Birthday:
Oct 03, 1895
Place of Birth: Piqua, Kansas, USA
Place of Birth: Piqua, Kansas, USA
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The General | Johnnie Gray | 1926 |
| Sherlock Jr. | Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr. | 1924 |
| The Baby Cyclone | Stunt Double (uncredited) | 1928 |
| Sunset Boulevard | Buster Keaton | 1950 |
| Forward, March! | 1930 | |
| Our Hospitality | William McKay | 1923 |
| Estrellados | Canuto Cuadratin | 1930 |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Train Conductor | 1956 |
| It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Jimmy the Crook | 1963 |
| Li'l Abner | Lonesome Polecat | 1940 |
| The Cameraman | Buster | 1928 |
| Li'l Abner | 1940 | |
| One Week | The Groom | 1920 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 | Self | 1933 |
| The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self / Princess Raja | 1929 |
| The Navigator | Rollo Treadway | 1924 |
| The Railrodder | The Man | 1965 |
| Go West | Friendless | 1925 |
| In the Good Old Summertime | Hickey | 1949 |
| How to Stuff a Wild Bikini | Bwana | 1965 |
| Seven Chances | James 'Jimmie' Shannon | 1925 |
| Steamboat Bill, Jr. | William 'Willie' Canfield Jr. | 1928 |
| The Paleface | Little Chief Paleface | 1922 |
| Three Ages | The Boy | 1923 |
| Navigators | 2023 | |
| The Hollywood Clowns | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| College | Ronald, The Boy | 1927 |
| Limelight | Calvero's Partner | 1952 |
| Free and Easy | Elmer | 1930 |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Lion Tamer | 1960 |
| The Blacksmith | Blacksmith's Assistant | 1922 |
| Speak Easily | Professor Post | 1932 |
| Forever and a Day | Wilkins | 1943 |
| The Voice of Hollywood | 1930 | |
| Back Stage | Stagehand | 1919 |
| Convict 13 | Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard | 1920 |
| The Balloonatic | The Young Man | 1923 |
| Film | The Man | 1965 |
| The Bell Boy | Bellboy | 1918 |
| Cops | The Young Man | 1922 |
| Coney Island | Rival / Cop with Moustache | 1917 |
| Good Night, Nurse! | Dr. Hampton | 1918 |
| Day Dreams | The Young Man | 1922 |
| Hard Luck | Suicidal Boy | 1921 |
| His Wedding Night | Delivery boy | 1917 |
| My Wife's Relations | The Husband | 1922 |
| The High Sign | Our Hero | 1921 |
| Life in Hollywood No. 1 | Self | 1927 |
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Erronius | 1966 |
| The Boat | The Boat Builder | 1921 |
| Jail Bait | 1937 | |
| Out West | Sheriff, Saloon Owner | 1918 |
| Spite Marriage | Elmer | 1929 |
| The Hayseed | Manager, General Store | 1919 |
| The Rough House | Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop | 1917 |
| The Scarecrow | Farmhand | 1920 |
| The Haunted House | Bank Clerk | 1921 |
| Neighbors | The Boy | 1920 |
| The Goat | The Goat | 1921 |
| The Play House | Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand | 1921 |
| The Frozen North | The Bad Man | 1922 |
| The Electric House | Buster | 1922 |
| The Love Nest | Buster Keaton | 1923 |
| The Gold Ghost | Wally | 1934 |
| Battling Butler | Alfred Butler | 1926 |
| Love Nest on Wheels | Elmer | 1937 |
| Grand Slam Opera | Elmer Butts | 1936 |
| Allez Oop | Elmer | 1934 |
| Blue Blazes | Elmer | 1936 |
| Mixed Magic | Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth | 1936 |
| Hollywood Cavalcade | Buster Keaton | 1939 |
| The Saphead | Bertie Van Alstyne | 1920 |
| The Butcher Boy | Buster | 1917 |
| The Cook | The Waiter (uncredited) | 1918 |
| Oh, Doctor! | Junior Holepoke | 1917 |
| The Garage | Mechanic / Fireman | 1920 |
| Moonshine | Revenue Agent | 1918 |
| The Stolen Jools | Policeman | 1931 |
| Parlor, Bedroom and Bath | Reginald Irving | 1931 |
| Sidewalks of New York | Harmon | 1931 |
| The Invader | Leander Proudfoot | 1936 |
| Hayseed Romance | Elmer Dolittle | 1935 |
| The Chemist | Elmer Triple | 1936 |
| One Run Elmer | Elmer | 1935 |
| Ditto | The Forgotten Man | 1937 |
| Palooka from Paducah | Jim Diltz | 1935 |
| Pest from the West | Sir | 1939 |
| The Spook Speaks | Buster | 1940 |
| Tars and Stripes | Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle | 1935 |
| The Timid Young Man | Milton | 1935 |
| Nothing But Pleasure | Clarence Plunkett | 1940 |
| Three on a Limb | Elmer Brown | 1936 |
| The Passionate Plumber | Elmer E. Tuttle | 1932 |
| The Taming of the Snood | Buster Keaton | 1940 |
| Pardon My Berth Marks | Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy | 1940 |
| The E-Flat Man | Elmer | 1935 |
| What! No Beer? | Elmer J. Butts | 1933 |
| Mooching Through Georgia | Homer Cobb | 1939 |
| The Misadventures of Buster Keaton | Buster | 1950 |
| His Ex Marks the Spot | Buster - the husband | 1940 |
| God's Country | Old Tarp / Mr. Boone | 1946 |
| So You Won't Squawk | Eddie | 1941 |
| That's the Spirit | L.M. | 1945 |
| Boom in the Moon | 1946 | |
| San Diego I Love You | Bus Driver | 1944 |
| The Villain Still Pursued Her | William Dalton | 1940 |
| General Nuisance | Peter Hedley Lamar Jr. | 1941 |
| She's Oil Mine | Buster Waters, plumber | 1941 |
| That Night with You | Sam - Short Order Cook | 1945 |
| The Lovable Cheat | Goulard | 1949 |
| Pajama Party | Chief Rotten Eagle | 1964 |
| The Triumph of Lester Snapwell | Lester Snapwell | 1963 |
| Sergeant Deadhead | Airman Blinken | 1965 |
| You're My Everything | Butler | 1949 |
| L'Incantevole nemica | L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre | 1953 |
