Buster Keaton

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 219

Gender Male

Birthday October 3, 1895

Day of Death February 1, 1966 (70 years old)

Place of Birth Piqua, Kansas, USA

Also Known As

The Great Stone Face
Joseph Frank Keaton
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باستر کیتون

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Buster Keaton

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

Acting

2025

as Self (archive footage)

2023		Stunts – Das Leben aufs Spiel setzen? as Various Roles (archive footage)
2023		Navigators

2020

as Self (archive footage)

2019

as Self (archive footage)

2018		Bildbuch as (archive footage)
2018		The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self (archive footage)

2017

as The Young Man (archive footage from 'Cops')

2016		Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
2016		Buster Keaton - Wie Hollywood ein Genie zerbrach as Self
2016		Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends as (archive footage)
2016		Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died as Self (archive footage)

2015

as Self (archive footage)

2014		And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2014		You Have to Live Somewhere as (archive footage)

2011

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007		Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen as (archive footage)
2007		The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk as Self (archive footage)

2006		Legends (1 episode) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006		Edge of Outside as Buster (archive footage)
2006		Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts as (archive footage)
2006		Industrial Strength Keaton as Self

2004

as Self (archive footage)

2001		Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two as Various
2001		Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One as Various

1999

as Self (Archival Footage)

1998

as (archive footage)

1994

as (archive footage)

1992

(6 episodes) as (archive footage)

1990		Star Life (2 episodes) as Self (archive footage)
1990		Dance Crazy in Hollywood as Self - Actor (archive footage)

1987

(3 episodes) as Self (archive footage)

1986

as Self (archive footage)

1984

as (archive footage)

1979

as (archive footage)

1976		That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1976		It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
1976		Hooray for Hollywood as Self (archive footage)

1974		The Three Stooges Follies as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
1974		Das gibt's nie wieder as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970		The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton as Self (archival footage)
1970		4 Clowns as (archive footage)

1966		Toll Trieben es die alten Römer as Erronius
1966		The Scribe as Journalist

1965		Ein General und noch zwei Trottel as Gen. von Kassler
1965		Salute to Stan Laurel as Self
1965		Buster Keaton Rides Again as Self
1965		Film as The Man
1965		Sergeant Deadhead as Airman Blinken
1965		How to Stuff a Wild Bikini as Bwana
1965		The Railrodder as The Man
1965		Beach Blanket Bingo as Buster

1964		Pyjama-Party as Chief Rotten Eagle
1964		The Big Parade of Comedy as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
1964		The Hollywood Palace (1 episode) as Self - Sketch Actor

1963		The Sound of Laughter as Elmer Butts
1963		Eine total, total verrückte Welt as Jimmy the Crook
1963		Burkes Gesetz (1 episode) as Mortimer Lovely
1963		The Greatest Show on Earth (1 episode)
1963		30 Years of Fun as (archive footage)
1963		There's No Business Like No Business as Self
1963		The Triumph of Lester Snapwell as Lester Snapwell

1962		The Great Chase
1962		Simon Pure Beer as Self
1962		Crazy Days as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962		Langlois-Keaton à Paris as Self
1962		The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers as Self

1961

as The Home Owner

1960		The Devil to Pay as Diablos
1960		Route 66 (1 episode)
1960		Abenteuer am Mississippi as Lion Tamer
1960		Als Lachen Trumpf war as edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)
1960		Lifetime of Comedy as (archive footage)

1959

(1 episode) as Woodrow Mulligan

1958		Mutter ist die allerbeste (2 episodes)
1958		The Adventures of Mr. Pastry as Professor
1958		No Time at All as Harrison

1956		In 80 Tagen um die Welt as Train Conductor
1956		Playhouse 90 (1 episode) as Harrison
1956		The Rosemary Clooney Show (1 episode) as Self

1955		The Silent Partner as Kelsey Dutton
1955		Screen Director's Playhouse (1 episode) as Kelsey Dutton

1954

as The Man

1953

as L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre

1952		Rampenlicht as Calvero's Partner
1952		This Is Your Life (1 episode) as Self
1952		Paradise for Buster as Buster

1951		The Slappiest Days of Our Lives as (archive footage)
1951		Life with Buster Keaton

1950		The Misadventures of Buster Keaton as Buster
1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour (1 episode) as Self
1950		Boulevard der Dämmerung as Buster Keaton
1950		What's My Line? (2 episodes) as Self

1949		Damals im Sommer as Hickey
1949		You're My Everything as Butler
1949		The Lovable Cheat as Goulard

1948

(6 episodes) as Self

1947

as The First Fisherman

1946		Boom in the Moon
1946		God's Country as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone

1945		She Went to the Races as Bellboy (uncredited)
1945		That Night with You as Sam - Short Order Cook
1945		That's the Spirit as L.M.

