The grandaddy of actors willing to perform their own stunts is without a doubt Buster Keaton, who made a cameo appearance in a film earlier on this list, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Like Charlie Chaplin, Keaton had a background in vaudeville but chose to apply his skills to an altogether more dangerous brand of physical comedy. While The General is arguably his greatest film, the stunts in Steamboat Bill Jr. has gone down in history as some of his finest work. It features one of the most famous stunts in history - as Keaton finds himself caught up in the midst of a storm, everything starts to fall apart around him. Here's the classic stunt - often mimicked but never bettered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LdY0ROdpp4
