael, Mark, Melissa, and Jim Talmadge. Buster Jr.'s mother changed his last name, as well as his brother's, to Talmadge (from Keaton) after his parents divorced. After the divorce, she refused to have Buster Keaton's name mentioned in her presence. This lead to an estrangement between father Buster and his sons.
When Buster Junior and his brother Robert Talmadge Keaton were teenagers, they swam in the Pacific Ocean with their next door neighbor, Johnny Weissmuller (who played "Tarzan.") Imagine having Tarzan as a swimming companion! See Buster Keaton Jr: Obituary.
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