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Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

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.

Born

Oct 03, 1895

Piqua, Kansas, USA

Died

Feb 01, 1966

Known For

Directing

Movies

193 acting

105 crew

Popularity

1.8

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Known For

Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

1950

as Buster Keaton
Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

as Train Conductor
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

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

1963

as Jimmy the Crook
The General

The General

1926

as Johnnie Gray
Sherlock Jr.

Sherlock Jr.

1924

as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
Limelight

Limelight

1952

as Calvero's Partner
The Navigator

The Navigator

1924

as Rollo Treadway
The Cameraman

The Cameraman

1928

as Buster
One Week

One Week

1920

as The Groom
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966

as Erronius
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
1950 • as Buster Keaton
★ 8.3
Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 • as Train Conductor
★ 6.7
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 • as Jimmy the Crook
★ 7.0
The General
The General
1926 • as Johnnie Gray
★ 7.9
Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr.
1924 • as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
★ 8.0
Limelight
Limelight
1952 • as Calvero's Partner
★ 7.9
The Navigator
The Navigator
1924 • as Rollo Treadway
★ 7.1
The Cameraman
The Cameraman
1928 • as Buster
★ 7.8
One Week
One Week
1920 • as The Groom
★ 7.9
That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!
1974 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.4
Oh, Doctor!
Oh, Doctor!
1917 • as Junior Holepoke
★ 5.5
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 • as Erronius
★ 6.1
Cops
Cops
1922 • as The Young Man
★ 7.2
The Cook
The Cook
1918 • as The Waiter (uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Image Book
The Image Book
2018 • as (archive footage)
★ 6.3
The Saphead
The Saphead
1920 • as Bertie Van Alstyne
★ 5.8
Our Hospitality
Our Hospitality
1923 • as William McKay
★ 7.5
The Rough House
The Rough House
1917 • as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop
★ 5.5
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III
1994 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928 • as Steamboat Bill Jr.
★ 7.6
The Real Charlie Chaplin
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.7
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
It's Showtime
It's Showtime
1976 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Pajama Party
Pajama Party
1964 • as Chief Rotten Eagle
★ 4.8
Silent Clowns
Silent Clowns
2006 • as Self(archive footage)
Seven Chances
Seven Chances
1925 • as James 'Jimmie' Shannon
★ 7.5
Hard Luck
Hard Luck
1921 • as Suicidal Boy
★ 6.9
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960 • as Lion Tamer
★ 5.9
His Wedding Night
His Wedding Night
1917 • as Delivery boy
★ 5.6
In the Good Old Summertime
In the Good Old Summertime
1949 • as Hickey
★ 6.7
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
2026 • as Self (Archival)
The Goat
The Goat
1921 • as The Goat
★ 7.2
Character Studies
Character Studies
1927 • as Self (uncredited)
★ 6.2
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Hodgepodge
Hodgepodge
2025 • as Self (archive footage)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940 • as William Dalton
★ 5.2
The Railrodder
The Railrodder
1965 • as The Man
★ 6.8
College
College
1927 • as Ronald, The Boy
★ 6.7
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020 • as archive footage
★ 8.0
Hooray for Hollywood
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
movie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 • as Self (archive footage)
The Scarecrow
The Scarecrow
1920 • as Farmhand
★ 7.4
Beach Blanket Bingo
Beach Blanket Bingo
1965 • as Buster
★ 6.0
Forever and a Day
Forever and a Day
1943 • as Wilkins
★ 7.5
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935 • as Self
★ 6.1
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 • as Self / Princess Raja
★ 5.7
Good Night, Nurse!
Good Night, Nurse!
1918 • as Dr. Hampton
★ 5.7
Pest from the West
Pest from the West
1939 • as Sir
★ 7.1
The Blacksmith
The Blacksmith
1922 • as Blacksmith's Assistant
★ 6.6
What! No Beer?
What! No Beer?
1933 • as Elmer J. Butts
★ 5.7
Go West
Go West
1925 • as Friendless
★ 6.9
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Three Ages
Three Ages
1923 • as The Boy
★ 6.8
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965 • as Bwana
★ 5.3
Jail Bait
Jail Bait
1937
★ 5.8
Plumber in love
Plumber in love
1932 • as Elmer E. Tuttle
★ 9.0
