Buster Keaton
Birthday
1895/10/03
Day of death
1966/02/01 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Piqua, Kansas, USA
Also know as
The Great Stone Face, Joseph Frank Keaton, 巴斯特·基顿, باستر کیتون
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 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.
Acting
(1926) The General
as Johnnie Gray
(1924) Sherlock Jr.
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
(1928) The Baby Cyclone
as Stunt Double (uncredited)
(1950) Sunset Boulevard
as Buster Keaton
(1930) Forward, March!
as ---
(1923) Our Hospitality
as William McKay
(1930) Estrellados
as Canuto Cuadratin
(1956) Around the World in 80 Days
as Train Conductor
(1963) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Jimmy the Crook
(1940) Li'l Abner
as Lonesome Polecat
(1928) The Cameraman
as Buster
(1940) Li'l Abner
as ---
(1920) One Week
as The Groom
(1933) Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
as Self
(1929) The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self / Princess Raja
(1924) The Navigator
as Rollo Treadway
(1965) The Railrodder
as The Man
(1925) Go West
as Friendless
(1949) In the Good Old Summertime
as Hickey
(1965) How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
as Bwana
(1925) Seven Chances
as James 'Jimmie' Shannon
(1928) Steamboat Bill, Jr.
as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.
(1922) The Paleface
as Little Chief Paleface
(1923) Three Ages
as The Boy
(1979) The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
(1927) College
as Ronald, The Boy
(1952) Limelight
as Calvero's Partner
(1930) Free and Easy
as Elmer
(1960) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Lion Tamer
(1922) The Blacksmith
as Blacksmith's Assistant
(1932) Speak Easily
as Professor Post
(1943) Forever and a Day
as Wilkins
(1930) The Voice of Hollywood
as ---
(1919) Back Stage
as Stagehand
(1920) Convict 13
as Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
(1923) The Balloonatic
as The Young Man
(1965) Film
as The Man
(1918) The Bell Boy
as Bellboy
(1922) Cops
as The Young Man
(1917) Coney Island
as Rival / Cop with Moustache
(1918) Good Night, Nurse!
as Dr. Hampton
(1922) Day Dreams
as The Young Man
(1921) Hard Luck
as Suicidal Boy
(1917) His Wedding Night
as Delivery boy
(1922) My Wife's Relations
as The Husband
(1921) The High Sign
as Our Hero
(1927) Life in Hollywood No. 1
as Self
(1966) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Erronius
(1921) The Boat
as The Boat Builder
(1937) Jail Bait
as ---
(1918) Out West
as Sheriff, Saloon Owner
(1929) Spite Marriage
as Elmer
(1919) The Hayseed
as Manager, General Store
(1917) The Rough House
as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop
(1920) The Scarecrow
as Farmhand
(1921) The Haunted House
as Bank Clerk
(1920) Neighbors
as The Boy
(1921) The Goat
as The Goat
(1921) The Play House
as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand
(1922) The Frozen North
as The Bad Man
(1922) The Electric House
as Buster
(1923) The Love Nest
as Buster Keaton
(1934) The Gold Ghost
as Wally
(1926) Battling Butler
as Alfred Butler
(1937) Love Nest on Wheels
as Elmer
(1936) Grand Slam Opera
as Elmer Butts
(1934) Allez Oop
as Elmer
(1936) Blue Blazes
as Elmer
(1936) Mixed Magic
as Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
(1939) Hollywood Cavalcade
as Buster Keaton
(1920) The Saphead
as Bertie Van Alstyne
(1917) The Butcher Boy
as Buster
(1918) The Cook
as The Waiter (uncredited)
(1917) Oh, Doctor!
as Junior Holepoke
(1920) The Garage
as Mechanic / Fireman
(1918) Moonshine
as Revenue Agent
(1931) The Stolen Jools
as Policeman
(1931) Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
as Reginald Irving
(1931) Sidewalks of New York
as Harmon
(1936) The Invader
as Leander Proudfoot
(1935) Hayseed Romance
as Elmer Dolittle
(1936) The Chemist
as Elmer Triple
(1935) One Run Elmer
as Elmer
(1937) Ditto
as The Forgotten Man
(1935) Palooka from Paducah
as Jim Diltz
(1939) Pest from the West
as Sir
(1940) The Spook Speaks
as Buster
(1935) Tars and Stripes
as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
(1935) The Timid Young Man
as Milton
(1940) Nothing But Pleasure
as Clarence Plunkett
(1936) Three on a Limb
as Elmer Brown
(1932) The Passionate Plumber
as Elmer E. Tuttle
(1940) The Taming of the Snood
as Buster Keaton
(1940) Pardon My Berth Marks
as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
(1935) The E-Flat Man
as Elmer
(1933) What! No Beer?
as Elmer J. Butts
(1939) Mooching Through Georgia
as Homer Cobb
(1950) The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
as Buster
(1940) His Ex Marks the Spot
as Buster - the husband
(1946) God's Country
as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone
(1941) So You Won't Squawk
as Eddie
(1945) That's the Spirit
as L.M.