1944		San Diego I Love You as Bus Driver
1944		Take It or Leave It as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1943

as Wilkins

1941		She's Oil Mine as Buster Waters, plumber
1941		General Nuisance as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
1941		Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 as Self
1941		So You Won't Squawk as Eddie

1940		His Ex Marks the Spot as Buster - the husband
1940		Li'l Abner as Lonesome Polecat
1940		The Villain Still Pursued Her as William Dalton
1940		The Spook Speaks as Buster
1940		New Moon as Prisoner - 'LuLu'
1940		The Taming of the Snood as Buster Keaton
1940		Pardon My Berth Marks as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
1940		Nothing But Pleasure as Clarence Plunkett

1939		Damals in Hollywood as Buster Keaton
1939		Mooching Through Georgia as Homer Cobb
1939		Pest from the West as Sir
1939		Hollywood Hobbies as Self (uncredited)

1937		Love Nest on Wheels as Elmer
1937		Ditto as The Forgotten Man
1937		Jail Bait

1936		Mixed Magic as Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
1936		The Chemist as Elmer Triple
1936		Blue Blazes as Elmer
1936		Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs as Self
1936		Grand Slam Opera as Elmer Butts
1936		Three on a Limb as Elmer Brown
1936		The Invader as Leander Proudfoot

1935		Das Fest von Santa Barbara as Self
1935		The Timid Young Man as Milton
1935		The E-Flat Man as Elmer
1935		Tars and Stripes as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
1935		Hayseed Romance as Elmer Dolittle
1935		One Run Elmer as Elmer
1935		Palooka from Paducah as Jim Diltz

1934		The King of the Champs-Élysées as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
1934		Allez Oop as Elmer
1934		The Gold Ghost as Wally

1933		What! No Beer? as Elmer J. Butts
1933		Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 as Self

1932		Speak Easily as Professor Post
1932		The Passionate Plumber as Elmer E. Tuttle

1931		Casanova wider Willen as Reggie Irving
1931		Sidewalks of New York as Harmon
1931		Wir schalten um auf Hollywood as Self
1931		Juwelenraub in Hollywood as Policeman
1931		Parlor, Bedroom and Bath as Reginald Irving

1930		Forward, March!
1930		Doughboys as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
1930		Estrellados as Canuto Cuadratin
1930		The Voice of Hollywood
1930		Free and Easy as Elmer

1929		The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self / Princess Raja
1929		Trotzheirat as Elmer
1929		Tide of Empire as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

1928		The Baby Cyclone as Stunt Double (uncredited)
1928		The Cameraman as Buster
1928		Buster Keaton - Steamboat Bill jr. as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.

1927		Character Studies as Self (uncredited)
1927		Der Musterschüler as Ronald, The Boy
1927		Life in Hollywood No. 1 as Self

1926		Der General as Johnnie Gray
1926		Der Killer von Alabama as Alfred Butler

1925		Der Cowboy as Friendless
1925		The Iron Mule as Indian (uncredited)
1925		Sieben Chancen as James 'Jimmie' Shannon

1924		Der Navigator as Rollo Treadway
1924		Sherlock Jr. as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

1923		Die verflixte Gastfreundschaft as William McKay
1923		Drei Zeitalter as The Boy
1923		Eine abenteuerliche Seereise as Buster Keaton
1923		Der Ballonfahrer as The Young Man

1922		Day Dreams as The Young Man
1922		Seeing Stars as Self
1922		Das vollelektrische Haus as Buster
1922		Im hohen Norden as The Bad Man
1922		Der Hufschmied as Blacksmith's Assistant
1922		My Wife's Relations as The Husband
1922		Buster und die Polizei as The Young Man
1922		Das Bleichgesicht as Little Chief Paleface

1921		Wasser hat keine Balken as The Boat Builder
1921		Im Theater as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand
1921		Die Ziege as The Goat
1921		Buster Keaton bekämpft die blutige Hand as Our Hero
1921		Hard Luck as Suicidal Boy
1921		Das verwunschene Haus as Bank Clerk

1920		Nachbarschaft im Klinch as The Boy
1920		Trauung mit Hindernissen as Farmhand
1920		Buster Keaton als Sträfling as Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
1920		The Round-Up as Indian (uncredited)
1920		The Saphead as Bertie Van Alstyne
1920		Flitterwochen im Fertighaus as The Groom
1920		Die Werkstatt as Mechanic / Fireman

