Buster Keaton
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 3, 1895 (131 years old)
Place of Birth
Piqua, Kansas, USA
Biography
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
| 2026 | R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock JrProjectionist / Sherlock, Jr. | |
| 2025 | HodgepodgeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2023 | Stunts: A Taste for RiskVarious Roles (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | The Real Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2020 | Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton ComediesSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Libertyarchive footage | |
| 2019 | Barney's WallSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | The Image Book(archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Busta Keaton in COPSThe Young Man (archive footage from 'Cops') | |
| 2016 | Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by HollywoodSelf | |
| 2016 | Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown DiedSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 | |
| 2016 | Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends(archive footage) | |
| 2015 | NotfilmSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | You Have to Live Somewhere(archive footage) | |
| 2011 | Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and MagicSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2007 | The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to TalkSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen(archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts(archive footage) | |
| 2006 | LegendsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2004 | So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGMSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume TwoVarious | |
| 2001 | Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume OneVarious | |
| 2000 | Lucille Ball: Finding LucySelf (archive footage) | |
| 1999 | Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults(archive footage) | |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III(archive footage) | |
| 1992 | Funny Business(archive footage) | |
| 1990 | Dance Crazy in HollywoodSelf - Actor (archive footage) | |
| 1987 | Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to FollowSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s(archive footage) | |
| 1979 | The Hollywood Clowns(archive footage) | |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage) | |
| 1976 | It's ShowtimeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1976 | Hooray for HollywoodSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1976 | Bob Hope's World of ComedySelf (archive footage) | |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment!(archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1974 | The Three Stooges FolliesClarence Plunkett (archive footage) | |
| 1970 | 4 Clowns(archive footage) | |
| 1970 | The Metaphysics of Buster KeatonSelf (archival footage) | |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumErronius | |
| 1966 | The ScribeJournalist | |
| 1965 | The RailrodderThe Man | |
| 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild BikiniBwana | |
| 1965 | FilmThe Man | |
| 1965 | Sergeant DeadheadAirman Blinken | |
| 1965 | Buster Keaton Rides AgainSelf | |
| 1965 | Beach Blanket BingoBuster | |
| 1965 | Salute to Stan LaurelSelf | |
| 1965 | War Italian StyleGen. von Kassler | |
| 1964 | Pajama PartyChief Rotten Eagle | |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of ComedyBuster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage) | |
