Buster Keaton, a legendary film star of the 1920’s, was known for his deadpan expressions and for his stunts which he performed himself. (no acting insurance in those days)  Once he had a stunt for a railroad water-tank scene in Sherlock Jr. where he broke his neck when a torrent of water fell on him from a water tower. Keaton was so tough that he didn’t realize it until years afterwards.

He had one stunt that was the dumbest craziest by any actor ever. It was in the film  Steamboat Bill Jr. in which Keaton had to run into a shot and stand still on an exact spot. Then, the front section of a two-story building (all two tons of it) fell on-top of him. Keaton’s character was saved by going through an open window of the house. The actor had only a mere few inches of clearance in the window,  if he missed his mark it would have meant instant death.

Here is the clip from his infamous scene:

-lucien desar