About
Buster Keaton
Overview
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.
Known for
Acting |
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| 2025 | Hodgepodge | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2023 | Stunts: A Taste for Risk | Actor | Various Roles (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Navigators | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2022 | A Possible Future... | Actor | Archival Footage | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Barney's Wall | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | The Image Book | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Great Buster: A Celebration | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2016 | Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2015 | Notfilm | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Bad 25 | Actor | Ronald, The Boy (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic | Actor | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Spisok korabley | Actor | (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Edge of Outside | Actor | Buster (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2006 | Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Industrial Strength Keaton | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One | Actor | Various | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two | Actor | Various | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Jackie Chan: My Story | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1992 | Funny Business | Actor | (archive footage) | 70 Good |
| 1990 | Dance Crazy in Hollywood | Actor | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1987 | Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 69 Fair |
| 1986 | Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | The Hollywood Clowns | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1976 | It's Showtime | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | Actor | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1970 | 4 Clowns | Actor | (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Actor | Erronius | 59 Average |
| 1966 | The Scribe | Actor | Journalist | 59 Average |
| 1965 | War Italian Style | Actor | Gen. von Kassler | 58 Average |
| 1965 | Salute to Stan Laurel | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1965 | Buster Keaton Rides Again | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1965 | Film | Actor | The Man | 60 Fair |
| 1965 | Sergeant Deadhead | Actor | Airman Blinken | 58 Average |
| 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini | Actor | Bwana | 58 Average |
| 1965 | The Railrodder | Actor | The Man | 59 Average |
| 1965 | Beach Blanket Bingo | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1964 | Pajama Party | Actor | Chief Rotten Eagle | 58 Average |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Actor | Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1963 | The Sound of Laughter | Actor | Elmer Butts | 59 Average |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Actor | Jimmy the Crook | 64 Fair |
| 1963 | 30 Years of Fun | Actor | (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 1963 | There's No Business Like No Business | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1963 | The Triumph of Lester Snapwell | Actor | Lester Snapwell | 59 Average |
| 1962 | Simon Pure Beer | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1962 | Crazy Days | Actor | Various (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1962 | Langlois-Keaton à Paris | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1962 | The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1961 | The Home Owner | Actor | The Home Owner | 58 Average |
| 1960 | The Devil to Pay | Actor | Diablos | N/A N/A |
| 1960 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Actor | Lion Tamer | 59 Average |
| 1960 | When Comedy Was King | Actor | edited from 'Cops' (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1960 | Lifetime of Comedy | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1958 | The Adventures of Mr. Pastry | Actor | Professor | N/A N/A |
| 1958 | No Time at All | Actor | Harrison | N/A N/A |
| 1956 | Around the World in Eighty Days | Actor | Train Conductor | 62 Fair |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Actor | Buster Keaton | N/A N/A |
| 1955 | The Silent Partner | Actor | Kelsey Dutton | N/A N/A |
| 1955 | The Silent Partner | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1954 | The Awakening | Actor | The Man | 59 Average |
| 1953 | L'Incantevole nemica | Actor | L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre | 59 Average |
| 1952 | Limelight | Actor | Calvero's Partner | 69 Fair |
| 1952 | Paradise for Buster | Actor | Buster | N/A N/A |