| 1964 | The Hollywood PalaceSelf | |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldJimmy the Crook | |
| 1963 | The Triumph of Lester SnapwellLester Snapwell | |
| 1963 | The Sound of LaughterElmer Butts | |
| 1963 | 30 Years of Fun(archive footage) | |
| 1963 | There's No Business Like No BusinessSelf | |
| 1963 | Burke's LawMortimer Lovely | |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | |
| 1962 | Crazy DaysVarious (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1962 | The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersSelf | |
| 1962 | Simon Pure BeerSelf | |
| 1962 | Langlois-Keaton à ParisSelf | |
| 1962 | The Great Chase | |
| 1961 | The Home OwnerThe Home Owner | |
| 1960 | The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnLion Tamer | |
| 1960 | When Comedy Was Kingedited from 'Cops' (archive footage) | |
| 1960 | The Devil to PayDiablos | |
| 1960 | Lifetime of Comedy(archive footage) | |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1959 | The Twilight ZoneWoodrow Mulligan | |
| 1958 | No Time at AllHarrison | |
| 1958 | The Adventures of Mr. PastryProfessor | |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show | |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 DaysTrain Conductor | |
| 1956 | The Rosemary Clooney ShowSelf | |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90Harrison | |
| 1955 | Screen Director's PlayhouseKelsey Dutton | |
| 1954 | The AwakeningThe Man | |
| 1953 | L'Incantevole nemicaL'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre | |
| 1952 | LimelightCalvero's Partner | |
| 1952 | Paradise for BusterBuster | |
| 1952 | This Is Your LifeSelf | |
| 1951 | Life with Buster Keaton | |
| 1951 | The Slappiest Days of Our Lives(archive footage) | |
| 1950 | Sunset BoulevardBuster Keaton | |
| 1950 | The Misadventures of Buster KeatonBuster | |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy HourSelf | |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Self | |
| 1949 | In the Good Old SummertimeHickey | |
| 1949 | You're My EverythingButler | |
| 1949 | The Lovable CheatGoulard | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf | |
| 1947 | A Duel to the DeathThe First Fisherman | |
| 1946 | Boom in the Moon | |
| 1946 | God's CountryOld Tarp / Mr. Boone | |
| 1945 | That's the SpiritL.M. | |
| 1945 | That Night with YouSam - Short Order Cook | |
| 1945 | She Went to the RacesBellboy (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | San Diego I Love YouBus Driver | |
| 1944 | Take It or Leave It(archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | Forever and a DayWilkins | |
| 1941 | So You Won't SquawkEddie | |
| 1941 | General NuisancePeter Hedley Lamar Jr. | |
| 1941 | She's Oil MineBuster Waters, plumber | |
| 1941 | Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1Self | |
| 1940 | Li'l AbnerLonesome Polecat | |
| 1940 | Li'l Abner | |
| 1940 | Pardon My Berth MarksElmer - Newspaper Copyboy | |
| 1940 | The Villain Still Pursued HerWilliam Dalton | |
| 1940 | The Taming of the SnoodBuster Keaton | |
| 1940 | The Spook SpeaksBuster | |
| 1940 | His Ex Marks the SpotBuster - the husband | |
| 1940 | Nothing But PleasureClarence Plunkett | |
| 1940 | New MoonPrisoner - 'LuLu' | |
| 1939 | Hollywood CavalcadeBuster Keaton | |
| 1939 | Mooching Through GeorgiaHomer Cobb | |
| 1939 | Pest from the WestSir | |
| 1939 | Hollywood HobbiesSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Jail Bait | |
| 1937 | Love Nest on WheelsElmer | |
| 1937 | DittoThe Forgotten Man | |
| 1936 | Grand Slam OperaElmer Butts | |
| 1936 | Blue BlazesElmer | |
| 1936 | Mixed MagicElmer 'Happy' Butterworth | |
