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.

Cast

The General

(Johnnie Gray)

Sherlock Jr.

(Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.)

The Baby Cyclone

(Stunt Double (uncredited))

Forward, March!

Sunset Boulevard

(Buster Keaton)

Our Hospitality

(William McKay)

Estrellados

(Canuto Cuadratin)

Around the World in 80 Days

(Train Conductor)

Li'l Abner

(Lonesome Polecat)

The Cameraman

(Buster)

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

(Jimmy the Crook)

Li'l Abner

One Week

(The Groom)

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

(Self)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

(Self / Princess Raja)

The Navigator

(Rollo Treadway)

The Railrodder

(The Man)

Go West

(Friendless)

In the Good Old Summertime

(Hickey)

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

(Bwana)

Seven Chances

(James 'Jimmie' Shannon)

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

(William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.)

The Paleface

(Little Chief Paleface)

Three Ages

(The Boy)

The Hollywood Clowns

((archive footage))

College

(Ronald, The Boy)

Limelight

(Calvero's Partner)

Free and Easy

(Elmer)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

(Lion Tamer)

The Blacksmith

(Blacksmith's Assistant)

Speak Easily

(Professor Post)

Forever and a Day

(Wilkins)

The Voice of Hollywood

Back Stage

(Stagehand)

Convict 13

(Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard)

Film

(The Man)

The Balloonatic

(The Young Man)

The Bell Boy

(Bellboy)

Cops

(The Young Man)

Coney Island

(Rival / Cop with Moustache)

Day Dreams

(The Young Man)

Good Night, Nurse!

(Dr. Hampton)

Hard Luck

(Suicidal Boy)

His Wedding Night

(Delivery boy)

My Wife's Relations

(The Husband)

The High Sign

(Our Hero)

Life in Hollywood No. 1

(Self)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

(Erronius)

The Boat

(The Boat Builder)

Jail Bait

Out West

(Sheriff, Saloon Owner)

Spite Marriage

(Elmer)

The Hayseed

(Manager, General Store)

The Rough House

(Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop)

The Scarecrow

(Farmhand)

Neighbors

(The Boy)

The Haunted House

(Bank Clerk)

The Goat

(The Goat)

The Play House

(Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand)

The Frozen North

(The Bad Man)

The Electric House

(Buster)

The Love Nest

(Buster Keaton)

Battling Butler

(Alfred Butler)

The Gold Ghost

(Wally)

Allez Oop

(Elmer)

Grand Slam Opera

(Elmer Butts)

Blue Blazes

(Elmer)

Mixed Magic

(Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth)

Love Nest on Wheels

(Elmer)

Hollywood Cavalcade

(Buster Keaton)

The Saphead

(Bertie Van Alstyne)

The Butcher Boy

(Buster)

Oh, Doctor!

(Junior Holepoke)

Moonshine

(Revenue Agent)

The Cook

(The Waiter (uncredited))

The Garage

(Mechanic / Fireman)

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

(Reginald Irving)

The Stolen Jools

(Policeman)

Sidewalks of New York

(Harmon)

The Passionate Plumber

(Elmer E. Tuttle)

What! No Beer?

(Elmer J. Butts)

The Invader

(Leander Proudfoot)

Palooka from Paducah

(Jim Diltz)

One Run Elmer

(Elmer)

Hayseed Romance

(Elmer Dolittle)

Tars and Stripes

(Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle)

The E-Flat Man

(Elmer)

The Timid Young Man

(Milton)

Three on a Limb

(Elmer Brown)

The Chemist

(Elmer Triple)

Ditto

(The Forgotten Man)

Pest from the West

(Sir)

Mooching Through Georgia

(Homer Cobb)

Nothing But Pleasure

(Clarence Plunkett)

Pardon My Berth Marks

(Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy)

The Taming of the Snood

(Buster Keaton)

The Spook Speaks

(Buster)

The Villain Still Pursued Her

(William Dalton)

His Ex Marks the Spot

(Buster - the husband)

So You Won't Squawk

(Eddie)

General Nuisance

(Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.)

She's Oil Mine

(Buster Waters, plumber)

San Diego I Love You

(Bus Driver)

That's the Spirit

(L.M.)