| 1951 | The Slappiest Days of Our Lives | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1951 | Life with Buster Keaton | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1950 | The Misadventures of Buster Keaton | Actor | Buster | 59 Average |
| 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Actor | Buster Keaton | 79 Good |
| 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime | Actor | Hickey | 59 Average |
| 1949 | You're My Everything | Actor | Butler | 58 Average |
| 1949 | The Lovable Cheat | Actor | Goulard | 59 Average |
| 1947 | A Duel to the Death | Actor | The First Fisherman | N/A N/A |
| 1946 | Boom in the Moon | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1946 | God's Country | Actor | Old Tarp / Mr. Boone | 59 Average |
| 1945 | She Went to the Races | Actor | Bellboy (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1945 | That Night with You | Actor | Sam - Short Order Cook | N/A N/A |
| 1945 | That's the Spirit | Actor | L.M. | 59 Average |
| 1944 | San Diego I Love You | Actor | Bus Driver | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Take It or Leave It | Actor | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Actor | Wilkins | 59 Average |
| 1941 | She's Oil Mine | Actor | Buster Waters, plumber | 59 Average |
| 1941 | General Nuisance | Actor | Peter Hedley Lamar Jr. | 59 Average |
| 1941 | Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1941 | So You Won't Squawk | Actor | Eddie | 59 Average |
| 1940 | His Ex Marks the Spot | Actor | Buster - the husband | 58 Average |
| 1940 | Li'l Abner | Actor | Lonesome Polecat | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Li'l Abner | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1940 | The Villain Still Pursued Her | Actor | William Dalton | 58 Average |
| 1940 | The Spook Speaks | Actor | Buster | 59 Average |
| 1940 | The Taming of the Snood | Actor | Buster Keaton | 59 Average |
| 1940 | New Moon | Actor | Prisoner - 'LuLu' | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Pardon My Berth Marks | Actor | Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Nothing But Pleasure | Actor | Clarence Plunkett | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade | Actor | Buster Keaton | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Mooching Through Georgia | Actor | Homer Cobb | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Pest from the West | Actor | Sir | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Love Nest on Wheels | Actor | Elmer | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Ditto | Actor | The Forgotten Man | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Jail Bait | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 1936 | Mixed Magic | Actor | Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth | 59 Average |
| 1936 | The Chemist | Actor | Elmer Triple | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Blue Blazes | Actor | Elmer | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Grand Slam Opera | Actor | Elmer Butts | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Three on a Limb | Actor | Elmer Brown | 59 Average |
| 1936 | The Invader | Actor | Leander Proudfoot | 58 Average |
| 1935 | La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1935 | The Timid Young Man | Actor | Milton | 58 Average |
| 1935 | The E-Flat Man | Actor | Elmer | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Tars and Stripes | Actor | Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Hayseed Romance | Actor | Elmer Dolittle | 58 Average |
| 1935 | One Run Elmer | Actor | Elmer | 58 Average |
| 1935 | Palooka from Paducah | Actor | Jim Diltz | 58 Average |
| 1934 | The King of the Champs-Élysées | Actor | Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré | 59 Average |
| 1934 | Allez Oop | Actor | Elmer | 59 Average |
| 1934 | The Gold Ghost | Actor | Wally | 58 Average |
| 1933 | What! No Beer? | Actor | Elmer J. Butts | 58 Average |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Speak Easily | Actor | Professor Post | 59 Average |
| 1932 | The Passionate Plumber | Actor | Elmer E. Tuttle | 58 Average |
| 1931 | Casanova wider Willen | Actor | Reggie Irving | N/A N/A |
| 1931 | Sidewalks of New York | Actor | Harmon | 59 Average |
| 1931 | We're switching to Hollywood | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Actor | Policeman | 58 Average |
| 1931 | Parlor, Bedroom and Bath | Actor | Reginald Irving | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Forward, March! | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1930 | Doughboys | Actor | Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr. | 59 Average |
| 1930 | Estrellados | Actor | Canuto Cuadratin | N/A N/A |
| 1930 | The Voice of Hollywood | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1930 | Free and Easy | Actor | Elmer | 59 Average |
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Actor | Self / Princess Raja | 58 Average |