1919		The Hayseed as Manager, General Store
1919		Back Stage as Stagehand

1918		Der Koch as The Waiter (uncredited)
1918		Good Night, Nurse! as Dr. Hampton
1918		Moonshine as Revenue Agent
1918		The Bell Boy as Bellboy
1918		Out West as Sheriff, Saloon Owner

1917		Coney Island as Rival / Cop with Moustache
1917		Oh, Doctor! as Junior Holepoke
1917		His Wedding Night as Delivery boy
1917		The Rough House as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop
1917		A Reckless Romeo as Blind Organ Grinder
1917		The Butcher Boy as Buster

Directing

2017

… Director

1938		Streamlined Swing … Director
1938		Hollywood Handicap … Director
1938		Life in Sometown, U.S.A. … Director

1937

… Director

1936		Mixed Magic … Director
1936		Blue Blazes … Director
1936		Grand Slam Opera … Director

1935

… Director

1934		Allez Oop … Director
1934		The Gold Ghost … Director

1929

… Director

1928		The Cameraman … Director
1928		Buster Keaton - Steamboat Bill jr. … Director

1927

… Director

1926		Der General … Director
1926		Der Killer von Alabama … Director

1925		Der Cowboy … Director
1925		Sieben Chancen … Director

1924		Der Navigator … Director
1924		Sherlock Jr. … Director

1923		Die verflixte Gastfreundschaft … Director
1923		Drei Zeitalter … Director
1923		Eine abenteuerliche Seereise … Director
1923		Der Ballonfahrer … Director

1922		Day Dreams … Director
1922		Das vollelektrische Haus … Director
1922		Im hohen Norden … Director
1922		Der Hufschmied … Director
1922		My Wife's Relations … Director
1922		Buster und die Polizei … Director
1922		Das Bleichgesicht … Director

1921		Wasser hat keine Balken … Director
1921		Im Theater … Director
1921		Die Ziege … Director
1921		Buster Keaton bekämpft die blutige Hand … Director
1921		Hard Luck … Director
1921		Das verwunschene Haus … Director

1920		Nachbarschaft im Klinch … Director
1920		Trauung mit Hindernissen … Director
1920		Buster Keaton als Sträfling … Director
1920		Flitterwochen im Fertighaus … Director

1917

… Director

Writing

1949

… Screenplay

1939		Quick Millions … Story
1939		Mooching Through Georgia … Writer
1939		Pest from the West … Writer
1939		The Jones Family in Hollywood … Story

1936

… Writer

1930

… Story

1926

… Screenplay

1925

… Writer

1923		Drei Zeitalter … Writer
1923		Eine abenteuerliche Seereise … Writer
1923		Der Ballonfahrer … Writer

1922		Day Dreams … Writer
1922		Das vollelektrische Haus … Writer
1922		Im hohen Norden … Writer
1922		Der Hufschmied … Writer
1922		My Wife's Relations … Writer
1922		Buster und die Polizei … Writer
1922		Das Bleichgesicht … Writer

1921		Wasser hat keine Balken … Writer
1921		Im Theater … Writer
1921		Die Ziege … Writer
1921		Buster Keaton bekämpft die blutige Hand … Writer
1921		Hard Luck … Writer
1921		Das verwunschene Haus … Writer

1920		Nachbarschaft im Klinch … Writer
1920		Trauung mit Hindernissen … Writer
1920		Buster Keaton als Sträfling … Writer
1920		The Saphead … Writer
1920		Flitterwochen im Fertighaus … Writer

1917

… Writer

Production

1932

… Producer

1931

… Producer

1930

… Producer

1929

… Producer

1928

… Producer

1926		Der General … Producer
1926		Der Killer von Alabama … Producer

1925		Der Cowboy … Producer
1925		Sieben Chancen … Producer

1924		Der Navigator … Producer
1924		Sherlock Jr. … Producer

1923		Die verflixte Gastfreundschaft … Producer
1923		Drei Zeitalter … Producer

Editing

1926

… Editor

1925

… Editor

1924		Der Navigator … Editor
1924		Sherlock Jr. … Editor

1922

… Editor

1920		Buster Keaton als Sträfling … Editor
1920		Flitterwochen im Fertighaus … Editor

1918

… Editor

Crew

—

… Thanks

2025

… In Memory Of

2008

… Thanks

1957

… Technical Advisor

1949

… Additional Writing

1926

… Stunts

1923

… Stunts

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