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Buster Keaton

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Born / DiedOct 3, 1895 (Died at 71)
Zodiac Sign♎Libra
Place of BirthPiqua, Kansas, USA
Career Span1920 – 1966
Known Credits207 Titles
DirectingPopularity Score 1.6

Buster Keaton

Also known as:The Great Stone FaceJoseph Frank Keaton巴斯特·基顿باستر کیتون
Total Works

207

192 movies • 15 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Sunset Boulevard
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950•movie
as Buster Keaton
The General
7.9
The General
1926•movie
as Johnnie Gray
Sherlock Jr.
8.0
Sherlock Jr.
1924•movie
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
The Twilight Zone
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959•series
as Woodrow Mulligan

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 207 titles featuring Buster Keaton

Sunset Boulevard
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950•movie

as Buster Keaton

The General
7.9
The General
1926•movie

as Johnnie Gray

Sherlock Jr.
8.0
Sherlock Jr.
1924•movie

as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

The Twilight Zone
8.5
1 eps
The Twilight Zone
1959•series

as Woodrow Mulligan

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7.0

as Jimmy the Crook

Limelight
7.9
Limelight
1952•movie

as Calvero's Partner

Around the World in 80 Days
6.7

as Train Conductor

The Cameraman
7.8
The Cameraman
1928•movie

as Buster

Steamboat Bill, Jr.
7.6

as Steamboat Bill Jr.

One Week
7.9
One Week
1920•movie

as The Groom

Seven Chances
7.5
Seven Chances
1925•movie

as James 'Jimmie' Shannon

Our Hospitality
7.5
Our Hospitality
1923•movie

as William McKay

The Navigator
7.1
The Navigator
1924•movie

as Rollo Treadway

Cops
7.2
Cops
1922•movie

as The Young Man

The Goat
7.2
The Goat
1921•movie

as The Goat

The Scarecrow
7.4
The Scarecrow
1920•movie

as Farmhand

Neighbors
7.1
Neighbors
1920•movie

as The Boy

Go West
6.9
Go West
1925•movie

as Friendless

The Haunted House
6.5
The Haunted House
1921•movie

as Bank Clerk

The Play House
6.9
The Play House
1921•movie

as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand

Three Ages
6.8
Three Ages
1923•movie

as The Boy

Convict 13
6.7
Convict 13
1920•movie

as Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard

College
6.7
College
1927•movie

as Ronald, The Boy

The High Sign
7.1
The High Sign
1921•movie

as Our Hero

The Boat
6.5
The Boat
1921•movie

as The Boat Builder

The Electric House
6.8
The Electric House
1922•movie

as Buster

The Blacksmith
6.7
The Blacksmith
1922•movie

as Blacksmith's Assistant

Battling Butler
6.7
Battling Butler
1926•movie

as Alfred Butler

Hard Luck
6.9
Hard Luck
1921•movie

as Suicidal Boy

The Balloonatic
6.2
The Balloonatic
1923•movie

as The Young Man

The Paleface
6.1
The Paleface
1922•movie

as Little Chief Paleface

The Love Nest
6.7
The Love Nest
1923•movie

as Buster Keaton

My Wife's Relations
6.2

as The Husband

Day Dreams
6.5
Day Dreams
1922•movie

as The Young Man

The Frozen North
6.2
The Frozen North
1922•movie

as The Bad Man

The Cook
6.4
The Cook
1918•movie

as The Waiter (uncredited)

The Image Book
6.3
The Image Book
2018•movie

as (archive footage)

Film
7.0
Film
1965•movie

as The Man

Coney Island
5.9
Coney Island
1917•movie

as Rival / Cop with Moustache

The Rough House
5.6
The Rough House
1917•movie

as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop

The Butcher Boy
6.1
The Butcher Boy
1917•movie

as Buster

That's Entertainment!
7.4

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Spite Marriage
6.6
Spite Marriage
1929•movie