| 1929 | Spite Marriage | Actor | Elmer | 59 Average |
| 1929 | Tide of Empire | Actor | Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1928 | The Baby Cyclone | Actor | Stunt Double (uncredited) | N/A N/A |
| 1928 | The Cameraman | Actor | Buster | 67 Fair |
| 1928 | Steamboat Bill, Jr. | Actor | William 'Willie' Canfield Jr. | 65 Fair |
| 1927 | Character Studies | Actor | Self (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1927 | College | Actor | Ronald, The Boy | 60 Fair |
| 1927 | Life in Hollywood No. 1 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1926 | The General | Actor | Johnnie Gray | 73 Good |
| 1926 | Battling Butler | Actor | Alfred Butler | 60 Fair |
| 1925 | Go West | Actor | Friendless | 60 Fair |
| 1925 | The Iron Mule | Actor | Indian (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1925 | Seven Chances | Actor | James 'Jimmie' Shannon | 64 Fair |
| 1924 | The Navigator | Actor | Rollo Treadway | 62 Fair |
| 1924 | Sherlock Jr. | Actor | Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr. | 73 Good |
| 1923 | Our Hospitality | Actor | William McKay | 64 Fair |
| 1923 | Three Ages | Actor | The Boy | 60 Fair |
| 1923 | The Love Nest | Actor | Buster Keaton | 60 Fair |
| 1923 | The Balloonatic | Actor | The Young Man | 59 Average |
| 1922 | Day Dreams | Actor | The Young Man | 59 Average |
| 1922 | Seeing Stars | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1922 | The Electric House | Actor | Buster | 60 Fair |
| 1922 | The Frozen North | Actor | The Bad Man | 59 Average |
| 1922 | The Blacksmith | Actor | Blacksmith's Assistant | 60 Fair |
| 1922 | My Wife's Relations | Actor | The Husband | 59 Average |
| 1922 | Cops | Actor | The Young Man | 62 Fair |
| 1922 | The Paleface | Actor | Little Chief Paleface | 59 Average |
| 1921 | The Boat | Actor | The Boat Builder | 60 Fair |
| 1921 | The Play House | Actor | Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand | 60 Fair |
| 1921 | The Goat | Actor | The Goat | 61 Fair |
| 1921 | The High Sign | Actor | Our Hero | 61 Fair |
| 1921 | Hard Luck | Actor | Suicidal Boy | 60 Fair |
| 1921 | The Haunted House | Actor | Bank Clerk | 60 Fair |
| 1920 | Neighbors | Actor | The Boy | 61 Fair |
| 1920 | The Scarecrow | Actor | Farmhand | 62 Fair |
| 1920 | Convict 13 | Actor | Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard | 60 Fair |
| 1920 | The Round-Up | Actor | Indian (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1920 | The Saphead | Actor | Bertie Van Alstyne | 58 Average |
| 1920 | One Week | Actor | The Groom | 65 Fair |
| 1920 | The Garage | Actor | Mechanic / Fireman | 59 Average |
| 1919 | The Hayseed | Actor | Manager, General Store | 58 Average |
| 1919 | Back Stage | Actor | Stagehand | 59 Average |
| 1918 | The Cook | Actor | The Waiter (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1918 | Good Night, Nurse! | Actor | Dr. Hampton | 58 Average |
| 1918 | Moonshine | Actor | Revenue Agent | 58 Average |
| 1918 | The Bell Boy | Actor | Bellboy | 59 Average |
| 1918 | Out West | Actor | Sheriff, Saloon Owner | 59 Average |
| 1917 | Coney Island | Actor | Rival / Cop with Moustache | 59 Average |
| 1917 | Oh, Doctor! | Actor | Junior Holepoke | 58 Average |
| 1917 | His Wedding Night | Actor | Delivery boy | 58 Average |
| 1917 | The Rough House | Actor | Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop | 58 Average |
| 1917 | A Reckless Romeo | Actor | Blind Organ Grinder | 58 Average |
| 1917 | The Butcher Boy | Actor | Buster | 59 Average |
Directing |
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| 1938 | Streamlined Swing | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Hollywood Handicap | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 1938 | Life in Sometown, U.S.A. | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 1929 | Spite Marriage | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1928 | The Cameraman | Directing | Director | 67 Fair |
| 1928 | Steamboat Bill, Jr. | Directing | Director | 65 Fair |
| 1927 | College | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1926 | The General | Directing | Director | 73 Good |
| 1926 | Battling Butler | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1925 | Go West | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1925 | Seven Chances | Directing | Director | 64 Fair |
| 1924 | The Navigator | Directing | Director | 62 Fair |
| 1924 | Sherlock Jr. | Directing | Director | 73 Good |
| 1923 | Our Hospitality | Directing | Director | 64 Fair |
| 1923 | Three Ages | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1923 | The Love Nest | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1923 | The Balloonatic | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1922 | Day Dreams | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1922 | The Electric House | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1922 | The Frozen North | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1922 | The Blacksmith | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1922 | My Wife's Relations | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1922 | Cops | Directing | Director | 62 Fair |