(1946) Boom in the Moon
as ---
(1944) San Diego I Love You
as Bus Driver
(1940) The Villain Still Pursued Her
as William Dalton
(1941) General Nuisance
as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
(1941) She's Oil Mine
as Buster Waters, plumber
(1945) That Night with You
as Sam - Short Order Cook
(1949) The Lovable Cheat
as Goulard
(1964) Pajama Party
as Chief Rotten Eagle
(1963) The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
as Lester Snapwell
(1965) Sergeant Deadhead
as Airman Blinken
(1949) You're My Everything
as Butler
(1953) L'Incantevole nemica
as L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre
(1966) The Scribe
as Journalist
(1917) A Reckless Romeo
as Blind Organ Grinder
(2018) The Image Book
as (archive footage)
(1925) The Iron Mule
as Indian (uncredited)
(1930) Doughboys
as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
(1960) When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)
(1965) Buster Keaton Rides Again
as Self
(1951) Life with Buster Keaton
as ---
(1947) A Duel to the Death
as The First Fisherman
(1970) 4 Clowns
as (archive footage)
(1962) Crazy Days
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1922) Seeing Stars
as Self
(1941) Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self
(1951) The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)
(1934) The King of the Champs-Élysées
as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
(1961) The Home Owner
as The Home Owner
(1960) The Devil to Pay
as Diablos
(1936) Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
as Self
(2016) Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
as Self
(1939) Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
(1935) La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self
(1952) Paradise for Buster
as Buster
(1984) Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1965) Beach Blanket Bingo
as Buster
(1962) The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self
(1990) Dance Crazy in Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2007) The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self (archive footage)
(1929) Tide of Empire
as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
(1958) No Time at All
as Harrison
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2004) So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
as Self (archive footage)
(2023) Stunts: A Taste for Risk
as Various Roles (archive footage)
(2006) Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
as (archive footage)
(1931) We're switching to Hollywood
as Self
(1940) New Moon
as Prisoner - 'LuLu'
(2016) Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
as Self (archive footage)
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1927) Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
(1960) Lifetime of Comedy
as (archive footage)
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1920) The Round-Up
as Indian (uncredited)
(1945) She Went to the Races
as Bellboy (uncredited)
(1944) Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2016) Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
as ---
(1954) The Awakening
as The Man
(1962) Simon Pure Beer
as Self
(2011) Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2019) Barney's Wall
as Self (archive footage)
(2015) Notfilm
as Self (archive footage)
(1965) Salute to Stan Laurel
as Self
(1964) The Big Parade of Comedy
as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
(1976) It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
(1963) The Sound of Laughter
as Elmer Butts
(1965) War Italian Style
as Gen. von Kassler
(1962) Langlois-Keaton à Paris
as Self
(2016) Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
as (archive footage)
(2020) Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
as Self (archive footage)
(1931) Casanova wider Willen
as Reggie Irving
(1963) 30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
(2001) Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
as Various
(2001) Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
as Various
(1958) The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
as Professor
(1963) There's No Business Like No Business
as Self
(2007) Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
as (archive footage)
(2025) Hodgepodge
as Self (archive footage)
(1974) The Three Stooges Follies
as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
(2017) Busta Keaton in COPS
as The Young Man (archive footage from 'Cops')
(2014) You Have to Live Somewhere
as (archive footage)
(1962) The Great Chase
as ---
(1976) Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1999) Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
as (archive footage)
(1970) The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
as Self (archival footage)
(2000) Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self (archive footage)
(2021) The Real Charlie Chaplin
as ---
(2026) R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
(1963) Burke's Law
as Mortimer Lovely
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Woodrow Mulligan
(1963) The Greatest Show on Earth
as ---
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self
(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1958) The Donna Reed Show
as ---
(1992) Funny Business
as (archive footage)
(1956) The Rosemary Clooney Show
as Self
(1987) Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
as Self (archive footage)
(2006) Legends
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Kelsey Dutton
(1956) Playhouse 90
as Harrison