Buster Keaton
Known for directing · Born 3 October 1895 · Died 1 February 1966 · aged 70 · Piqua, Kansas, USA
269 credits
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
The General
1926
Sherlock Jr.
1924
The Cameraman
1928
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928
Seven Chances
1925
One Week
1920
Our Hospitality
1923
The Navigator
1924
Cops
1922
The Goat
1921
The Scarecrow
1920
Neighbors
1920
Acting (208)
2026A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last RideSelf (Archival)Film
2026Bound for Glory: The General as Keaton's Cinematic ManifestoSelf (Archival)Film
2025HodgepodgeSelf (archive footage)Film
2023Stunts: A Taste for RiskVarious Roles (archive footage)Film
2021The Real Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2020Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Libertyarchive footageFilm
2020Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton ComediesSelf (archive footage)Film
2019Barney's WallSelf (archive footage)Film
2018The Image Book(archive footage)Film
2016Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by HollywoodSelfFilm
2016Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends(archive footage)Film
2016Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown DiedSelf (archive footage)Film
2015NotfilmSelf (archive footage)Film
2014You Have to Live Somewhere(archive footage)Film
2011Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and MagicSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2007The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to TalkSelf (archive footage)Film
2007Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen(archive footage)Film
2006LegendsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)Series
2006Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts(archive footage)Film
2004So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGMSelf (archive footage)Film
2000Lucille Ball: Finding LucySelf (archive footage)Film
1999Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults(archive footage)Film
1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelf (archive footage)Film
1994That's Entertainment! III(archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1992Funny Business(archive footage) · 6 episodesSeries
1990Dance Crazy in HollywoodSelf - Actor (archive footage)Film
1987Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to FollowSelf (archive footage) · 3 episodesSeries
1984Going Hollywood: The '30s(archive footage)Film
1980HollywoodSelf (archive footage), Self (archive footage, uncredited)Series
1979The Hollywood Clowns(archive footage)Film
1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1976It's ShowtimeSelf (archive footage)Film
1976Hooray for HollywoodSelf (archive footage)Film
1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy(archive footage)Film
1974That's Entertainment!(archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1974The Three Stooges FolliesClarence Plunkett (archive footage)Film
19704 Clowns(archive footage)Film
1970The Metaphysics of Buster KeatonSelf (archival footage)Film
1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumErroniusFilm
1966The ScribeJournalistFilm
1965FilmThe ManFilm
1965The RailrodderThe ManFilm
1965Beach Blanket BingoBusterFilm
1965How to Stuff a Wild BikiniBwanaFilm
1965Buster Keaton Rides AgainSelfFilm
1965War Italian StyleGen. von KasslerFilm
1965Sergeant DeadheadAirman BlinkenFilm
1965Salute to Stan LaurelSelfFilm
1964Pajama PartyChief Rotten EagleFilm
1964The Big Parade of ComedyBuster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)Film
1964The Hollywood PalaceSelfSeries
1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldJimmy the CrookFilm
1963Burke's LawMortimer LovelySeries
1963The Triumph of Lester SnapwellLester SnapwellFilm
196330 Years of Fun(archive footage)Film
1963The Sound of LaughterElmer ButtsFilm
1963The Greatest Show on EarthSeries
1963There's No Business Like No BusinessSelfFilm
1962The Great ChaseFilm
1962Crazy DaysVarious (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersSelfFilm
1962Simon Pure BeerSelfFilm
