Buster Keaton
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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 (2016)
Industrial Strength Keaton (2006)
Self
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One (2001)
Various
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two (2001)
Various
The Three Stooges Follies (1974)
Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
4 Clowns (1970)
(archive footage)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
Erronius
The Scribe (1966)
Journalist
War Italian Style (1965)
Gen. von Kassler
Film (1965)
The Man
Sergeant Deadhead (1965)
Airman Blinken
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Bwana
The Railrodder (1965)
The Man
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
Pajama Party (1964)
Chief Rotten Eagle
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Jimmy the Crook
30 Years of Fun (1963)
(archive footage)
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell (1963)
Lester Snapwell
Simon Pure Beer (1962)
Self
Crazy Days (1962)
Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Langlois-Keaton à Paris (1962)
Self
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962)
Self
The Home Owner (1961)
The Home Owner
The Devil to Pay (1960)
Diablos
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
Lion Tamer
Lifetime of Comedy (1960)
(archive footage)
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry (1958)
Professor
No Time at All (1958)
Harrison
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Train Conductor
The Silent Partner (1955)
Kelsey Dutton
The Awakening (1954)
The Man
L'Incantevole nemica (1953)
L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre
Limelight (1952)
Calvero's Partner
Paradise for Buster (1952)
Buster
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (1951)
(archive footage)
Life with Buster Keaton (1951)
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton (1950)
Buster
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Buster Keaton
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Hickey
You're My Everything (1949)
Butler
The Lovable Cheat (1949)
Goulard
A Duel to the Death (1947)
The First Fisherman
Boom in the Moon (1946)
God's Country (1946)
Old Tarp / Mr. Boone
She Went to the Races (1945)
Bellboy (uncredited)
That Night with You (1945)
Sam - Short Order Cook
That's the Spirit (1945)
L.M.
San Diego I Love You (1944)
Bus Driver
Take It or Leave It (1944)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Forever and a Day (1943)
Wilkins
She's Oil Mine (1941)
Buster Waters, plumber
General Nuisance (1941)
Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 (1941)
Self
So You Won't Squawk (1941)
Eddie
His Ex Marks the Spot (1940)
Buster - the husband
Li'l Abner (1940)
Lonesome Polecat
Li'l Abner (1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
William Dalton
The Spook Speaks (1940)
Buster
The Taming of the Snood (1940)
Buster Keaton
New Moon (1940)
Prisoner - 'LuLu'
Pardon My Berth Marks (1940)
Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
Nothing But Pleasure (1940)
Clarence Plunkett
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Buster Keaton
Mooching Through Georgia (1939)
Homer Cobb
Pest from the West (1939)
Sir
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
Self (uncredited)
Love Nest on Wheels (1937)
Elmer
Ditto (1937)
The Forgotten Man
Jail Bait (1937)
Mixed Magic (1936)
Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
The Chemist (1936)
Elmer Triple
Blue Blazes (1936)
Elmer
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
Self
Grand Slam Opera (1936)
Elmer Butts
Three on a Limb (1936)
Elmer Brown
The Invader (1936)
Leander Proudfoot
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
Self
The Timid Young Man (1935)
Milton
The E-Flat Man (1935)
Elmer
Tars and Stripes (1935)
Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
Hayseed Romance (1935)
Elmer Dolittle
One Run Elmer (1935)
Elmer
Palooka from Paducah (1935)
Jim Diltz
The King of the Champs-Élysées (1934)
Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
Allez Oop (1934)
Elmer
The Gold Ghost (1934)
Wally
What! No Beer? (1933)
Elmer J. Butts
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933)
Self
Speak Easily (1932)
Professor Post
The Passionate Plumber (1932)
Elmer E. Tuttle
Casanova wider Willen (1931)
Reggie Irving
Sidewalks of New York (1931)
Harmon
We're switching to Hollywood (1931)
Self
The Stolen Jools (1931)
Policeman
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
Reginald Irving
Forward, March! (1930)
Doughboys (1930)
Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
Estrellados (1930)
Canuto Cuadratin
The Voice of Hollywood (1930)
Free and Easy (1930)
Elmer
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Self / Princess Raja
Spite Marriage (1929)
Elmer
Tide of Empire (1929)
Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
The Baby Cyclone (1928)
Stunt Double (uncredited)
The Cameraman (1928)
Buster
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.
