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Buster Keaton

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

03/10/1895

Day of Death

01/02/1966
(71) years old

Place of Birth

Piqua, Kansas, USA

Buster Keaton

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 Fa... Read More

Known For

R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr

Hodgepodge

Stunts: A Taste for Risk

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

Barney's Wall

The Image Book

Busta Keaton in COPS

Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923

Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood

Filmography

Cast

2026

R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr

as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

2025

Hodgepodge

as Self (archive footage)

2023

Stunts: A Taste for Risk

as Various Roles (archive footage)

2021

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2020

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Kea...

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Barney's Wall

as Self (archive footage)

2018

The Image Book

as (archive footage)

2017

Busta Keaton in COPS

as The Young Man (archive footage from 'Cop...

2016

Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917...

2016

Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by H...

as Self

2016

Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends

as (archive footage)

2016

Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clo...

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Notfilm

as Self (archive footage)

2014

You Have to Live Somewhere

as (archive footage)

2011

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent S...

as (archive footage)

2007

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to...

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts

as (archive footage)

2004

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

as Self (archive footage)

2001

Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two

as Various

2001

Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One

as Various

2000

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

as Self (archive footage)

1999

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from...

as Self (Archival Footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1990

Dance Crazy in Hollywood

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1979

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1976

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1976

Hooray for Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1974

The Three Stooges Follies

as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970

The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton

as Self (archival footage)

1970

4 Clowns

as (archive footage)

1966

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the...

as Erronius

1966

The Scribe

as Journalist

1965

War Italian Style

as Gen. von Kassler

1965

Salute to Stan Laurel

as Self

1965

Buster Keaton Rides Again

as Self

1965

Film

as The Man

1965

Sergeant Deadhead

as Airman Blinken

1965

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

as Bwana

1965

The Railrodder

as The Man

1965

Beach Blanket Bingo

as Buster

1964

Pajama Party

as Chief Rotten Eagle

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive foota...

1963

The Sound of Laughter

as Elmer Butts

1963

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

as Jimmy the Crook

1963

30 Years of Fun

as (archive footage)

1963

The Triumph of Lester Snapwell

as Lester Snapwell

1963

There's No Business Like No Business

as Self

1962

The Great Chase

1962

Simon Pure Beer

as Self

1962

Crazy Days

as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

1962

Langlois-Keaton à Paris

as Self

1962

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Sce...

as Self

1961

The Home Owner

as The Home Owner

1960

The Devil to Pay

as Diablos

1960

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Lion Tamer

1960

When Comedy Was King

as edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)

1960

Lifetime of Comedy

as (archive footage)

1958

The Adventures of Mr. Pastry

as Professor

1958

No Time at All

as Harrison

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

as Train Conductor

1954

The Awakening

as The Man

1953

L'Incantevole nemica

as L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de th...

1952

Limelight

as Calvero's Partner

1952

Paradise for Buster

as Buster

1951

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

as (archive footage)

1951

Life with Buster Keaton

1950

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton

as Buster

1950

Sunset Boulevard

as Buster Keaton

1949

In the Good Old Summertime

as Hickey

1949

You're My Everything

as Butler

1949

The Lovable Cheat

as Goulard

1947

A Duel to the Death

as The First Fisherman

1946

Boom in the Moon

1946

God's Country

as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone

1945

She Went to the Races

as Bellboy (uncredited)

1945

That Night with You

as Sam - Short Order Cook

1945

That's the Spirit

as L.M.

1944

San Diego I Love You

as Bus Driver

1944

Take It or Leave It

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1943

Forever and a Day

as Wilkins

1941

She's Oil Mine

as Buster Waters, plumber

1941

General Nuisance

as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.

