Buster Keaton
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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
Credits
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
as Buster Keaton
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Train Conductor
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
as Jimmy the Crook
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
The Cameraman (1928)
as Buster
The General (1926)
as Johnnie Gray
Hodgepodge (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hayseed Romance (1935)
as Elmer Dolittle
Jail Bait (1937)
Actor
Limelight (1952)
as Calvero's Partner
The Navigator (1924)
as Rollo Treadway
Character Studies (1927)
as Self (uncredited)
Hard Luck (1921)
as Suicidal Boy
The Scribe (1966)
as Journalist
Ditto (1937)
as The Forgotten Man
Our Hospitality (1923)
as William McKay
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.
Spite Marriage (1929)
as Elmer
One Week (1920)
as The Groom
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride (2026)
as Self (Archival)
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Railrodder (1965)
as The Man
The Image Book (2018)
as (archive footage)
The Awakening (1954)
as The Man
When Comedy Was King (1960)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
What! No Beer? (1933)
as Elmer J. Butts
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Dance Crazy in Hollywood (1990)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
as Reginald Irving
Silent Clowns (2006)
as Self(archive footage)
Seven Chances (1925)
as James 'Jimmie' Shannon
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
as William Dalton
Pajama Party (1964)
as Chief Rotten Eagle
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
as Erronius
She's Oil Mine (1941)
as Buster Waters, plumber
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
A Duel to the Death (1947)
as The First Fisherman
My Wife's Relations (1922)
as The Husband
One Run Elmer (1935)
as Elmer
The Hayseed (1919)
as Manager, General Store
College (1927)
as Ronald, The Boy
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
as Hickey
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Langlois-Keaton à Paris (1962)
as Self
The Passionate Plumber (1932)
as Elmer E. Tuttle
Tars and Stripes (1935)
as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
Sidewalks of New York (1931)
as Harmon
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
as Lion Tamer
Love Nest on Wheels (1937)
as Elmer
The Goat (1921)
as The Goat
So You Won't Squawk (1941)
as Eddie
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
as Self
Forever and a Day (1943)
as Wilkins
The Boat (1921)
as The Boat Builder
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
as Buster
Lifetime of Comedy (1960)
as (archive footage)
The Voice of Hollywood (1930)
Actor
Plumber in love (1932)
as Elmer E. Tuttle
Oh, Doctor! (1917)
as Junior Holepoke
The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Policeman
That's the Spirit (1945)
as L.M.
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020)
as archive footage
The Gold Ghost (1934)
as Wally
The Balloonatic (1923)
as The Young Man
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
as Bwana
Salute to Stan Laurel (1965)
as Self
The Play House (1921)
as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
as Self / Princess Raja
The Haunted House (1921)
as Bank Clerk
Free and Easy (1930)
as Elmer
Three Ages (1923)
as The Boy
The Electric House (1922)
as Buster
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as (archive footage)
Go West (1925)
as Friendless
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
Buster se marie (1931)
as Reggie Irving
The Scarecrow (1920)
as Farmhand
The Garage (1920)
as Mechanic / Fireman
Paradise for Buster (1952)
as Buster
Battling Butler (1926)
as Alfred Butler
Neighbors (1920)
as The Boy
The Round-Up (1920)
as Indian (uncredited)
War Italian Style (1965)
as Gen. von Kassler
The Blacksmith (1922)
as Blacksmith's Assistant
The Butcher Boy (1917)
as Buster
Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
as Dr. Hampton
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell (1963)
as Lester Snapwell
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
as Self
The Rough House (1917)
as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop
Day Dreams (1922)
as The Young Man
The Sound of Laughter (1963)
as Elmer Butts
Cops (1922)
as The Young Man
L'Incantevole nemica (1953)
as Baker's Apprentice in Play
30 Years of Fun (1963)
as (archive footage)
Blue Blazes (1936)
as Elmer
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
The Cook (1918)
as The Waiter (uncredited)
Take It or Leave It (1944)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pardon My Berth Marks (1940)
as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965)
as Self
That Night with You (1945)
as Sam - Short Order Cook
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
as Buster Keaton
Mooching Through Georgia (1939)
as Homer Cobb
You're My Everything (1949)
as Butler
The Saphead (1920)
as Bertie Van Alstyne
Sergeant Deadhead (1965)
as Airman Blinken
Casanova Against His Will (1931)
as Reggie Irving
God's Country (1946)
as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone
Moonshine (1918)
as Revenue Agent
Doughboys (1930)
as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
The Frozen North (1922)
as The Bad Man
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1999)
as (archive footage)
Film (1965)
as The Man
Out West (1918)
as Sheriff, Saloon Owner
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
as Self (uncredited)
Stunts: A Taste for Risk (2023)
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Seeing Stars (1922)
as Self
Li'l Abner (1940)
as Lonesome Polecat
Boom in the Moon (1946)
Actor
She Went to the Races (1945)
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Back Stage (1919)
as Stagehand
The Timid Young Man (1935)
as Milton
The Iron Mule (1925)
as Indian (uncredited)
Palooka from Paducah (1935)
as Jim Diltz
The Home Owner (1961)
as The Home Owner
General Nuisance (1941)
as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
The High Sign (1921)
as Our Hero
San Diego I Love You (1944)
as Bus Driver
The Lovable Cheat (1949)
as Goulard
The Taming of the Snood (1940)
as Buster Keaton
Grand Slam Opera (1936)
as Elmer Butts
The Love Nest (1923)
as Buster Keaton
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (1951)
as (archive footage)
Coney Island (1917)
as Rival / Cop with Moustache
The E-Flat Man (1935)
as Elmer
Three on a Limb (1936)
as Elmer Brown
His Ex Marks the Spot (1940)
as Buster - the husband
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton (1950)
as Buster
The Paleface (1922)
as Little Chief Paleface
The Spook Speaks (1940)
as Buster
No Time at All (1958)
as Harrison
Nothing But Pleasure (1940)
as Clarence Plunkett
His Wedding Night (1917)
as Delivery boy
The King of the Champs-Élysées (1934)
as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
Life in Hollywood No. 1 (1927)
as Self
Allez Oop (1934)
as Elmer
The Chemist (1936)
as Elmer Triple
The Invader (1936)
as Leander Proudfoot
Speak Easily (1932)
as Professor Post
We’re Switching to Hollywood (1931)
as Self
Pest from the West (1939)
as Sir
Simon Pure Beer (1962)
as Self
A Country Hero (1917)
as Vaudeville Artist
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933)
as Self
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton (1970)
as Self (archival footage)
The Great Chase (1962)
Actor
You Have to Live Somewhere (2014)
as (archive footage)
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends (2016)
as (archive footage)
Life with Buster Keaton (1951)
Actor
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962)
as Self
The Bell Boy (1918)
as Bellboy
Mixed Magic (1936)
as Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
Notfilm (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
New Moon (1940)
as Prisoner - 'LuLu'
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood (2016)
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 (1941)
as Self
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
The Three Stooges Follies (1974)
as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen (2007)
as (archive footage)
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (2006)
as (archive footage)
The Devil to Pay (1960)
as Diablos
A Reckless Romeo (1917)
as Blind Organ Grinder
The Baby Cyclone (1928)
as Stunt Double (uncredited)
Estrellados (1930)
as Canuto Cuadratin
Tide of Empire (1929)
as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Convict 13 (1920)
as Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
Forward, March! (1930)
Actor
Crazy Days (1962)
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry (1958)
as Professor
4 Clowns (1970)
as (archive footage)
Barney's Wall (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
There's No Business Like No Business (1963)
as Self