Character Studies (1927)
Self (uncredited)
College (1927)
Ronald, The Boy
The General (1926)
Johnnie Gray
Battling Butler (1926)
Alfred Butler
Go West (1925)
Friendless
The Iron Mule (1925)
Indian (uncredited)
Seven Chances (1925)
James 'Jimmie' Shannon
The Navigator (1924)
Rollo Treadway
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
Our Hospitality (1923)
William McKay
Three Ages (1923)
The Boy
The Love Nest (1923)
Buster Keaton
The Balloonatic (1923)
The Young Man
Day Dreams (1922)
The Young Man
The Electric House (1922)
Buster
The Frozen North (1922)
The Bad Man
The Blacksmith (1922)
Blacksmith's Assistant
My Wife's Relations (1922)
The Husband
Cops (1922)
The Young Man
The Paleface (1922)
Little Chief Paleface
The Boat (1921)
The Boat Builder
The Play House (1921)
Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand
The Goat (1921)
The Goat
The High Sign (1921)
Our Hero
Hard Luck (1921)
Suicidal Boy
The Haunted House (1921)
Bank Clerk
Neighbors (1920)
The Boy
The Scarecrow (1920)
Farmhand
Convict 13 (1920)
Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
The Round-Up (1920)
Indian (uncredited)
The Saphead (1920)
Bertie Van Alstyne
One Week (1920)
The Groom
The Garage (1920)
Mechanic / Fireman
The Hayseed (1919)
Manager, General Store
Back Stage (1919)
Stagehand
The Cook (1918)
The Waiter (uncredited)
Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
Dr. Hampton
Moonshine (1918)
Revenue Agent
The Bell Boy (1918)
Bellboy
Out West (1918)
Sheriff, Saloon Owner
Coney Island (1917)
Rival / Cop with Moustache
Oh, Doctor! (1917)
Junior Holepoke
His Wedding Night (1917)
Delivery boy
The Rough House (1917)
Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop
A Reckless Romeo (1917)
Blind Organ Grinder
The Butcher Boy (1917)
Buster

Crew

The Smelly Janitor (2008)
Thanks
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Additional Writing
Quick Millions (1939)
Story
Mooching Through Georgia (1939)
Writer
Pest from the West (1939)
Writer
The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939)
Story
Streamlined Swing (1938)
Director
Hollywood Handicap (1938)
Director
Life in Sometown, U.S.A. (1938)
Director
Grand Slam Opera (1936)
Writer
Speak Easily (1932)
Producer
Doughboys (1930)
Story
Free and Easy (1930)
Producer
Spite Marriage (1929)
Producer | Director
The Cameraman (1928)
Producer | Director
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Director
College (1927)
Director
The General (1926)
Director | Screenplay | Producer | Editor | Stunts
Battling Butler (1926)
Director | Producer
Go West (1925)
Director | Story | Producer
Seven Chances (1925)
Director | Producer | Editor
The Navigator (1924)
Director | Producer | Editor
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Director | Producer | Editor
Our Hospitality (1923)
Director | Producer | Stunts
Three Ages (1923)
Director | Producer | Writer
The Love Nest (1923)
Director | Writer
The Balloonatic (1923)
Director | Writer
The Blacksmith (version B) (1922)
Director
Day Dreams (1922)
Director | Writer
The Electric House (1922)
Director | Writer
The Frozen North (1922)
Director | Writer
The Blacksmith (1922)
Director | Writer
My Wife's Relations (1922)
Director | Writer
Cops (1922)
Director | Writer | Editor
The Paleface (1922)
Director | Writer
The Boat (1921)
Director | Writer
The Play House (1921)
Director | Writer
The Goat (1921)
Director | Writer
The High Sign (1921)
Director | Writer
Hard Luck (1921)
Director | Writer
The Haunted House (1921)
Director | Writer
Neighbors (1920)
Director | Writer
The Scarecrow (1920)
Director | Writer
Convict 13 (1920)
Director | Writer | Editor
One Week (1920)
Director | Editor | Writer
Moonshine (1918)
Editor
The Rough House (1917)
Director | Writer