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.
Acted in
Hodgepodge
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. with R.E.M.'s Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi: A Silents Synced Film
2025
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
Stunts: A Taste for Risk
2023
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Navigators
2023
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Barney's Wall
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)
The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Busta Keaton in COPS
2017
as The Young Man (archive footage from 'Cops')
Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
2016
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
2016
as Self
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
2016
as (archive footage)
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Notfilm
2015
as Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Bad 25
2012
as Ronald, The Boy (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
2007
as (archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Legends
2006
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edge of Outside
2006
as Buster (archive footage)
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006
as (archive footage)
Industrial Strength Keaton
2006
as Self
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
2001
as Various
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
2001
as Various
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Funny Business
1992
as (archive footage)
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
The Three Stooges Follies
1974
as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
4 Clowns
1970
as (archive footage)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
as Erronius
The Scribe
1966
as Journalist
War Italian Style
1965
as Gen. von Kassler
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
as Self
Buster Keaton Rides Again
1965
as Self
Film
1965
as The Man
Sergeant Deadhead
1965
as Airman Blinken
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
as Bwana
The Railrodder
1965
as The Man
Beach Blanket Bingo
1965
Pajama Party
1964
as Chief Rotten Eagle
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self - Sketch Actor
The Sound of Laughter
1963
as Elmer Butts
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Jimmy the Crook
Burke's Law
1963
as Mortimer Lovely
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
30 Years of Fun
1963
as (archive footage)
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
1963
as Lester Snapwell
There's No Business Like No Business
1963
as Self
Simon Pure Beer
1962
as Self
Crazy Days
1962
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Langlois-Keaton à Paris
1962
as Self
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962
as Self
The Home Owner
1961
as The Home Owner
The Devil to Pay
1960
as Diablos
Route 66
1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Lion Tamer
When Comedy Was King
1960
as edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)
Lifetime of Comedy
1960
as (archive footage)
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Woodrow Mulligan
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
1958
as Professor
No Time at All
1958
as Harrison
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
as Train Conductor
Playhouse 90
1956
as Harrison
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956
as Self
The Silent Partner
1955
as Kelsey Dutton
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Kelsey Dutton
The Awakening
1954
as The Man
L'Incantevole nemica
1953
as L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre
Limelight
1952
as Calvero's Partner
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Paradise for Buster
1952
as Buster
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
as (archive footage)
Life with Buster Keaton
1951
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
1950
as Buster
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Buster Keaton
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
as Hickey
You're My Everything
1949
as Butler
The Lovable Cheat
1949
as Goulard
A Duel to the Death
1947
as The First Fisherman
Boom in the Moon
1946
God's Country
1946
as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone
She Went to the Races
1945
as Bellboy (uncredited)
That Night with You
1945
as Sam - Short Order Cook
That's the Spirit
1945
as L.M.
San Diego I Love You
1944
as Bus Driver
Take It or Leave It
1944
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Forever and a Day
1943
as Wilkins
She's Oil Mine
1941
as Buster Waters, plumber
General Nuisance
1941
as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
as Self
So You Won't Squawk
1941
as Eddie
His Ex Marks the Spot
1940
as Buster - the husband
Li'l Abner
1940
as Lonesome Polecat
Li'l Abner
1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
as William Dalton
The Spook Speaks
1940
as Buster
The Taming of the Snood
1940
as Buster Keaton
New Moon
1940
as Prisoner - 'LuLu'
Pardon My Berth Marks
1940
as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
Nothing But Pleasure
1940
as Clarence Plunkett
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
as Buster Keaton
Mooching Through Georgia
1939
as Homer Cobb
Pest from the West
1939
as Sir
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
Love Nest on Wheels
1937
as Elmer
Ditto
1937
as The Forgotten Man
Jail Bait
1937
Mixed Magic
1936
as Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
The Chemist
1936
as Elmer Triple
Blue Blazes
1936
as Elmer
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
as Self
Grand Slam Opera
1936
as Elmer Butts
Three on a Limb
1936
as Elmer Brown
The Invader
1936
as Leander Proudfoot
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
as Self
The Timid Young Man
1935
as Milton
The E-Flat Man
1935
as Elmer
Tars and Stripes
1935
as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
Hayseed Romance
1935
as Elmer Dolittle
One Run Elmer
1935
as Elmer
Palooka from Paducah
1935
as Jim Diltz
The King of the Champs-Élysées
1934
as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
Allez Oop
1934
as Elmer
The Gold Ghost
1934
as Wally
What! No Beer?
1933
as Elmer J. Butts
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
1933
as Self
Speak Easily
1932
as Professor Post
The Passionate Plumber
1932
as Elmer E. Tuttle
Casanova wider Willen
1931
as Reggie Irving
Sidewalks of New York
1931
as Harmon
We're switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Policeman
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931
as Reginald Irving
Forward, March!
1930
Doughboys
1930
as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
Estrellados
1930
as Canuto Cuadratin
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
Free and Easy
1930
as Elmer
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self / Princess Raja
Spite Marriage
1929
as Elmer
Tide of Empire
1929
as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
The Baby Cyclone
1928
as Stunt Double (uncredited)
The Cameraman
1928
as Buster
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928
as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.
Character Studies
1927
as Self (uncredited)
College
1927
as Ronald, The Boy
Life in Hollywood No. 1
1927
as Self
The General
1926
as Johnnie Gray
Battling Butler
1926
as Alfred Butler
Go West
1925
as Friendless
The Iron Mule
1925
as Indian (uncredited)
Seven Chances
1925
as James 'Jimmie' Shannon
The Navigator
1924
as Rollo Treadway
Sherlock Jr.
1924
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
Our Hospitality
1923
as William McKay
Three Ages
1923
as The Boy
The Love Nest
1923
as Buster Keaton
The Balloonatic
1923
as The Young Man
Day Dreams
1922
as The Young Man
Seeing Stars
1922
as Self
The Electric House
1922
as Buster
The Frozen North
1922
as The Bad Man
The Blacksmith
1922
as Blacksmith's Assistant
My Wife's Relations
1922
as The Husband
Cops
1922
as The Young Man
The Paleface
1922
as Little Chief Paleface
The Boat
1921
as The Boat Builder
The Play House
1921
as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand
The Goat
1921
as The Goat
The High Sign
1921
as Our Hero
Hard Luck
1921
as Suicidal Boy
The Haunted House
1921
as Bank Clerk
Neighbors
1920
as The Boy
The Scarecrow
1920
as Farmhand
Convict 13
1920
as Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
The Round-Up
1920
as Indian (uncredited)
The Saphead
1920
as Bertie Van Alstyne
One Week
1920
as The Groom
The Garage
1920
as Mechanic / Fireman
The Hayseed
1919
as Manager, General Store
Back Stage
1919
as Stagehand
The Cook
1918
as The Waiter (uncredited)
Good Night, Nurse!
1918
as Dr. Hampton
Moonshine
1918
as Revenue Agent
The Bell Boy
1918
as Bellboy
Out West
1918
as Sheriff, Saloon Owner
Coney Island
1917
as Rival / Cop with Moustache
Oh, Doctor!
1917
as Junior Holepoke
His Wedding Night
1917
as Delivery boy
The Rough House
1917
as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop
A Reckless Romeo
1917
as Blind Organ Grinder
The Butcher Boy
1917
as Buster