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Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

DirectingBorn: October 3, 1895in Piqua, Kansas, USADied: February 1, 1966

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.

A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride

A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride

2026Documentary

as Self (Archival)

The folks of the valley

as Charlie chaplin

Hodgepodge

Hodgepodge

2025Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Stunts: A Taste for Risk

Stunts: A Taste for Risk

2023Documentary

as Various Roles (archive footage)

The Real Charlie Chaplin

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021Documentary

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

2020Documentary

as archive footage

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

2020Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Barney's Wall

Barney's Wall

2019Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

The Image Book

The Image Book

2018Documentary

as (archive footage)

Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood

Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood

2016Documentary

as Self

Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends

Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends

2016Documentary

as (archive footage)

Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died

Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died

2016Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Notfilm

Criterion Channel

Notfilm

2015Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

You Have to Live Somewhere

You Have to Live Somewhere

as (archive footage)

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

2011Documentary

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

as (archive footage)

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

2007Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Legends

Legends

2006Documentary

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Silent Clowns

Silent Clowns

2006Documentary

as Self(archive footage)

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts

2006Documentary

as (archive footage)

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

2004Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

2000Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

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

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

as (archive footage)

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994Documentary

as (archive footage)

Funny Business

Funny Business

as (archive footage)

Dance Crazy in Hollywood

Dance Crazy in Hollywood

1990Documentary

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

1987Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984Documentary

as (archive footage)

The Hollywood Clowns

The Hollywood Clowns

1979Documentary

as (archive footage)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976Documentary

as (archive footage)

It's Showtime

It's Showtime

1976Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Hooray for Hollywood

Hooray for Hollywood

1976Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

The Three Stooges Follies

The Three Stooges Follies

as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974Documentary

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton

The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton

1970Documentary

as Self (archival footage)

4 Clowns

4 Clowns

as (archive footage)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

as Erronius

The Scribe

The Scribe

as Journalist

War Italian Style

War Italian Style

as Gen. von Kassler

Salute to Stan Laurel

1965Documentary

as Self

Buster Keaton Rides Again

Buster Keaton Rides Again

1965Documentary

as Self

Film

Film

as The Man

Sergeant Deadhead

Sergeant Deadhead

as Airman Blinken

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

as Bwana

The Railrodder

The Railrodder

as The Man

Beach Blanket Bingo

Beach Blanket Bingo

as Buster

Pajama Party

Pajama Party

as Chief Rotten Eagle

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)

The Hollywood Palace

The Hollywood Palace

as Self

The Sound of Laughter

The Sound of Laughter

as Elmer Butts

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

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

as Jimmy the Crook

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

as Mortimer Lovely

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Unknown

30 Years of Fun

30 Years of Fun

as (archive footage)

The Triumph of Lester Snapwell

The Triumph of Lester Snapwell

as Lester Snapwell

There's No Business Like No Business

There's No Business Like No Business

as Self

The Great Chase

The Great Chase

1962Documentary

as Unknown

Simon Pure Beer

Simon Pure Beer

1962Documentary

as Self

Crazy Days

Crazy Days

as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

Langlois-Keaton à Paris

1962Documentary

as Self

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

as Self

The Home Owner

The Home Owner

as The Home Owner

The Devil to Pay

The Devil to Pay

as Diablos

Route 66

Route 66

as Unknown

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Lion Tamer

When Comedy Was King

When Comedy Was King

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lifetime of Comedy

Lifetime of Comedy

as (archive footage)

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as Woodrow Mulligan

The Donna Reed Show

The Donna Reed Show

as Unknown

The Adventures of Mr. Pastry

The Adventures of Mr. Pastry

as Professor

No Time at All

No Time at All

as Harrison

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

as Train Conductor

Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

as Harrison

The Rosemary Clooney Show

as Self

Screen Director's Playhouse

Screen Director's Playhouse

as Kelsey Dutton

The Awakening

The Awakening

as The Man

L'Incantevole nemica

L'Incantevole nemica

as Baker's Apprentice in Play

Limelight

Limelight

as Calvero's Partner

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

1952Documentary

as Self

Paradise for Buster

Paradise for Buster

as Buster

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

as (archive footage)

Life with Buster Keaton

Life with Buster Keaton

as Unknown

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton

as Buster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

as Buster Keaton

What's My Line?

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

What's My Line?

as Self

In the Good Old Summertime

In the Good Old Summertime

as Hickey

You're My Everything

You're My Everything

as Butler

The Lovable Cheat

The Lovable Cheat

as Goulard

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

A Duel to the Death

A Duel to the Death

as The First Fisherman

Boom in the Moon

Boom in the Moon

as Unknown

God's Country

God's Country

as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone

She Went to the Races

She Went to the Races

as Bellboy (uncredited)

That Night with You

That Night with You

as Sam - Short Order Cook

That's the Spirit

That's the Spirit

as L.M.