1941

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

as Self

1941

So You Won't Squawk

as Eddie

1940

His Ex Marks the Spot

as Buster - the husband

1940

Li'l Abner

as Lonesome Polecat

1940

Li'l Abner

1940

The Villain Still Pursued Her

as William Dalton

1940

The Spook Speaks

as Buster

1940

The Taming of the Snood

as Buster Keaton

1940

New Moon

as Prisoner - 'LuLu'

1940

Pardon My Berth Marks

as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy

1940

Nothing But Pleasure

as Clarence Plunkett

1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

as Buster Keaton

1939

Mooching Through Georgia

as Homer Cobb

1939

Pest from the West

as Sir

1939

Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)

1937

Love Nest on Wheels

as Elmer

1937

Ditto

as The Forgotten Man

1937

Jail Bait

1936

Mixed Magic

as Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth

1936

The Chemist

as Elmer Triple

1936

Blue Blazes

as Elmer

1936

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

as Self

1936

Grand Slam Opera

as Elmer Butts

1936

Three on a Limb

as Elmer Brown

1936

The Invader

as Leander Proudfoot

1935

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

as Self

1935

The Timid Young Man

as Milton

1935

The E-Flat Man

as Elmer

1935

Tars and Stripes

as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle

1935

Hayseed Romance

as Elmer Dolittle

1935

One Run Elmer

as Elmer

1935

Palooka from Paducah

as Jim Diltz

1934

The King of the Champs-Élysées

as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré

1934

Allez Oop

as Elmer

1934

The Gold Ghost

as Wally

1933

What! No Beer?

as Elmer J. Butts

1933

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

as Self

1932

Speak Easily

as Professor Post

1932

The Passionate Plumber

as Elmer E. Tuttle

1931

Casanova wider Willen

as Reggie Irving

1931

Sidewalks of New York

as Harmon

1931

We're switching to Hollywood

as Self

1931

The Stolen Jools

as Policeman

1931

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

as Reginald Irving

1930

Forward, March!

1930

Doughboys

as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.

1930

Estrellados

as Canuto Cuadratin

1930

The Voice of Hollywood

1930

Free and Easy

as Elmer

1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

as Self / Princess Raja

1929

Spite Marriage

as Elmer

1929

Tide of Empire

as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncre...

1928

The Baby Cyclone

as Stunt Double (uncredited)

1928

The Cameraman

as Buster

1928

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.

1927

Character Studies

as Self (uncredited)

1927

College

as Ronald, The Boy

1927

Life in Hollywood No. 1

as Self

1926

The General

as Johnnie Gray

1926

Battling Butler

as Alfred Butler

1925

Go West

as Friendless

1925

The Iron Mule

as Indian (uncredited)

1925

Seven Chances

as James 'Jimmie' Shannon

1924

The Navigator

as Rollo Treadway

1924

Sherlock Jr.

as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

1923

Our Hospitality

as William McKay

1923

Three Ages

as The Boy

1923

The Love Nest

as Buster Keaton

1923

The Balloonatic

as The Young Man

1922

Day Dreams

as The Young Man

1922

Seeing Stars

as Self

1922

The Electric House

as Buster

1922

The Frozen North

as The Bad Man

1922

The Blacksmith

as Blacksmith's Assistant

1922

My Wife's Relations

as The Husband

1922

Cops

as The Young Man

1922

The Paleface

as Little Chief Paleface

1921

The Boat

as The Boat Builder

1921

The Play House

as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audien...

1921

The Goat

as The Goat

1921

The High Sign

as Our Hero

1921

Hard Luck

as Suicidal Boy

1921

The Haunted House

as Bank Clerk

1920

Neighbors

as The Boy

1920

The Scarecrow

as Farmhand

1920

Convict 13

as Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard

1920

The Round-Up

as Indian (uncredited)

1920

The Saphead

as Bertie Van Alstyne

1920

One Week

as The Groom

1920

The Garage

as Mechanic / Fireman

1919

The Hayseed

as Manager, General Store

1919

Back Stage

as Stagehand

1918

The Cook

as The Waiter (uncredited)

1918

Good Night, Nurse!

as Dr. Hampton

1918

Moonshine

as Revenue Agent

1918

The Bell Boy

as Bellboy

1918

Out West

as Sheriff, Saloon Owner

1917

Coney Island

as Rival / Cop with Moustache

1917

Oh, Doctor!

