How tall was Buster Keaton?

Buster Keaton is commonly listed at 5 ft 5 in (165 cm).

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Buster Keaton’s 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) is short for a US man: about 10 in 100 US men are shorter.

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Buster Keaton is one of the shorter film directors we have heights for: Rob Reiner (6 ft 2 in) stands 9 in (23 cm) taller and Lena Dunham (5 ft 3 in) is 2 in (5 cm) shorter.

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5 ft 5 in (165 cm)

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Buster Keaton, 5 ft 5 in (165 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)