| 1936 | Three on a LimbElmer Brown | |
| 1936 | The InvaderLeander Proudfoot | |
| 1936 | The ChemistElmer Triple | |
| 1936 | Sunkist Stars at Palm SpringsSelf | |
| 1935 | Hayseed RomanceElmer Dolittle | |
| 1935 | Palooka from PaducahJim Diltz | |
| 1935 | Tars and StripesApprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle | |
| 1935 | One Run ElmerElmer | |
| 1935 | The E-Flat ManElmer | |
| 1935 | The Timid Young ManMilton | |
| 1935 | La Fiesta de Santa BarbaraSelf | |
| 1934 | Allez OopElmer | |
| 1934 | The Gold GhostWally | |
| 1934 | The King of the Champs-ÉlyséesBuster Garner / Jim le Balafré | |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-6Self | |
| 1933 | What! No Beer?Elmer J. Butts | |
| 1932 | Speak EasilyProfessor Post | |
| 1932 | The Passionate PlumberElmer E. Tuttle | |
| 1932 | Plumber in loveElmer E. Tuttle | |
| 1931 | Parlor, Bedroom and BathReginald Irving | |
| 1931 | Sidewalks of New YorkHarmon | |
| 1931 | The Stolen JoolsPoliceman | |
| 1931 | We’re Switching to HollywoodSelf | |
| 1931 | Casanova wider WillenReggie Irving | |
| 1931 | Buster se marieReggie Irving | |
| 1930 | Forward, March! | |
| 1930 | EstrelladosCanuto Cuadratin | |
| 1930 | Free and EasyElmer | |
| 1930 | The Voice of Hollywood | |
| 1930 | DoughboysElmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr. | |
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929Self / Princess Raja | |
| 1929 | Spite MarriageElmer | |
| 1929 | Tide of EmpireDrunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited) | |
| 1928 | The Baby CycloneStunt Double (uncredited) | |
| 1928 | The CameramanBuster | |
| 1928 | Steamboat Bill, Jr.William 'Willie' Canfield Jr. | |
| 1927 | CollegeRonald, The Boy | |
| 1927 | Life in Hollywood No. 1Self | |
| 1927 | Character StudiesSelf (uncredited) | |
| 1926 | The GeneralJohnnie Gray | |
| 1926 | Battling ButlerAlfred Butler | |
| 1925 | Go WestFriendless | |
| 1925 | Seven ChancesJames 'Jimmie' Shannon | |
| 1925 | The Iron MuleIndian (uncredited) | |
| 1924 | Sherlock Jr.Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr. | |
| 1924 | The NavigatorRollo Treadway | |
| 1923 | Our HospitalityWilliam McKay | |
| 1923 | Three AgesThe Boy | |
| 1923 | The BalloonaticThe Young Man | |
| 1923 | The Love NestBuster Keaton | |
| 1922 | The PalefaceLittle Chief Paleface | |
| 1922 | The BlacksmithBlacksmith's Assistant | |
| 1922 | CopsThe Young Man | |
| 1922 | Day DreamsThe Young Man | |
| 1922 | My Wife's RelationsThe Husband | |
| 1922 | The Electric HouseBuster | |
| 1922 | The Frozen NorthThe Bad Man | |
| 1922 | Seeing StarsSelf | |
| 1921 | Hard LuckSuicidal Boy | |
| 1921 | The High SignOur Hero | |
| 1921 | The BoatThe Boat Builder | |
| 1921 | The GoatThe Goat | |
| 1921 | The Play HouseOrchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand | |
| 1921 | The Haunted HouseBank Clerk | |
| 1920 | One WeekThe Groom | |
| 1920 | Convict 13Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard | |
| 1920 | NeighborsThe Boy | |
| 1920 | The ScarecrowFarmhand | |
| 1920 | The SapheadBertie Van Alstyne | |
| 1920 | The GarageMechanic / Fireman | |
| 1920 | The Round-UpIndian (uncredited) | |
| 1919 | Back StageStagehand | |
| 1919 | The HayseedManager, General Store | |
| 1918 | The Bell BoyBellboy | |
| 1918 | Good Night, Nurse!Dr. Hampton | |
| 1918 | Out WestSheriff, Saloon Owner | |
| 1918 | The CookThe Waiter (uncredited) | |
| 1918 | MoonshineRevenue Agent | |
| 1917 | Coney IslandRival / Cop with Moustache | |
| 1917 | His Wedding NightDelivery boy | |
| 1917 | The Rough HouseGardener / Delivery Boy / Cop | |