as Elmer

The Garage
6.1
The Garage
1920•movie

as Mechanic / Fireman

His Wedding Night
5.6
His Wedding Night
1917•movie

as Delivery boy

The Bell Boy
6.4
The Bell Boy
1918•movie

as Bellboy

Good Night, Nurse!
5.7
Good Night, Nurse!
1918•movie

as Dr. Hampton

Out West
6.0
Out West
1918•movie

as Sheriff, Saloon Owner

Oh, Doctor!
5.5
Oh, Doctor!
1917•movie

as Junior Holepoke

The Saphead
5.8
The Saphead
1920•movie

as Bertie Van Alstyne

Back Stage
6.4
Back Stage
1919•movie

as Stagehand

The Railrodder
6.8
The Railrodder
1965•movie

as The Man

That's Entertainment, Part II
7.0

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

In the Good Old Summertime
6.7

as Hickey

Moonshine
5.6
Moonshine
1918•movie

as Revenue Agent

That's Entertainment! III
7.1

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
5.7

as Self / Princess Raja

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
5.9

as Lion Tamer

The Hayseed
5.7
The Hayseed
1919•movie

as Manager, General Store

Beach Blanket Bingo
6.1

as Buster

The Stolen Jools
5.6
The Stolen Jools
1931•movie

as Policeman

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
5.4

as Reginald Irving

Bathing Beauty
5.9
Bathing Beauty
1944•movie

Role: Creative Consultant

The Real Charlie Chaplin
7.7

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

What's My Line?
7.0
2 eps
What's My Line?
1950•series

as Self

Speak Easily
5.8
Speak Easily
1932•movie

as Professor Post

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
5.3

as Bwana

Pajama Party
5.1
Pajama Party
1964•movie

as Chief Rotten Eagle

Buster Keaton Rides Again
7.2

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
6 eps

as Self

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
7.4

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle
6.1
Too Hot to Handle
1938•movie

Role: Creative Consultant

Route 66
6.7
1 eps
Route 66
1960•series
The Donna Reed Show
6.5
2 eps
The Donna Reed Show
1958•series
Seeing Stars
4.9
Seeing Stars
1922•movie

as Self

War Italian Style
5.0
War Italian Style
1965•movie

as Gen. von Kassler

Hollywood
8.4
1 eps
Hollywood
1980•series

as Self (archive footage)

Li'l Abner
6.1
Li'l Abner
1940•movie

as Lonesome Polecat

The Iron Mule
5.9
The Iron Mule
1925•movie

as Indian (uncredited)

Free and Easy
6.1
Free and Easy
1930•movie

as Elmer

Boom in the Moon
4.1
Boom in the Moon
1946•movie
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
6.1

as Self

Character Studies
6.2
Character Studies
1927•movie

as Self (uncredited)

Hollywood Handicap
4.8
Hollywood Handicap
1938•movie

Role: Director

Forever and a Day
7.5
Forever and a Day
1943•movie

as Wilkins

Grand Slam Opera
5.9
Grand Slam Opera
1936•movie

as Elmer Butts

Allez Oop
6.4
Allez Oop
1934•movie

as Elmer

Tars and Stripes
4.6
Tars and Stripes
1935•movie

as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle

The Villain Still Pursued Her
5.2

as William Dalton

The Scribe
6.3
The Scribe
1966•movie

as Journalist

The Colgate Comedy Hour
6.9
1 eps

as Self

This Is Your Life
6.5
1 eps
This Is Your Life
1952•series

as Self

Jail Bait
5.8
Jail Bait
1937•movie
One Run Elmer
4.4
One Run Elmer
1935•movie

as Elmer

The Passionate Plumber
6.0

as Elmer E. Tuttle

What! No Beer?
5.7
What! No Beer?
1933•movie

as Elmer J. Butts

A Reckless Romeo
5.3
A Reckless Romeo
1917•movie

as Blind Organ Grinder

Doughboys
6.0
Doughboys
1930•movie

as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
8.0

as archive footage

Burke's Law
6.2
1 eps
Burke's Law
1963•series

as Mortimer Lovely

When Comedy Was King
6.5

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
7.5
3 eps

as Self (archive footage)

Sidewalks of New York
6.2

as Harmon

His Ex Marks the Spot
4.8

as Buster - the husband

Playhouse 90
7.5
1 eps
Playhouse 90
1956•series

as Harrison

Streamlined Swing
4.7
Streamlined Swing
1938•movie

Role: Director

The Gold Ghost
6.0
The Gold Ghost
1934•movie

as Wally

The Chemist
6.3
The Chemist
1936•movie

as Elmer Triple

Tide of Empire
6.3
Tide of Empire
1929•movie

as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

The Buster Keaton Story
5.2

Role: Technical Advisor

Blue Blazes
6.1
Blue Blazes
1936•movie

as Elmer

Mixed Magic
6.1
Mixed Magic
1936•movie

as Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth

Hayseed Romance
6.0
Hayseed Romance
1935•movie

as Elmer Dolittle

Palooka from Paducah
5.4

as Jim Diltz

The Timid Young Man
5.5

as Milton

Three on a Limb
5.9
Three on a Limb
1936•movie

as Elmer Brown

The E-Flat Man
5.6
The E-Flat Man
1935•movie

as Elmer

Mooching Through Georgia
6.1

as Homer Cobb

Hollywood Hobbies
5.6
Hollywood Hobbies
1939•movie

as Self (uncredited)

New Moon
6.9
New Moon
1940•movie

as Prisoner - 'LuLu'

