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