1962Langlois-Keaton à ParisSelfFilm
1961The Home OwnerThe Home OwnerFilm
1960The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnLion TamerFilm
1960Route 66Series
1960When Comedy Was King(archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1960Lifetime of Comedy(archive footage)Film
1960The Devil to PayDiablosFilm
1959The Twilight ZoneWoodrow MulliganSeries
1958The Donna Reed Show · 2 episodesSeries
1958No Time at AllHarrisonFilm
1958The Adventures of Mr. PastryProfessorFilm
1956Around the World in 80 DaysTrain ConductorFilm
1956Playhouse 90HarrisonSeries
1956The Rosemary Clooney ShowSelfSeries
1955Screen Director's PlayhouseKelsey DuttonSeries
1954The AwakeningThe ManFilm
1953L'Incantevole nemicaBaker's Apprentice in PlayFilm
1952LimelightCalvero's PartnerFilm
1952This Is Your LifeSelfSeries
1952Paradise for BusterBusterFilm
1951Life with Buster KeatonFilm
1951The Slappiest Days of Our Lives(archive footage)Film
1950Sunset BoulevardBuster KeatonFilm
1950What's My Line?Self · 2 episodesSeries
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelfSeries
1950The Misadventures of Buster KeatonBusterFilm
1949In the Good Old SummertimeHickeyFilm
1949You're My EverythingButlerFilm
1949The Lovable CheatGoulardFilm
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 6 episodesSeries
1947A Duel to the DeathThe First FishermanFilm
1946Boom in the MoonFilm
1946God's CountryOld Tarp / Mr. BooneFilm
1945She Went to the RacesBellboy (uncredited)Film
1945That's the SpiritL.M.Film
1945That Night with YouSam - Short Order CookFilm
1944San Diego I Love YouBus DriverFilm
1944Take It or Leave It(archive footage) (uncredited)Film
1943Forever and a DayWilkinsFilm
1941So You Won't SquawkEddieFilm
1941General NuisancePeter Hedley Lamar Jr.Film
1941She's Oil MineBuster Waters, plumberFilm
1941Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1SelfFilm
1940Li'l AbnerLonesome PolecatFilm
1940The Villain Still Pursued HerWilliam DaltonFilm
1940His Ex Marks the SpotBuster - the husbandFilm
1940New MoonPrisoner - 'LuLu'Film
1940The Spook SpeaksBusterFilm
1940Nothing But PleasureClarence PlunkettFilm
1940The Taming of the SnoodBuster KeatonFilm
1940Pardon My Berth MarksElmer - Newspaper CopyboyFilm
1939Mooching Through GeorgiaHomer CobbFilm
1939Hollywood HobbiesSelf (uncredited)Film
1939Hollywood CavalcadeBuster KeatonFilm
1939Pest from the WestSirFilm
1937Jail BaitFilm
1937Love Nest on WheelsElmerFilm
1937DittoThe Forgotten ManFilm
1936Grand Slam OperaElmer ButtsFilm
1936The ChemistElmer TripleFilm
1936Blue BlazesElmerFilm
1936Mixed MagicElmer 'Happy' ButterworthFilm
1936Three on a LimbElmer BrownFilm
1936The InvaderLeander ProudfootFilm
1936Sunkist Stars at Palm SpringsSelfFilm
1935La Fiesta de Santa BarbaraSelfFilm
1935Tars and StripesApprentice Seaman Elmer DoolittleFilm
1935One Run ElmerElmerFilm
1935Hayseed RomanceElmer DolittleFilm
1935Palooka from PaducahJim DiltzFilm
1935The Timid Young ManMiltonFilm
1935The E-Flat ManElmerFilm
1934Allez OopElmerFilm
1934The Gold GhostWallyFilm
1934The King of the Champs-ÉlyséesBuster Garner / Jim le BalafréFilm
1933What! No Beer?Elmer J. ButtsFilm
1933Hollywood on Parade No. A-6SelfFilm
1932Speak EasilyProfessor PostFilm
1932The Passionate PlumberElmer E. TuttleFilm
1932Plumber in LoveElmer E. TuttleFilm
1931The Stolen JoolsPolicemanFilm
1931Parlor, Bedroom and BathReginald IrvingFilm
1931Sidewalks of New YorkHarmonFilm
1931We’re Switching to HollywoodSelfFilm
1931Casanova Against His WillReggie IrvingFilm
1931Buster se marieReggie IrvingFilm
1930Free and EasyElmerFilm
1930DoughboysElmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.Film
1930The Voice of HollywoodFilm
1930Forward, March!Film
1930EstrelladosCanuto CuadratinFilm
1929Spite MarriageElmerFilm
1929The Hollywood Revue of 1929Self / Princess RajaFilm
1929Tide of EmpireDrunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)Film
1928The CameramanBusterFilm
1928Steamboat Bill, Jr.Steamboat Bill Jr.Film
1928The Baby CycloneStunt Double (uncredited)Film
1927CollegeRonald, The BoyFilm
1927Character StudiesSelf (uncredited)Film
1927Life in Hollywood No. 1SelfFilm