Love Nest on Wheels
6.1

as Elmer

Hollywood Cavalcade
6.2

as Buster Keaton

Pest from the West
7.1
Pest from the West
1939•movie

as Sir

So You Won't Squawk
6.9

as Eddie

The King of the Champs-Élysées
5.9

as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré

The Great Chase
6.4
The Great Chase
1962•movie
The Invader
4.0
The Invader
1936•movie

as Leander Proudfoot

Ditto
5.8
Ditto
1937•movie

as The Forgotten Man

The Spook Speaks
6.0
The Spook Speaks
1940•movie

as Buster

Nothing But Pleasure
6.0

as Clarence Plunkett

You're My Everything
4.8

as Butler

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
7.5

as Self (archive footage)

The Round-Up
6.3
The Round-Up
1920•movie

as Indian (uncredited)

Notfilm
5.0
Notfilm
2015•movie

as Self (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy
7.2

as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)

San Diego I Love You
6.8

as Bus Driver

General Nuisance
6.6
General Nuisance
1941•movie

as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.

She's Oil Mine
6.8
She's Oil Mine
1941•movie

as Buster Waters, plumber

4 Clowns
7.2
4 Clowns
1970•movie

as (archive footage)

We’re Switching to Hollywood
5.2
She Went to the Races
6.0

as Bellboy (uncredited)

The Hollywood Palace
5.0
1 eps

as Self

Screen Director's Playhouse
7.0
1 eps

as Kelsey Dutton

The Taming of the Snood
6.0

as Buster Keaton

Pardon My Berth Marks
6.5

as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy

Sergeant Deadhead
5.2
Sergeant Deadhead
1965•movie

as Airman Blinken

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
7.3
That's the Spirit
6.7
That's the Spirit
1945•movie

as L.M.

The Lovable Cheat
6.0
The Lovable Cheat
1949•movie

as Goulard

The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
8.0

as Lester Snapwell

L'Incantevole nemica
7.0

as Baker's Apprentice in Play

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
4.7
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
9.0

as (archive footage)

Casanova Against His Will
6.7

as Reggie Irving

30 Years of Fun
5.3
30 Years of Fun
1963•movie

as (archive footage)

Funny Business
7.3
6 eps
Funny Business
1992•series

as (archive footage)

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
7.3

Role: Director

Quick Millions
7.3
Quick Millions
1939•movie

Role: Story

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
4.5

as Self

God's Country
7.0
God's Country
1946•movie

as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone

Crazy Days
5.8
Crazy Days
1962•movie

as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Home Owner
7.0
The Home Owner
1961•movie

as The Home Owner

Paradise for Buster
7.5

as Buster

Going Hollywood: The '30s
9.0

as (archive footage)

Lifetime of Comedy
5.5
Lifetime of Comedy
1960•movie

as (archive footage)

Take It or Leave It
6.0

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Awakening
6.5
The Awakening
1954•movie

as The Man

It's Showtime
7.5
It's Showtime
1976•movie

as Self (archive footage)

The Sound of Laughter
5.0

as Elmer Butts

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

A Country Hero
5.5
A Country Hero
1917•movie

as Vaudeville Artist

The Baby Cyclone
8.0
The Baby Cyclone
1928•movie

as Stunt Double (uncredited)

Forward, March!
9.0
Forward, March!
1930•movie
Estrellados
7.0
Estrellados
1930•movie

as Canuto Cuadratin

That Night with You
10.0

as Sam - Short Order Cook

A Duel to the Death
7.0

as The First Fisherman

The Devil to Pay
7.0
The Devil to Pay
1960•movie

as Diablos

Dance Crazy in Hollywood
6.0

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

No Time at All
8.0
No Time at All
1958•movie

as Harrison

Stunts: A Taste for Risk
9.0

as Various Roles (archive footage)

Simon Pure Beer
7.0
Simon Pure Beer
1962•movie

as Self

The Three Stooges Follies
9.0

as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)

Hooray for Hollywood
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Buster se marie
8.0
Buster se marie
1931•movie

as Reggie Irving

Plumber in Love
9.0
Plumber in Love
1932•movie

as Elmer E. Tuttle

Legends
5.0
1 eps
Legends
2006•series

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Jones Family in Hollywood
10.0

Role: Story

The Smelly Janitor
2.0
The Smelly Janitor
2008•movie

Role: Thanks

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

Life in Hollywood No. 1

as Self

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

as (archive footage)

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts

as (archive footage)

Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died

as Self (archive footage)

Barney's Wall
Barney's Wall
2019•movie

as Self (archive footage)

The Adventures of Mr. Pastry

as Professor

Hodgepodge
Hodgepodge
2025•movie

as Self (archive footage)

You Have to Live Somewhere

as (archive footage)

The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton

as Self (archival footage)

A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride

as Self (Archival)