| 1917 | Oh, Doctor!Junior Holepoke | |
| 1917 | The Butcher BoyBuster | |
| 1917 | A Reckless RomeoBlind Organ Grinder | |
| 1917 | A Country HeroVaudeville Artist |
| 1932 | Speak EasilyProducer | |
| 1932 | Plumber in loveProducer | |
| 1931 | Parlor, Bedroom and BathProducer | |
| 1931 | Casanova wider WillenProducer | |
| 1931 | Buster se marieProducer | |
| 1930 | Free and EasyProducer | |
| 1929 | Spite MarriageProducer | |
| 1928 | The CameramanProducer | |
| 1926 | The GeneralProducer | |
| 1926 | Battling ButlerProducer | |
| 1925 | Seven ChancesProducer | |
| 1925 | Go WestProducer | |
| 1924 | Sherlock Jr.Producer | |
| 1924 | The NavigatorProducer | |
| 1923 | Our HospitalityProducer | |
| 1923 | Three AgesProducer |
| 2026 | R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock JrDirector | |
| 1965 | The RailrodderDirector | |
| 1938 | Streamlined SwingDirector | |
| 1938 | Hollywood HandicapDirector | |
| 1938 | Life in Sometown, U.S.A.Director | |
| 1937 | Love Nest on WheelsDirector | |
| 1936 | Blue BlazesDirector | |
| 1936 | Mixed MagicDirector | |
| 1936 | Grand Slam OperaDirector | |
| 1935 | Tars and StripesDirector | |
| 1934 | The Gold GhostDirector | |
| 1934 | Allez OopDirector | |
| 1929 | Spite MarriageDirector | |
| 1928 | The CameramanDirector | |
| 1928 | Steamboat Bill, Jr.Director | |
| 1927 | CollegeDirector | |
| 1926 | The GeneralDirector | |
| 1926 | Battling ButlerDirector | |
| 1925 | Seven ChancesDirector | |
| 1925 | Go WestDirector | |
| 1924 | Sherlock Jr.Director | |
| 1924 | The NavigatorDirector | |
| 1923 | Our HospitalityDirector | |
| 1923 | Three AgesDirector | |
| 1923 | The BalloonaticDirector | |
| 1923 | The Love NestDirector | |
| 1922 | The PalefaceDirector | |
| 1922 | The BlacksmithDirector | |
| 1922 | My Wife's RelationsDirector | |
| 1922 | CopsDirector | |
| 1922 | Day DreamsDirector | |
| 1922 | The Frozen NorthDirector | |
| 1922 | The Electric HouseDirector | |
| 1921 | Hard LuckDirector | |
| 1921 | The High SignDirector | |
| 1921 | The BoatDirector | |
| 1921 | The Play HouseDirector | |
| 1921 | The Haunted HouseDirector | |
| 1921 | The GoatDirector | |
| 1920 | One WeekDirector | |
| 1920 | Convict 13Director | |
| 1920 | NeighborsDirector | |
| 1920 | The ScarecrowDirector | |
| 1917 | The Rough HouseDirector |
| 1949 | In the Good Old SummertimeScreenplay | |
| 1939 | The Jones Family in HollywoodStory | |
| 1939 | Mooching Through GeorgiaWriter | |
| 1939 | Pest from the WestWriter | |
| 1939 | Quick MillionsStory | |
| 1936 | Grand Slam OperaWriter | |
| 1930 | DoughboysStory | |
| 1926 | The GeneralScreenplay | |
| 1925 | Go WestWriter | |
| 1923 | The BalloonaticWriter | |
| 1923 | The Love NestWriter | |
| 1923 | Three AgesWriter | |
| 1922 | The PalefaceWriter | |
| 1922 | The BlacksmithWriter | |
| 1922 | My Wife's RelationsWriter | |
| 1922 | CopsWriter | |
| 1922 | Day DreamsWriter | |
| 1922 | The Frozen NorthWriter | |
| 1922 | The Electric HouseWriter | |
| 1921 | Hard LuckWriter | |
| 1921 | The High SignWriter | |
| 1921 | The BoatWriter | |
| 1921 | The GoatWriter | |
| 1921 | The Play HouseWriter | |
| 1921 | The Haunted HouseWriter | |
| 1920 | The ScarecrowWriter | |
| 1920 | Convict 13Writer | |
| 1920 | One WeekWriter | |
| 1920 | NeighborsWriter | |
| 1920 | The SapheadWriter | |
| 1917 | The Rough HouseWriter |
| 2008 | The Smelly JanitorThanks | |
| 1957 | The Buster Keaton StoryTechnical Advisor | |
| 1949 | In the Good Old SummertimeAdditional Writing | |
| 1944 | Bathing BeautyCreative Consultant | |
| 1938 | Too Hot to HandleCreative Consultant | |
| 1926 | The GeneralStunts | |
| 1923 | Our HospitalityStunts |