1926The GeneralJohnnie GrayFilm
1926Battling ButlerAlfred ButlerFilm
1925Seven ChancesJames 'Jimmie' ShannonFilm
1925Go WestFriendlessFilm
1925The Iron MuleIndian (uncredited)Film
1924Sherlock Jr.Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.Film
1924The NavigatorRollo TreadwayFilm
1923Our HospitalityWilliam McKayFilm
1923Three AgesThe BoyFilm
1923The BalloonaticThe Young ManFilm
1923The Love NestBuster KeatonFilm
1922CopsThe Young ManFilm
1922The BlacksmithBlacksmith's AssistantFilm
1922The Electric HouseBusterFilm
1922The PalefaceLittle Chief PalefaceFilm
1922My Wife's RelationsThe HusbandFilm
1922Day DreamsThe Young ManFilm
1922The Frozen NorthThe Bad ManFilm
1922Seeing StarsSelfFilm
1921The GoatThe GoatFilm
1921The Haunted HouseBank ClerkFilm
1921The Play HouseOrchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / StagehandFilm
1921The High SignOur HeroFilm
1921The BoatThe Boat BuilderFilm
1921Hard LuckSuicidal BoyFilm
1920One WeekThe GroomFilm
1920The ScarecrowFarmhandFilm
1920NeighborsThe BoyFilm
1920Convict 13Golfer Turned Prisoner, GuardFilm
1920The GarageMechanic / FiremanFilm
1920The SapheadBertie Van AlstyneFilm
1920The Round-UpIndian (uncredited)Film
1919Back StageStagehandFilm
1919The HayseedManager, General StoreFilm
1918The CookThe Waiter (uncredited)Film
1918The Bell BoyBellboyFilm
1918Good Night, Nurse!Dr. HamptonFilm
1918Out WestSheriff, Saloon OwnerFilm
1918MoonshineRevenue AgentFilm
1917Coney IslandRival / Cop with MoustacheFilm
1917The Rough HouseGardener / Delivery Boy / CopFilm
1917The Butcher BoyBusterFilm
1917His Wedding NightDelivery boyFilm
1917Oh, Doctor!Junior HolepokeFilm
1917A Reckless RomeoBlind Organ GrinderFilm
1917A Country HeroVaudeville ArtistFilm
Crew (5)
2008The Smelly JanitorThanksFilm
1957The Buster Keaton StoryTechnical AdvisorFilm
1949In the Good Old SummertimeAdditional Writing, ScreenplayFilm
1944Bathing BeautyCreative ConsultantFilm
1938Too Hot to HandleCreative ConsultantFilm
Directing (34)
1965The RailrodderDirectorFilm
1938Hollywood HandicapDirectorFilm
1938Streamlined SwingDirectorFilm
1938Life in Sometown, U.S.A.DirectorFilm
1937Love Nest on WheelsDirectorFilm
1936Blue BlazesDirectorFilm
1936Mixed MagicDirectorFilm
1935Tars and StripesDirectorFilm
1934Allez OopDirectorFilm
1934The Gold GhostDirectorFilm
1928Steamboat Bill, Jr.Director, ScreenplayFilm
1927CollegeDirectorFilm
1926Battling ButlerDirector, ProducerFilm
1925Seven ChancesDirector, Producer, EditorFilm
1925Go WestDirector, Producer, WriterFilm
1924Sherlock Jr.Director, Producer, EditorFilm
1924The NavigatorDirector, Editor, ProducerFilm
1923Three AgesDirector, Writer, ProducerFilm
1923The BalloonaticDirector, WriterFilm
1922The BlacksmithDirector, WriterFilm
1922The Electric HouseDirector, WriterFilm
1922The PalefaceDirector, WriterFilm
1922My Wife's RelationsDirector, WriterFilm
1922Day DreamsDirector, WriterFilm
1922The Frozen NorthDirector, WriterFilm
1921The GoatDirector, WriterFilm
1921The Haunted HouseDirector, WriterFilm
1921The High SignDirector, WriterFilm
1921The BoatDirector, WriterFilm
1921Hard LuckDirector, WriterFilm
1920One WeekDirector, Editor, WriterFilm
1920The ScarecrowDirector, WriterFilm
1920NeighborsDirector, WriterFilm
1920Convict 13Director, Editor, WriterFilm
Editing (2)
1922CopsEditor, Writer, DirectorFilm
1918MoonshineEditorFilm
Production (10)
1932Speak EasilyProducerFilm
1932Plumber in LoveProducerFilm
1931Parlor, Bedroom and BathProducerFilm
1931Casanova Against His WillProducerFilm
1931Buster se marieProducerFilm
1930Free and EasyProducerFilm
1929Spite MarriageProducer, DirectorFilm
1928The CameramanProducerFilm
1926The GeneralProducer, Screenplay, Director, Editor, StuntsFilm
1923Our HospitalityProducer, Director, StuntsFilm
Writing (10)
1939Mooching Through GeorgiaWriterFilm
1939Pest from the WestWriterFilm
1939Quick MillionsStoryFilm
1939The Jones Family in HollywoodStoryFilm
1936Grand Slam OperaWriter, DirectorFilm
1930DoughboysStoryFilm
1923The Love NestWriter, DirectorFilm
1921The Play HouseWriter, DirectorFilm
1920The SapheadWriterFilm
1917The Rough HouseWriter, DirectorFilm