Buster Keaton
Known for Directing · 207 credits
- Born
- 1895-10-03
- Died
- 1966-02-01
- Place of birth
- Piqua, Kansas, USA
- Also known as
- The Great Stone Face · Joseph Frank Keaton · 巴斯特·基顿 · باستر کیتون
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
TV Shows (16)
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Woodrow Mulligan
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Route 66
1960
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Burke's Law
1963
as Mortimer Lovely
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Playhouse 90
1956
as Harrison
Legends
2006
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Kelsey Dutton
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956
as Self
Funny Business
1992
as (archive footage)
Movies (191)
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Buster Keaton
Hodgepodge
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as Train Conductor
Sherlock Jr.
1924
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
The General
1926
as Johnnie Gray
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Jimmy the Crook
The Cameraman
1928
as Buster
Limelight
1952
as Calvero's Partner
The Scribe
1966
as Journalist
The Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)
Character Studies
1927
as Self (uncredited)
Silent Clowns
2006
as Self(archive footage)
Jail Bait
1937
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hayseed Romance
1935
as Elmer Dolittle
When Comedy Was King
1960
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pajama Party
1964
as Chief Rotten Eagle
One Run Elmer
1935
as Elmer
What! No Beer?
1933
as Elmer J. Butts
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
2026
as Self (Archival)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928
as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.
The Navigator
1924
as Rollo Treadway
So You Won't Squawk
1941
as Eddie
Ditto
1937
as The Forgotten Man
The Awakening
1954
as The Man
Our Hospitality
1923
as William McKay
She's Oil Mine
1941
as Buster Waters, plumber
That's the Spirit
1945
as L.M.
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931
as Reginald Irving
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Week
1920
as The Groom
Spite Marriage
1929
as Elmer
A Duel to the Death
1947
as The First Fisherman
Love Nest on Wheels
1937
as Elmer
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
as Self
Tars and Stripes
1935
as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
as William Dalton
Go West
1925
as Friendless
Lifetime of Comedy
1960
as (archive footage)
The Play House
1921
as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
as Self
You're My Everything
1949
as Butler
The Passionate Plumber
1932
as Elmer E. Tuttle
Sidewalks of New York
1931
as Harmon
Paradise for Buster
1952
as Buster
Hard Luck
1921
as Suicidal Boy
Langlois-Keaton à Paris
1962
as Self
The Gold Ghost
1934
as Wally
The Hayseed
1919
as Manager, General Store
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
as Hickey
Boom in the Moon
1946
Plumber in love
1932
as Elmer E. Tuttle
Blue Blazes
1936
as Elmer
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
War Italian Style
1965
as Gen. von Kassler
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Policeman
Seven Chances
1925
as James 'Jimmie' Shannon
Mooching Through Georgia
1939
as Homer Cobb
Oh, Doctor!
1917
as Junior Holepoke
That Night with You
1945
as Sam - Short Order Cook
Beach Blanket Bingo
1965
as Buster
She Went to the Races
1945
as Bellboy (uncredited)
The Goat
1921
as The Goat
Pest from the West
1939
as Sir
Battling Butler
1926
as Alfred Butler
My Wife's Relations
1922
as The Husband
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Lion Tamer
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
1963
as Lester Snapwell
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
as Self (archive footage)
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
as Self
Pardon My Berth Marks
1940
as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
His Ex Marks the Spot
1940
as Buster - the husband
The Sound of Laughter
1963
as Elmer Butts
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
as Buster Keaton
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
Three on a Limb
1936
as Elmer Brown
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as (archive footage)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
as Erronius
The Lovable Cheat
1949
as Goulard
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
The Railrodder
1965
as The Man
Nothing But Pleasure
1940
as Clarence Plunkett
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
as Bwana
The Butcher Boy
1917
as Buster
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
The King of the Champs-Élysées
1934
as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
General Nuisance
1941
as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
The Timid Young Man
1935
as Milton
Sergeant Deadhead
1965
as Airman Blinken
The Spook Speaks
1940
as Buster
L'Incantevole nemica
1953
as Baker's Apprentice in Play
The Taming of the Snood
1940
as Buster Keaton
Seeing Stars
1922
as Self
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
as (archive footage)
The Cook
1918
as The Waiter (uncredited)
The Round-Up
1920
as Indian (uncredited)
No Time at All
1958
as Harrison
The Boat
1921
as The Boat Builder
College
1927
as Ronald, The Boy
Palooka from Paducah
1935
as Jim Diltz
Three Ages
1923
as The Boy
The Frozen North
1922
as The Bad Man
The Invader
1936
as Leander Proudfoot
Free and Easy
1930
as Elmer
Neighbors
1920
as The Boy
San Diego I Love You
1944
as Bus Driver
Forever and a Day
1943
as Wilkins
Mixed Magic
1936
as Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
Take It or Leave It
1944
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doughboys
1930
as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
The Electric House
1922
as Buster
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
Grand Slam Opera
1936
as Elmer Butts
About Buster Keaton
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. With 207 credits spanning from 1917 to 2026, Buster Keaton has appeared in 191 films and 16 TV shows.
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- Sunset Boulevard (1950) — as Buster Keaton
- Hodgepodge (2025) — as Self (archive footage)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as Train Conductor
- Sherlock Jr. (1924) — as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) — as (archive footage)
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