Picture of Six-year-old Buster Keaton during a vaudeville act.

Six-year-old Buster Keaton with his parents Myra and Joe Keaton during a vaudeville act.

Date: 1901

Keaton began performing at the age of three, with his parents in The Three Keatons.

He first appeared on stage in Wilmington, Delaware in 1899. His act was mainly a comedy sketch.