as Junior Holepoke

1917

His Wedding Night

as Delivery boy

1917

The Rough House

as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop

1917

A Reckless Romeo

as Blind Organ Grinder

1917

The Butcher Boy

as Buster

Crew

2026

R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr

as Director

2025

Hitman²

as In Memory Of

2017

Busta Keaton in COPS

as Director

2008

The Smelly Janitor

as Thanks

1957

The Buster Keaton Story

as Technical Advisor

1949

In the Good Old Summertime

as Additional Writing

1949

In the Good Old Summertime

as Screenplay

1944

Bathing Beauty

as Creative Consultant

1939

Quick Millions

as Story

1939

Mooching Through Georgia

as Writer

1939

Pest from the West

as Writer

1939

The Jones Family in Hollywood

as Story

1938

Too Hot to Handle

as Creative Consultant

1938

Streamlined Swing

as Director

1938

Hollywood Handicap

as Director

1938

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

as Director

1937

Love Nest on Wheels

as Director

1936

Mixed Magic

as Director

1936

Blue Blazes

as Director

1936

Grand Slam Opera

as Writer

1936

Grand Slam Opera

as Director

1935

Tars and Stripes

as Director

1934

Allez Oop

as Director

1934

The Gold Ghost

as Director

1932

Speak Easily

as Producer

1931

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

as Producer

1930

Doughboys

as Story

1930

Free and Easy

as Producer

1929

Spite Marriage

as Director

1929

Spite Marriage

as Producer

1928

The Cameraman

as Producer

1928

The Cameraman

as Director

1928

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

as Director

1927

College

as Director

1926

The General

as Screenplay

1926

The General

as Editor

1926

The General

as Director

1926

The General

as Producer

1926

The General

as Stunts

1926

Battling Butler

as Director

1926

Battling Butler

as Producer

1925

Go West

as Director

1925

Go West

as Producer

1925

Go West

as Writer

1925

Seven Chances

as Director

1925

Seven Chances

as Producer

1925

Seven Chances

as Editor

1924

The Navigator

as Director

1924

The Navigator

as Editor

1924

The Navigator

as Producer

1924

Sherlock Jr.

as Director

1924

Sherlock Jr.

as Editor

1924

Sherlock Jr.

as Producer

1923

Our Hospitality

as Director

1923

Our Hospitality

as Producer

1923

Our Hospitality

as Stunts

1923

Three Ages

as Director

1923

Three Ages

as Writer

1923

Three Ages

as Producer

1923

The Love Nest

as Director

1923

The Love Nest

as Writer

1923

The Balloonatic

as Director

1923

The Balloonatic

as Writer

1922

Day Dreams

as Writer

1922

Day Dreams

as Director

1922

The Electric House

as Director

1922

The Electric House

as Writer

1922

The Frozen North

as Writer

1922

The Frozen North

as Director

1922

The Blacksmith

as Writer

1922

The Blacksmith

as Director

1922

My Wife's Relations

as Director

1922

My Wife's Relations

as Writer

1922

Cops

as Director

1922

Cops

as Writer

1922

Cops

as Editor

1922

The Paleface

as Director

1922

The Paleface

as Writer

1921

The Boat

as Writer

1921

The Boat

as Director

1921

The Play House

as Director

1921

The Play House

as Writer

1921

The Goat

as Writer

1921

The Goat

as Director

1921

The High Sign

as Writer

1921

The High Sign

as Director

1921

Hard Luck

as Writer

1921

Hard Luck

as Director

1921

The Haunted House

as Director

1921

The Haunted House

as Writer

1920

Neighbors

as Director

1920

Neighbors

as Writer

1920

The Scarecrow

as Writer

1920

The Scarecrow

as Director

1920

Convict 13

as Director

1920

Convict 13

as Editor

1920

Convict 13

as Writer

1920

The Saphead

as Writer

1920

One Week

as Director

1920

One Week

as Editor

1920

One Week

as Writer

1918

Moonshine

as Editor

1917

The Rough House

as Writer

1917

The Rough House

as Director