You're My Everything
You're My Everything
1949 • as Butler
★ 4.8
Hollywood Cavalcade
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939 • as Buster Keaton
★ 6.2
When Comedy Was King
When Comedy Was King
1960 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.5
The Scribe
The Scribe
1966 • as Journalist
★ 6.3
Seeing Stars
Seeing Stars
1922 • as Self
★ 4.9
Spite Marriage
Spite Marriage
1929 • as Elmer
★ 6.6
One Run Elmer
One Run Elmer
1935 • as Elmer
★ 4.4
War Italian Style
War Italian Style
1965 • as Gen. von Kassler
★ 5.0
The Balloonatic
The Balloonatic
1923 • as The Young Man
★ 6.2
Free and Easy
Free and Easy
1930 • as Elmer
★ 6.1
That's the Spirit
That's the Spirit
1945 • as L.M.
★ 6.7
Battling Butler
Battling Butler
1926 • as Alfred Butler
★ 6.7
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Bound for Glory: The General as Keaton's Cinematic Manifesto
2026 • as Self (Archival)
Sidewalks of New York
Sidewalks of New York
1931 • as Harmon
★ 6.2
The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools
1931 • as Policeman
★ 5.6
Sergeant Deadhead
Sergeant Deadhead
1965 • as Airman Blinken
★ 5.2
L'Incantevole nemica
L'Incantevole nemica
1953 • as Baker's Apprentice in Play
★ 7.0
movie
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Awakening
The Awakening
1954 • as The Man
★ 6.5
movie
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965 • as Self
★ 8.0
My Wife's Relations
My Wife's Relations
1922 • as The Husband
★ 6.3
Lifetime of Comedy
Lifetime of Comedy
1960 • as (archive footage)
★ 5.5
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 • as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Day Dreams
Day Dreams
1922 • as The Young Man
★ 6.5
Hayseed Romance
Hayseed Romance
1935 • as Elmer Dolittle
★ 6.0
movie
Langlois-Keaton à Paris
1962 • as Self
★ 6.0
Doughboys
Doughboys
1930 • as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
★ 6.0
The Round-Up
The Round-Up
1920 • as Indian (uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Hayseed
The Hayseed
1919 • as Manager, General Store
★ 5.7
Ditto
Ditto
1937 • as The Forgotten Man
★ 5.8
The Play House
The Play House
1921 • as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand
★ 6.8
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999 • as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990 • as Self - Actor (archive footage)
★ 6.0
The Passionate Plumber
The Passionate Plumber
1932 • as Elmer E. Tuttle
★ 6.0
New Moon
New Moon
1940 • as Prisoner - 'LuLu'
★ 6.9
Hollywood Hobbies
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 • as Self (uncredited)
★ 5.6
She Went to the Races
She Went to the Races
1945 • as Bellboy (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931 • as Reginald Irving
★ 5.4
The Electric House
The Electric House
1922 • as Buster
★ 6.8
So You Won't Squawk
So You Won't Squawk
1941 • as Eddie
★ 6.9
Li'l Abner
Li'l Abner
1940 • as Lonesome Polecat
★ 6.1
Li'l Abner
Li'l Abner
1940
★ 6.1
The Love Nest
The Love Nest
1923 • as Buster Keaton
★ 6.7
Blue Blazes
Blue Blazes
1936 • as Elmer
★ 6.1
Out West
Out West
1918 • as Sheriff, Saloon Owner
★ 6.0
Paradise for Buster
Paradise for Buster
1952 • as Buster
★ 7.5
Crazy Days
Crazy Days
1962 • as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Stunts: A Taste for Risk
Stunts: A Taste for Risk
2023 • as Various Roles (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941 • as Self
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936 • as Self
★ 4.7
Back Stage
Back Stage
1919 • as Stagehand
★ 6.4
The Hollywood Clowns
The Hollywood Clowns
1979 • as (archive footage)
The Haunted House
The Haunted House
1921 • as Bank Clerk
★ 6.5
movie
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
★ 3.0
The Frozen North
The Frozen North
1922 • as The Bad Man
★ 6.2
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962 • as Self
★ 7.0
The Boat
The Boat
1921 • as The Boat Builder
★ 6.5
Convict 13
Convict 13
1920 • as Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
★ 6.7
Take It or Leave It
Take It or Leave It
1944 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.0
San Diego I Love You
San Diego I Love You
1944 • as Bus Driver
★ 6.8
The Bell Boy
The Bell Boy
1918 • as Bellboy
★ 6.4
Coney Island
Coney Island
1917 • as Rival / Cop with Moustache
★ 5.9
Nothing But Pleasure
Nothing But Pleasure
1940 • as Clarence Plunkett
★ 6.0
30 Years of Fun
30 Years of Fun
1963 • as (archive footage)
★ 5.3
Buster se marie
Buster se marie
1931 • as Reggie Irving
★ 8.0
Speak Easily
Speak Easily
1932 • as Professor Post
★ 5.8
movie
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Paleface
The Paleface
1922 • as Little Chief Paleface
★ 6.1
The Sound of Laughter
The Sound of Laughter
1963 • as Elmer Butts
★ 5.0
The Great Chase
The Great Chase
1962
★ 6.4
Allez Oop
Allez Oop
