Buster Keaton

Known For: Directing
Born: October 3, 1895
Place of Birth: Piqua, Kansas, USA
Died: February 1, 1966

Buster Keaton

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname The Great Stone Face. He was recognized as the seventh-greatest director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Keaton the 21st-greatest male star of all time.

Filmography

A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride

2026 · Self (Archival)

The folks of the valley

The folks of the valley

2025 · Charlie chaplin

Hodgepodge

2025 · Self (archive footage)

Stunts: A Taste for Risk

2023 · Various Roles (archive footage)

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

2020 · archive footage

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

2020 · Self (archive footage)

Barney's Wall

2019 · Self (archive footage)

The Image Book

2018 · (archive footage)

Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood

2016 · Self

Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends

2016 · (archive footage)

Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died

2016 · Self (archive footage)

Notfilm

2015 · Self (archive footage)

You Have to Live Somewhere

2014 · (archive footage)

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

2011 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Smelly Janitor

2008 · Thanks

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

2007 · (archive footage)

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

2007 · Self (archive footage)

Legends

2006 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Silent Clowns

2006 · Self(archive footage)

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts

2006 · (archive footage)

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

2004 · Self (archive footage)

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

2000 · Self (archive footage)

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

1999 · (archive footage)

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995 · Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994 · (archive footage)

100 Years at the Movies

1994 · Self (archive footage)

Funny Business

1992 · (archive footage)

Dance Crazy in Hollywood

1990 · Self - Actor (archive footage)

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

1987 · Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984 · (archive footage)

The Hollywood Clowns

1979 · (archive footage)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 · Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · (archive footage)

It's Showtime

1976 · Self (archive footage)

Hooray for Hollywood

1976 · Self (archive footage)

The Three Stooges Follies

1974 · Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton

1970 · Self (archival footage)

4 Clowns

1970 · (archive footage)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966 · Erronius

The Scribe

1966 · Journalist

War Italian Style

1965 · Gen. von Kassler

Salute to Stan Laurel

Salute to Stan Laurel

1965 · Self

Buster Keaton Rides Again

1965 · Self

Film

1965 · The Man

Sergeant Deadhead

1965 · Airman Blinken

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

1965 · Bwana

The Railrodder

1965 · The Man, Director

Beach Blanket Bingo

1965 · Buster

Pajama Party

1964 · Chief Rotten Eagle

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)

The Hollywood Palace

1964 · Self

The Sound of Laughter

1963 · Elmer Butts

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963 · Jimmy the Crook

Burke's Law

1963 · Mortimer Lovely

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

30 Years of Fun

1963 · (archive footage)

The Triumph of Lester Snapwell

1963 · Lester Snapwell

There's No Business Like No Business

1963 · Self

The Great Chase

1962

Simon Pure Beer

1962 · Self

Crazy Days

1962 · Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

Langlois-Keaton à Paris

Langlois-Keaton à Paris

1962 · Self

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

1962 · Self

The Home Owner

1961 · The Home Owner

The Devil to Pay

1960 · Diablos

Route 66

1960

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1960 · Lion Tamer

When Comedy Was King

1960 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lifetime of Comedy

1960 · (archive footage)

The Twilight Zone

1959 · Woodrow Mulligan

The Donna Reed Show

1958

The Adventures of Mr. Pastry

1958 · Professor

No Time at All

1958 · Harrison

The Buster Keaton Story

1957 · Technical Advisor

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 · Train Conductor

Playhouse 90

1956 · Harrison

The Rosemary Clooney Show

The Rosemary Clooney Show

1956 · Self

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955 · Kelsey Dutton

The Awakening

1954 · The Man

L'Incantevole nemica

1953 · Baker's Apprentice in Play

Limelight

1952 · Calvero's Partner

This Is Your Life

1952 · Self

Paradise for Buster

1952 · Buster

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951 · (archive footage)

Life with Buster Keaton

1951

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton

1950 · Buster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · Self

Sunset Boulevard

1950 · Buster Keaton

What's My Line?

1950 · Self

In the Good Old Summertime

1949 · Hickey, Additional Writing, Screenplay

You're My Everything

1949 · Butler

The Lovable Cheat

1949 · Goulard

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

A Duel to the Death

1947 · The First Fisherman

Boom in the Moon

1946

God's Country

1946 · Old Tarp / Mr. Boone

She Went to the Races

1945 · Bellboy (uncredited)

That Night with You

1945 · Sam - Short Order Cook

That's the Spirit

1945 · L.M.

San Diego I Love You

1944 · Bus Driver

Take It or Leave It

1944 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bathing Beauty

1944 · Creative Consultant

Forever and a Day

1943 · Wilkins

She's Oil Mine

1941 · Buster Waters, plumber

General Nuisance

1941 · Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

1941 · Self

So You Won't Squawk

1941 · Eddie

His Ex Marks the Spot

1940 · Buster - the husband

Li'l Abner

1940 · Lonesome Polecat

The Villain Still Pursued Her

1940 · William Dalton

The Spook Speaks

1940 · Buster

The Taming of the Snood

1940 · Buster Keaton

New Moon

1940 · Prisoner - 'LuLu'