| 1922 | The Paleface | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1921 | The Boat | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1921 | The Play House | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1921 | The Goat | Directing | Director | 61 Fair |
| 1921 | The High Sign | Directing | Director | 61 Fair |
| 1921 | Hard Luck | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1921 | The Haunted House | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1920 | Neighbors | Directing | Director | 61 Fair |
| 1920 | The Scarecrow | Directing | Director | 62 Fair |
| 1920 | Convict 13 | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1920 | One Week | Directing | Director | 65 Fair |
| 1917 | The Rough House | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Writing |
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| 1939 | Quick Millions | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Mooching Through Georgia | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Pest from the West | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 1939 | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
| 1936 | Grand Slam Opera | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 1930 | Doughboys | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
| 1926 | The General | Writing | Screenplay | 73 Good |
| 1925 | Go West | Writing | Story | 60 Fair |
| 1923 | Three Ages | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
| 1923 | The Love Nest | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
| 1923 | The Balloonatic | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 1922 | Day Dreams | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 1922 | The Electric House | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
| 1922 | The Frozen North | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 1922 | The Blacksmith | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
| 1922 | My Wife's Relations | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 1922 | Cops | Writing | Writer | 62 Fair |
| 1922 | The Paleface | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
| 1921 | The Boat | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
| 1921 | The Play House | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
| 1921 | The Goat | Writing | Writer | 61 Fair |
| 1921 | The High Sign | Writing | Writer | 61 Fair |
| 1921 | Hard Luck | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
| 1921 | The Haunted House | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
| 1920 | Neighbors | Writing | Writer | 61 Fair |
| 1920 | The Scarecrow | Writing | Writer | 62 Fair |
| 1920 | Convict 13 | Writing | Writer | 60 Fair |
| 1920 | One Week | Writing | Writer | 65 Fair |
| 1917 | The Rough House | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
Production |
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| 1932 | Speak Easily | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 1930 | Free and Easy | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 1929 | Spite Marriage | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 1928 | The Cameraman | Production | Producer | 67 Fair |
| 1926 | The General | Production | Producer | 73 Good |
| 1926 | Battling Butler | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
| 1925 | Go West | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
| 1925 | Seven Chances | Production | Producer | 64 Fair |
| 1924 | The Navigator | Production | Producer | 62 Fair |
| 1924 | Sherlock Jr. | Production | Producer | 73 Good |
| 1923 | Our Hospitality | Production | Producer | 64 Fair |
| 1923 | Three Ages | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
Crew |
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| 2008 | The Smelly Janitor | Crew | Thanks | N/A N/A |
| 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime | Crew | Additional Writing | 59 Average |
| 1926 | The General | Crew | Stunts | 73 Good |
| 1923 | Our Hospitality | Crew | Stunts | 64 Fair |
| Sniff the Milk | Crew | Thanks | N/A N/A |
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Editing |
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| 1926 | The General | Editing | Editor | 73 Good |
| 1925 | Seven Chances | Editing | Editor | 64 Fair |
| 1924 | The Navigator | Editing | Editor | 62 Fair |
| 1924 | Sherlock Jr. | Editing | Editor | 73 Good |
| 1922 | Cops | Editing | Editor | 62 Fair |
| 1920 | Convict 13 | Editing | Editor | 60 Fair |
| 1920 | One Week | Editing | Editor | 65 Fair |
| 1918 | Moonshine | Editing | Editor | 58 Average |