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