Buster Keaton
October 3, 1895 (128 years old) in Piqua, Kansas, USA
Buster Keaton 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
- 2023 · Stunts: A Taste for Risk as Various Roles (archive footage)
- 2023 · Navigators as
- 2020 · Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Barney's Wall as Himself (archival footage)
- 2018 · The Image Book as (film archive footage)
- 2018 · The Great Buster: A Celebration as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 as
- 2016 · Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood 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 · Notfilm as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Bad 25 as Ronald, The Boy (archive footage)
- 2011 · Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic 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 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 Himself
- 2004 · So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two as Various
- 2001 · Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One as Various
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1992 · Funny Business as (archive footage)
- 1990 · Star Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Dance Crazy in Hollywood as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 1987 · Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 · Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1979 · The Hollywood Clowns as (archive footage)
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1976 · It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 · That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1970 · 4 Clowns as (archive footage)
- 1966 · A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Erronius
- 1966 · The Scribe as Journalist
- 1965 · War Italian Style as Gen. von Kassler
- 1965 · Salute to Stan Laurel as Self
- 1965 · Buster Keaton Rides Again as Himself
- 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
- 1964 · Pajama Party as Chief Rotten Eagle
- 1964 · The Big Parade of Comedy as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
- 1964 · The Hollywood Palace as Self - Sketch Actor
- 1963 · The Sound of Laughter as Elmer Butts
- 1963 · It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Jimmy the Crook
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Mortimer Lovely
- 1963 · The Greatest Show on Earth as
- 1963 · 30 Years of Fun as (archive footage)
- 1963 · The Triumph of Lester Snapwell as Lester Snapwell
- 1963 · There's No Business Like No Business as Himself
- 1962 · Simon Pure Beer as Himself
- 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 · The Home Owner as Himself / The Home Owner
- 1960 · The Devil to Pay as Diablos
- 1960 · Route 66 as
- 1960 · The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Lion Tamer
- 1960 · When Comedy Was King as edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)
- 1960 · Lifetime of Comedy as (archive footage)
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Woodrow Mulligan
- 1958 · The Donna Reed Show as
- 1958 · The Adventures of Mr. Pastry as Professor
- 1958 · No Time at All as Harrison
- 1956 · Around the World in Eighty Days as Train Conductor
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as Harrison
- 1956 · The Rosemary Clooney Show as Self
- 1955 · The Silent Partner as Kelsey Dutton
- 1955 · Screen Director's Playhouse as Kelsey Dutton
- 1954 · The Awakening as The Man
- 1953 · L'Incantevole nemica as L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre
- 1952 · Limelight as Calvero's Partner
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1952 · Paradise for Buster as Buster
- 1951 · The Slappiest Days of Our Lives as (archive footage)
- 1951 · Life with Buster Keaton as
- 1950 · The Misadventures of Buster Keaton as Buster
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · Sunset Boulevard as Buster Keaton
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · In the Good Old Summertime as Hickey
- 1949 · You're My Everything as Butler
- 1949 · The Lovable Cheat as Goulard
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self - audience bow
- 1947 · A Duel to the Death as The First Fisherman
- 1946 · Boom in the Moon as
- 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 Himself
- 1943 · Forever and a Day 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 · Li'l Abner as
- 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 · Hollywood Cavalcade as Buster Keaton
- 1939 · Mooching Through Georgia as Homer Cobb
- 1939 · Pest from the West as Sir
- 1939 · Hollywood Hobbies as Himself
- 1937 · Love Nest on Wheels as Elmer
- 1937 · Ditto as The Forgotten Man
- 1937 · Jail Bait as
- 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 Himself
- 1936 · Grand Slam Opera as Elmer Butts
- 1936 · Three on a Limb as Elmer Brown
- 1936 · The Invader as Leander Proudfoot
- 1935 · La Fiesta de 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 · We're switching to Hollywood as Self
- 1931 · The Stolen Jools as Policeman
- 1931 · Parlor, Bedroom and Bath as Reginald Irving
- 1930 · Forward, March! as
- 1930 · Doughboys as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
- 1930 · Estrellados as Canuto Cuadratin
- 1930 · The Voice of Hollywood as
- 1930 · Free and Easy as Elmer
- 1929 · The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self / Princess Raja
- 1929 · Spite Marriage 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 · Steamboat Bill, Jr. as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.
- 1927 · Character Studies as Himself (uncredited)
- 1927 · College as Ronald, The Boy
- 1927 · Life in Hollywood No. 1 as Self
- 1926 · The General as Johnnie Gray
- 1926 · Battling Butler as Alfred Butler
- 1925 · Go West as Friendless
- 1925 · The Iron Mule as Indian (uncredited)
- 1925 · Seven Chances as James 'Jimmie' Shannon
- 1924 · The Navigator as Rollo Treadway
- 1924 · Sherlock Jr. as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
- 1923 · Our Hospitality as William McKay
- 1923 · Three Ages as The Boy
- 1923 · The Love Nest as Buster Keaton
- 1923 · The Balloonatic as The Young Man (as 'Buster' Keaton)
- 1922 · Day Dreams as The Young Man
- 1922 · Seeing Stars as Self
- 1922 · The Electric House as Buster
- 1922 · The Frozen North as The Bad Man
- 1922 · The Blacksmith as Blacksmith's Assistant
- 1922 · My Wife's Relations as The husband
- 1922 · Cops as The Young Man
- 1922 · The Paleface as Little Chief Paleface
- 1921 · The Boat as The Boat Builder
- 1921 · The Play House as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand
- 1921 · The Goat as The Goat
- 1921 · The High Sign as Our Hero
- 1921 · Hard Luck as Suicidal Boy
- 1921 · The Haunted House as Bank Clerk
- 1920 · Neighbors as The Boy
- 1920 · The Scarecrow as Farmhand
- 1920 · Convict 13 as Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
- 1920 · The Round-Up as Indian (Uncredited)
- 1920 · The Saphead as Bertie Van Alstyne
- 1920 · One Week as The Groom
- 1920 · The Garage as Mechanic / Fireman
- 1919 · The Hayseed as Manager, general store
- 1919 · Back Stage as Stagehand
- 1918 · The Cook 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