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
The General (1926)
as Johnnie Gray
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.
Limelight (1952)
as Calvero's Partner
The Cameraman (1928)
as Buster
Our Hospitality (1923)
as William McKay
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.
Pajama Party (1964)
as Chief Rotten Eagle
One Week (1920)
as The Groom
The Navigator (1924)
as Rollo Treadway
Forever and a Day (1943)
as Wilkins
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Seven Chances (1925)
as James 'Jimmie' Shannon
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
as Erronius
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
The Awakening (1954)
as The Man
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
as Hickey
The Haunted House (1921)
as Bank Clerk
The Image Book (2018)
as (archive footage)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
as Self / Princess Raja
The Scribe (1966)
as Journalist
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
as Lion Tamer
Cops (1922)
as The Young Man
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oh, Doctor! (1917)
as Junior Holepoke
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Three Ages (1923)
as The Boy
Battling Butler (1926)
as Alfred Butler
College (1927)
as Ronald, The Boy
The High Sign (1921)
as Our Hero
The Scarecrow (1920)
as Farmhand
Hard Luck (1921)
as Suicidal Boy
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
as Buster
Spite Marriage (1929)
as Elmer
The Goat (1921)
as The Goat
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
as Bwana
Character Studies (1927)
as Self (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020)
as archive footage
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
The Paleface (1922)
as Little Chief Paleface
New Moon (1940)
as Prisoner - 'LuLu'
Seeing Stars (1922)
as Self
You're My Everything (1949)
as Butler
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 (1941)
as Self
Li'l Abner (1940)
as Lonesome Polecat
Hodgepodge (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Policeman
Convict 13 (1920)
as Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
The Gold Ghost (1934)
as Wally
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
as Reginald Irving
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
God's Country (1946)
as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone
Day Dreams (1922)
as The Young Man
The Railrodder (1965)
as The Man
War Italian Style (1965)
as Gen. von Kassler
My Wife's Relations (1922)
as The Husband
The Saphead (1920)
as Bertie Van Alstyne
Speak Easily (1932)
as Professor Post
Jail Bait (1937)
Actor
Pest from the West (1939)
as Sir
The Butcher Boy (1917)
as Buster
The Play House (1921)
as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand
Sergeant Deadhead (1965)
as Airman Blinken
The Blacksmith (1922)
as Blacksmith's Assistant
30 Years of Fun (1963)
as (archive footage)
The Cook (1918)
as The Waiter (uncredited)
When Comedy Was King (1960)
as edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
as Self (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Boat (1921)
as The Boat Builder
Sidewalks of New York (1931)
as Harmon
Take It or Leave It (1944)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
She's Oil Mine (1941)
as Buster Waters, plumber
The Balloonatic (1923)
as The Young Man
Neighbors (1920)
as The Boy
Free and Easy (1930)
as Elmer
Go West (1925)
as Friendless
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
as Self
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
as William Dalton
San Diego I Love You (1944)
as Bus Driver
Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
as Dr. Hampton
What! No Beer? (1933)
as Elmer J. Butts
The Passionate Plumber (1932)
as Elmer E. Tuttle
The Taming of the Snood (1940)
as Buster Keaton
Love Nest on Wheels (1937)
as Elmer
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
as Buster Keaton
Notfilm (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
The Hayseed (1919)
as Manager, General Store
Dance Crazy in Hollywood (1990)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Doughboys (1930)
as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
The Electric House (1922)
as Buster
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Silent Clowns (2006)
as Self(archive footage)
Coney Island (1917)
as Rival / Cop with Moustache
The Frozen North (1922)
as The Bad Man
The Love Nest (1923)
as Buster Keaton
Allez Oop (1934)
as Elmer
No Time at All (1958)
as Harrison
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
Hayseed Romance (1935)
as Elmer Dolittle
Estrellados (1930)
as Canuto Cuadratin
The Chemist (1936)
as Elmer Triple
Ditto (1937)
as The Forgotten Man
A Country Hero (1917)
as Vaudeville Artist
Salute to Stan Laurel (1965)
as Self
Boom in the Moon (1946)
Actor
Pardon My Berth Marks (1940)
as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
The King of the Champs-Élysées (1934)
as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
The Great Chase (1962)
Actor
The Lovable Cheat (1949)
as Goulard
She Went to the Races (1945)
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Casanova Against His Will (1931)
as Reggie Irving
His Wedding Night (1917)
as Delivery boy
The Baby Cyclone (1928)
as Stunt Double (uncredited)
That's the Spirit (1945)
as L.M.
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
as Self
Mixed Magic (1936)
as Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965)
as Self
The Bell Boy (1918)
as Bellboy
R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr (2026)
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
Buster se marie (1931)
as Reggie Irving
Barney's Wall (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Out West (1918)
as Sheriff, Saloon Owner
Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 (2016)
Actor
Nothing But Pleasure (1940)
as Clarence Plunkett
The Iron Mule (1925)
as Indian (uncredited)
Tars and Stripes (1935)
as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933)
as Self
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood (2016)
as Self
The Timid Young Man (1935)
as Milton
Crazy Days (1962)
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as (archive footage)
Three on a Limb (1936)
as Elmer Brown
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride (2026)
as Self (Archival)
The Sound of Laughter (1963)
as Elmer Butts
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)
General Nuisance (1941)
as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
Grand Slam Opera (1936)
as Elmer Butts
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (1951)
as (archive footage)
Lifetime of Comedy (1960)
as (archive footage)
Tide of Empire (1929)
as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
The Rough House (1917)
as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
We’re Switching to Hollywood (1931)
as Self
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962)
as Self
That Night with You (1945)
as Sam - Short Order Cook
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
So You Won't Squawk (1941)
as Eddie
One Run Elmer (1935)
as Elmer
Paradise for Buster (1952)
as Buster
Mooching Through Georgia (1939)
as Homer Cobb
The Garage (1920)
as Mechanic / Fireman
Palooka from Paducah (1935)
as Jim Diltz
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two (2001)
as Various
L'Incantevole nemica (1953)
as L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre
Life with Buster Keaton (1951)
Actor
The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton (1970)
as Self (archival footage)
Film (1965)
as The Man
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Voice of Hollywood (1930)
Actor
His Ex Marks the Spot (1940)
as Buster - the husband
The Invader (1936)
as Leander Proudfoot
The Round-Up (1920)
as Indian (uncredited)
Back Stage (1919)
as Stagehand
Moonshine (1918)
as Revenue Agent
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry (1958)
as Professor
The Devil to Pay (1960)
as Diablos
Stunts: A Taste for Risk (2023)
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (2006)
as (archive footage)
4 Clowns (1970)
as (archive footage)
A Duel to the Death (1947)
as The First Fisherman
Langlois-Keaton à Paris (1962)
as Self
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One (2001)
as Various
The Spook Speaks (1940)
as Buster
The E-Flat Man (1935)
as Elmer
Plumber in love (1932)
as Elmer E. Tuttle
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends (2016)
as (archive footage)
The Home Owner (1961)
as The Home Owner
Life in Hollywood No. 1 (1927)
as Self
Forward, March! (1930)
Actor
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell (1963)
as Lester Snapwell
You Have to Live Somewhere (2014)
as (archive footage)
Blue Blazes (1936)
as Elmer
A Reckless Romeo (1917)
as Blind Organ Grinder
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton (1950)
as Buster
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen (2007)
as (archive footage)
Simon Pure Beer (1962)
as Self
There's No Business Like No Business (1963)
as Self