San Diego I Love You

San Diego I Love You

as Bus Driver

Take It or Leave It

Take It or Leave It

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

as Wilkins

She's Oil Mine

She's Oil Mine

as Buster Waters, plumber

General Nuisance

General Nuisance

as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

as Self

So You Won't Squawk

So You Won't Squawk

as Eddie

His Ex Marks the Spot

His Ex Marks the Spot

as Buster - the husband

Li'l Abner

Li'l Abner

as Lonesome Polecat

Li'l Abner

Li'l Abner

as Unknown

The Villain Still Pursued Her

The Villain Still Pursued Her

as William Dalton

The Spook Speaks

The Spook Speaks

as Buster

The Taming of the Snood

The Taming of the Snood

as Buster Keaton

New Moon

New Moon

as Prisoner - 'LuLu'

Pardon My Berth Marks

Pardon My Berth Marks

as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy

Nothing But Pleasure

Nothing But Pleasure

as Clarence Plunkett

Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade

as Buster Keaton

Mooching Through Georgia

Mooching Through Georgia

as Homer Cobb

Pest from the West

Pest from the West

as Sir

Hollywood Hobbies

Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)

Love Nest on Wheels

Love Nest on Wheels

as Elmer

Ditto

Ditto

as The Forgotten Man

Jail Bait

Jail Bait

as Unknown

Mixed Magic

Mixed Magic

as Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth

The Chemist

The Chemist

as Elmer Triple

Blue Blazes

Blue Blazes

as Elmer

Grand Slam Opera

Grand Slam Opera

as Elmer Butts

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

as Self

Three on a Limb

Three on a Limb

as Elmer Brown

The Invader

The Invader

as Leander Proudfoot

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

as Self

The Timid Young Man

The Timid Young Man

as Milton

The E-Flat Man

The E-Flat Man

as Elmer

Tars and Stripes

Tars and Stripes

as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle

Hayseed Romance

Hayseed Romance

as Elmer Dolittle

One Run Elmer

One Run Elmer

as Elmer

Palooka from Paducah

Palooka from Paducah

as Jim Diltz

The King of the Champs-Élysées

The King of the Champs-Élysées

as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré

Allez Oop

Allez Oop

as Elmer

The Gold Ghost

The Gold Ghost

as Wally

What! No Beer?

What! No Beer?

as Elmer J. Butts

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

as Self

Plumber in love

Plumber in love

as Elmer E. Tuttle

Speak Easily

Speak Easily

as Professor Post

The Passionate Plumber

The Passionate Plumber

as Elmer E. Tuttle

Casanova Against His Will

Casanova Against His Will

as Reggie Irving

Sidewalks of New York

Sidewalks of New York

as Harmon

Buster se marie

Buster se marie

as Reggie Irving

We’re Switching to Hollywood

We’re Switching to Hollywood

as Self

The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools

as Policeman

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

as Reginald Irving

Forward, March!

Forward, March!

as Unknown

Doughboys

Doughboys

as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.

Estrellados

Estrellados

as Canuto Cuadratin

The Voice of Hollywood

as Unknown

Free and Easy

Free and Easy

as Elmer

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

as Self / Princess Raja

Spite Marriage

Spite Marriage

as Elmer

Tide of Empire

Tide of Empire

as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

The Baby Cyclone

The Baby Cyclone

as Stunt Double (uncredited)

The Cameraman

The Cameraman

as Buster

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.

Character Studies

Character Studies

as Self (uncredited)

College

College

as Ronald, The Boy

Life in Hollywood No. 1

Life in Hollywood No. 1

1927Documentary

as Self

The General

The General

as Johnnie Gray

Battling Butler

Battling Butler

as Alfred Butler

Go West

Go West

as Friendless

The Iron Mule

The Iron Mule

as Indian (uncredited)

Seven Chances

Seven Chances

as James 'Jimmie' Shannon

The Navigator

The Navigator

as Rollo Treadway

Sherlock Jr.

Sherlock Jr.

as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

Our Hospitality

Our Hospitality

as William McKay

Three Ages

Three Ages

as The Boy

The Love Nest

The Love Nest

as Buster Keaton

The Balloonatic

The Balloonatic

as The Young Man

Day Dreams

Day Dreams

as The Young Man

Seeing Stars

Seeing Stars

1922Documentary

as Self

The Electric House

The Electric House

as Buster

The Frozen North

The Frozen North

as The Bad Man

The Blacksmith

The Blacksmith

as Blacksmith's Assistant

My Wife's Relations

My Wife's Relations

as The Husband

Cops

Cops

as The Young Man

The Paleface

The Paleface

as Little Chief Paleface

The Boat

The Boat

as The Boat Builder

The Play House

The Play House

as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand

The Goat

The Goat

as The Goat

The High Sign

The High Sign

as Our Hero

Hard Luck

Hard Luck

as Suicidal Boy

The Haunted House

The Haunted House

as Bank Clerk

Neighbors

Neighbors

as The Boy

The Scarecrow

The Scarecrow

as Farmhand

Convict 13

Convict 13

as Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard

The Round-Up

The Round-Up

as Indian (uncredited)

The Saphead

The Saphead

as Bertie Van Alstyne

One Week

One Week

as The Groom

The Garage

The Garage

as Mechanic / Fireman

The Hayseed

The Hayseed

as Manager, General Store

Back Stage

Back Stage

as Stagehand

The Cook

The Cook

as The Waiter (uncredited)

Good Night, Nurse!

Good Night, Nurse!

as Dr. Hampton

Moonshine

Moonshine

as Revenue Agent

The Bell Boy

The Bell Boy

as Bellboy

Out West

Out West

as Sheriff, Saloon Owner

A Country Hero

A Country Hero

as Vaudeville Artist

Coney Island

Coney Island

as Rival / Cop with Moustache

Oh, Doctor!

Oh, Doctor!

as Junior Holepoke

His Wedding Night

His Wedding Night

as Delivery boy

The Rough House

The Rough House

as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop

A Reckless Romeo

A Reckless Romeo

as Blind Organ Grinder

The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy

as Buster