Joseph Hallie Keaton (July 6, 1867 – January 13, 1946) was an American vaudeville performer, eccentric dancer and silent film actor.

[1] Leaving home in 1889, the year of the Land Rush, he homesteaded in the Oklahoma territory for a time, securing a claim three and a half miles northwest of Edmond.

[3] However, after Buster found success in silent film, he supported Joe and gave him small parts in several movies.

[4] Joe Keaton died on January 13, 1946, at his home in Hollywood after a long illness, according to the New York Times.

[1] However, Buster later said he was hit by a car,[5] and state death records show that he died in Ventura.