1934 • as Elmer
★ 6.4
The Taming of the Snood
The Taming of the Snood
1940 • as Buster Keaton
★ 6.0
The Invader
The Invader
1936 • as Leander Proudfoot
★ 4.0
The Gold Ghost
The Gold Ghost
1934 • as Wally
★ 6.0
The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy
1917 • as Buster
★ 6.1
The Garage
The Garage
1920 • as Mechanic / Fireman
★ 6.1
Neighbors
Neighbors
1920 • as The Boy
★ 7.1
She's Oil Mine
She's Oil Mine
1941 • as Buster Waters, plumber
★ 6.8
Grand Slam Opera
Grand Slam Opera
1936 • as Elmer Butts
★ 5.9
Boom in the Moon
Boom in the Moon
1946
★ 4.1
The Spook Speaks
The Spook Speaks
1940 • as Buster
★ 6.0
Love Nest on Wheels
Love Nest on Wheels
1937 • as Elmer
★ 6.1
Tide of Empire
Tide of Empire
1929 • as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
★ 6.3
The Iron Mule
The Iron Mule
1925 • as Indian (uncredited)
★ 5.9
The Lovable Cheat
The Lovable Cheat
1949 • as Goulard
★ 6.0
Buster Keaton Rides Again
Buster Keaton Rides Again
1965 • as Self
★ 7.2
Film
Film
1965 • as The Man
★ 7.0
Notfilm
Notfilm
2015 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 5.0
No Time at All
No Time at All
1958 • as Harrison
★ 8.0
General Nuisance
General Nuisance
1941 • as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
★ 6.6
Moonshine
Moonshine
1918 • as Revenue Agent
★ 5.6
Three on a Limb
Three on a Limb
1936 • as Elmer Brown
★ 5.9
A Reckless Romeo
A Reckless Romeo
1917 • as Blind Organ Grinder
★ 5.3
The Baby Cyclone
The Baby Cyclone
1928 • as Stunt Double (uncredited)
★ 8.0
movie
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
2007 • as (archive footage)
That Night with You
That Night with You
1945 • as Sam - Short Order Cook
★ 10.0
The King of the Champs-Élysées
The King of the Champs-Élysées
1934 • as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
★ 5.9
Pardon My Berth Marks
Pardon My Berth Marks
1940 • as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
★ 6.5
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
1933 • as Self
★ 4.5
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016 • as Self (archive footage)
Tars and Stripes
Tars and Stripes
1935 • as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
★ 4.6
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
1950 • as Buster
★ 7.3
The Chemist
The Chemist
1936 • as Elmer Triple
★ 6.3
God's Country
God's Country
1946 • as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone
★ 7.0
We’re Switching to Hollywood
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931 • as Self
★ 5.2
Palooka from Paducah
Palooka from Paducah
1935 • as Jim Diltz
★ 5.4
The Home Owner
The Home Owner
1961 • as The Home Owner
★ 7.0
Mooching Through Georgia
Mooching Through Georgia
1939 • as Homer Cobb
★ 6.1
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
2016 • as Self
★ 7.8
4 Clowns
4 Clowns
1970 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Estrellados
Estrellados
1930 • as Canuto Cuadratin
★ 7.0
The Timid Young Man
The Timid Young Man
1935 • as Milton
★ 5.5
Casanova Against His Will
Casanova Against His Will
1931 • as Reggie Irving
★ 6.7
Forward, March!
Forward, March!
1930
★ 9.0
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951 • as (archive footage)
Life in Hollywood No. 1
Life in Hollywood No. 1
1927 • as Self
The Three Stooges Follies
The Three Stooges Follies
1974 • as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Devil to Pay
The Devil to Pay
1960 • as Diablos
★ 7.0
Life with Buster Keaton
Life with Buster Keaton
1951
★ 8.5
The E-Flat Man
The E-Flat Man
1935 • as Elmer
★ 5.6
Barney's Wall
Barney's Wall
2019 • as Self (archive footage)
The High Sign
The High Sign
1921 • as Our Hero
★ 7.1
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
1963 • as Lester Snapwell
★ 8.0
The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
1970 • as Self (archival footage)
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
2016 • as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
A Country Hero
A Country Hero
1917 • as Vaudeville Artist
★ 5.5
Mixed Magic
Mixed Magic
1936 • as Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
★ 6.1
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
1958 • as Professor
A Duel to the Death
A Duel to the Death
1947 • as The First Fisherman
★ 7.0
His Ex Marks the Spot
His Ex Marks the Spot
1940 • as Buster - the husband
★ 4.8
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
You Have to Live Somewhere
You Have to Live Somewhere
2014 • as (archive footage)
There's No Business Like No Business
There's No Business Like No Business
1963 • as Self
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006 • as (archive footage)
Simon Pure Beer
Simon Pure Beer
1962 • as Self
★ 7.0
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
2020 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0