Pardon My Berth Marks

1940 · Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy

Nothing But Pleasure

1940 · Clarence Plunkett

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939 · Buster Keaton

Quick Millions

1939 · Story

Mooching Through Georgia

1939 · Homer Cobb, Writer

Pest from the West

1939 · Sir, Writer

The Jones Family in Hollywood

1939 · Story

Hollywood Hobbies

1939 · Self (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle

1938 · Creative Consultant

Streamlined Swing

1938 · Director

Hollywood Handicap

1938 · Director

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

1938 · Director

Love Nest on Wheels

1937 · Elmer, Director

Ditto

1937 · The Forgotten Man

Jail Bait

1937

Mixed Magic

1936 · Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth, Director

The Chemist

1936 · Elmer Triple

Blue Blazes

1936 · Elmer, Director

Grand Slam Opera

1936 · Elmer Butts, Writer, Director

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

1936 · Self

Three on a Limb

1936 · Elmer Brown

The Invader

1936 · Leander Proudfoot

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

1935 · Self

The Timid Young Man

1935 · Milton

The E-Flat Man

1935 · Elmer

Tars and Stripes

1935 · Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle, Director

Hayseed Romance

1935 · Elmer Dolittle

One Run Elmer

1935 · Elmer

Palooka from Paducah

1935 · Jim Diltz

The King of the Champs-Élysées

1934 · Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré

Allez Oop

1934 · Elmer, Director

The Gold Ghost

1934 · Wally, Director

What! No Beer?

1933 · Elmer J. Butts

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

1933 · Self

Plumber in love

1932 · Elmer E. Tuttle, Producer

Speak Easily

1932 · Professor Post, Producer

The Passionate Plumber

1932 · Elmer E. Tuttle

Casanova Against His Will

1931 · Reggie Irving, Producer

Sidewalks of New York

1931 · Harmon

Buster se marie

1931 · Reggie Irving, Producer

We’re Switching to Hollywood

1931 · Self

The Stolen Jools

1931 · Policeman

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

1931 · Reginald Irving, Producer

Forward, March!

1930

Doughboys

1930 · Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr., Story

Estrellados

1930 · Canuto Cuadratin

The Voice of Hollywood

The Voice of Hollywood

1930

Free and Easy

1930 · Elmer, Producer

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929 · Self / Princess Raja

Spite Marriage

1929 · Elmer, Producer

Tide of Empire

1929 · Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

The Baby Cyclone

1928 · Stunt Double (uncredited)

The Cameraman

1928 · Buster, Producer

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1928 · William 'Willie' Canfield Jr., Director, Screenplay

Character Studies

1927 · Self (uncredited)

College

1927 · Ronald, The Boy

Life in Hollywood No. 1

1927 · Self

The General

1926 · Johnnie Gray, Producer, Screenplay, Director, Editor, Stunts

Battling Butler

1926 · Alfred Butler, Director, Producer

Go West

1925 · Friendless, Director, Producer, Writer

The Iron Mule

1925 · Indian (uncredited)

Seven Chances

1925 · James 'Jimmie' Shannon, Director, Producer, Editor

The Navigator

1924 · Rollo Treadway, Director, Editor, Producer

Sherlock Jr.

1924 · Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr., Director, Producer, Editor

Our Hospitality

1923 · William McKay, Producer, Director, Stunts

Three Ages

1923 · The Boy, Director, Writer, Producer

The Love Nest

1923 · Buster Keaton, Writer, Director

The Balloonatic

1923 · The Young Man, Director, Writer

Day Dreams

1922 · The Young Man, Director, Writer

Seeing Stars

1922 · Self

The Electric House

1922 · Buster, Director, Writer

The Frozen North

1922 · The Bad Man, Director, Writer

The Blacksmith

1922 · Blacksmith's Assistant, Director, Writer

My Wife's Relations

1922 · The Husband, Director, Writer

Cops

1922 · The Young Man, Editor, Writer, Director

The Paleface

1922 · Little Chief Paleface, Director, Writer

The Boat

1921 · The Boat Builder, Director, Writer

The Play House

1921 · Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand, Writer, Director

The Goat

1921 · The Goat, Director, Writer

The High Sign

1921 · Our Hero, Director, Writer

Hard Luck

1921 · Suicidal Boy, Director, Writer

The Haunted House

1921 · Bank Clerk, Director, Writer

Neighbors

1920 · The Boy, Director, Writer

The Scarecrow

1920 · Farmhand, Director, Writer

Convict 13

1920 · Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard, Director, Editor, Writer

The Round-Up

1920 · Indian (uncredited)

The Saphead

1920 · Bertie Van Alstyne, Writer

One Week

1920 · The Groom, Director, Editor, Writer

The Garage

1920 · Mechanic / Fireman

The Hayseed

1919 · Manager, General Store

Back Stage

1919 · Stagehand

The Cook

1918 · The Waiter (uncredited)

Good Night, Nurse!

1918 · Dr. Hampton

Moonshine

1918 · Revenue Agent, Editor

The Bell Boy

1918 · Bellboy

Out West

1918 · Sheriff, Saloon Owner

A Country Hero

1917 · Vaudeville Artist

Coney Island

1917 · Rival / Cop with Moustache

Oh, Doctor!

1917 · Junior Holepoke

His Wedding Night

1917 · Delivery boy

The Rough House

1917 · Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop, Writer, Director

A Reckless Romeo

1917 · Blind Organ Grinder

The Butcher Boy

1917 · Buster

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