Buster Keaton
October 3, 1895 (129 years old) in Piqua, Kansas, USA
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
- 2025 · Hodgepodge as Self (archive footage)
- 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 Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Image Book as (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 Self
- 2004 · So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One as Various
- 2001 · Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two as Various
- 1998 · Jackie Chan: My Story as (archive footage)
- 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 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
- 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 Self
- 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 · The Home Owner as 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 (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 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 Self (uncredited)
- 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 Self
- 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 Self (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
- 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