| The Scribe | Journalist | 1966 |
| A Reckless Romeo | Blind Organ Grinder | 1917 |
| The Image Book | (archive footage) | 2018 |
| The Iron Mule | Indian (uncredited) | 1925 |
| Doughboys | Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr. | 1930 |
| When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Cops' (archive footage) | 1960 |
| Buster Keaton Rides Again | Self | 1965 |
| Life with Buster Keaton | 1951 | |
| A Duel to the Death | The First Fisherman | 1947 |
| 4 Clowns | (archive footage) | 1970 |
| Crazy Days | Various (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1962 |
| Seeing Stars | Self | 1922 |
| Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 | Self | 1941 |
| The Slappiest Days of Our Lives | (archive footage) | 1951 |
| The King of the Champs-Élysées | Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré | 1934 |
| Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend | Self (archive footage) | 1986 |
| The Home Owner | The Home Owner | 1961 |
| The Devil to Pay | Diablos | 1960 |
| Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | Self | 1936 |
| Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood | Self | 2016 |
| Hollywood Hobbies | Self (uncredited) | 1939 |
| La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Self | 1935 |
| Paradise for Buster | Buster | 1952 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| Edge of Outside | Buster (archive footage) | 2006 |
| Beach Blanket Bingo | 1965 | |
| The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers | Self | 1962 |
| Dance Crazy in Hollywood | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 1990 |
| The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk | Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Tide of Empire | Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited) | 1929 |
| No Time at All | Harrison | 1958 |
| That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1974 |
| So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM | Self (archive footage) | 2004 |
| Stunts: A Taste for Risk | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2023 |
| Industrial Strength Keaton | Self | 2006 |
| Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts | (archive footage) | 2006 |
| We're switching to Hollywood | Self | 1931 |
| The Silent Partner | Kelsey Dutton | 1955 |
| Bad 25 | Ronald, The Boy (archive footage) | 2012 |
| New Moon | Prisoner - 'LuLu' | 1940 |
| Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died | Self (archive footage) | 2016 |
| That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Character Studies | Self (uncredited) | 1927 |
| Lifetime of Comedy | (archive footage) | 1960 |
| That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976 |
| The Round-Up | Indian (uncredited) | 1920 |
| She Went to the Races | Bellboy (uncredited) | 1945 |
| Take It or Leave It | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 | 2016 | |
| The Awakening | The Man | 1954 |
| Simon Pure Beer | Self | 1962 |
| Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2011 |
| The Great Buster: A Celebration | Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Barney's Wall | Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Notfilm | Self (archive footage) | 2015 |
| Salute to Stan Laurel | Self | 1965 |
| The Big Parade of Comedy | Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage) | 1964 |
| And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014 |
| It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | 1976 |
| The Sound of Laughter | Elmer Butts | 1963 |
| War Italian Style | Gen. von Kassler | 1965 |
| Langlois-Keaton à Paris | Self | 1962 |
| Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends | (archive footage) | 2016 |
| Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies | Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| Casanova wider Willen | Reggie Irving | 1931 |
| 30 Years of Fun | (archive footage) | 1963 |
| Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One | Various | 2001 |
| Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two | Various | 2001 |
| The Adventures of Mr. Pastry | Professor | 1958 |
| There's No Business Like No Business | Self | 1963 |
| Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen | (archive footage) | 2007 |
| Jackie Chan: My Story | (archive footage) | 1998 |
| Hodgepodge | Self (archive footage) | 2025 |
| The Three Stooges Follies | Clarence Plunkett (archive footage) | 1974 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Burke's Law | Mortimer Lovely | 1963 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1950 |
| Route 66 | 1960 | |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Twilight Zone | Woodrow Mulligan | 1959 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | 1963 | |
| The Hollywood Palace | Self - Sketch Actor | 1964 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| The Donna Reed Show | 1958 | |
| Funny Business | (archive footage) | 1992 |
| The Rosemary Clooney Show | Self | 1956 |
| Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow | Self (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Legends | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2006 |
| Star Life | Self (archive footage) | 1990 |
| What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Screen Director's Playhouse | Kelsey Dutton | 1955 |
| Playhouse 90 | Harrison | 1956 |