That Night with You

(Sam - Short Order Cook)

God's Country

(Old Tarp / Mr. Boone)

Boom in the Moon

The Lovable Cheat

(Goulard)

You're My Everything

(Butler)

L'Incantevole nemica

(L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre)

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton

(Buster)

The Triumph of Lester Snapwell

(Lester Snapwell)

Pajama Party

(Chief Rotten Eagle)

Sergeant Deadhead

(Airman Blinken)

The Scribe

(Journalist)

A Reckless Romeo

(Blind Organ Grinder)

The Image Book

((archive footage))

The Iron Mule

(Indian (uncredited))

Doughboys

(Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.)

When Comedy Was King

(edited from 'Cops' (archive footage))

Buster Keaton Rides Again

(Self)

Life with Buster Keaton

A Duel to the Death

(The First Fisherman)

4 Clowns

((archive footage))

Crazy Days

(Various (archive footage) (uncredited))

Seeing Stars

(Self)

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1

(Self)

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

((archive footage))

The King of the Champs-Élysées

(Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré)

The Home Owner

(The Home Owner)

The Devil to Pay

(Diablos)

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

(Self)

Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood

(Self)

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

(Self)

Hollywood Hobbies

(Self (uncredited))

Paradise for Buster

(Buster)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

((archive footage))

Beach Blanket Bingo

(Buster)

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

(Self)

Dance Crazy in Hollywood

(Self - Actor (archive footage))

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

(Self (archive footage))

Tide of Empire

(Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited))

No Time at All

(Harrison)

That's Entertainment!

((archive footage) (uncredited))

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM

(Self (archive footage))

Stunts: A Taste for Risk

(Various Roles (archive footage))

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts

((archive footage))

We're switching to Hollywood

(Self)

New Moon

(Prisoner - 'LuLu')

Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died

(Self (archive footage))

That's Entertainment! III

((archive footage))

Character Studies

(Self (uncredited))

Lifetime of Comedy

((archive footage))

That's Entertainment, Part II

((archive footage))

The Round-Up

(Indian (uncredited))

She Went to the Races

(Bellboy (uncredited))

Take It or Leave It

((archive footage) (uncredited))

Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923

The Awakening

(The Man)

Simon Pure Beer

(Self)

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Barney's Wall

(Self (archive footage))

Notfilm

(Self (archive footage))

Salute to Stan Laurel

(Self)

The Big Parade of Comedy

(Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage))

It's Showtime

(Self (archive footage))

The Sound of Laughter

(Elmer Butts)

War Italian Style

(Gen. von Kassler)

Langlois-Keaton à Paris

(Self)

Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends

((archive footage))

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies

(Self (archive footage))

Casanova wider Willen

(Reggie Irving)

30 Years of Fun

((archive footage))

Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One

(Various)

Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two

(Various)

The Adventures of Mr. Pastry

(Professor)

There's No Business Like No Business

(Self)

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

((archive footage))

Hodgepodge

(Self (archive footage))

The Three Stooges Follies

(Clarence Plunkett (archive footage))

Busta Keaton in COPS

(The Young Man (archive footage from 'Cops'))

You Have to Live Somewhere

((archive footage))

The Great Chase

Hooray for Hollywood

(Self (archive footage))

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

((archive footage))

The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton

(Self (archival footage))

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy

(Self (archive footage))

The Real Charlie Chaplin

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

(Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.)

Burke's Law

(Mortimer Lovely)

The Colgate Comedy Hour

(Self)

Route 66

The Ed Sullivan Show

(Self)

The Twilight Zone

(Woodrow Mulligan)

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Hollywood Palace

(Self)

This Is Your Life

(Self)

The Donna Reed Show

Funny Business

((archive footage))

The Rosemary Clooney Show

(Self)

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

(Self (archive footage))

Legends

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

What's My Line?

(Self)

Screen Director's Playhouse

(Kelsey Dutton)

Playhouse 90

(Harrison)

Crew

Sherlock Jr.

(Director)

Sherlock Jr.

(Producer)

Sherlock Jr.

(Editor)

Our Hospitality

(Director)

Our Hospitality

(Producer)

The General

(Director)

The General

(Screenplay)

The General

(Producer)

The General

(Editor)

One Week

(Director)

Seven Chances

(Director)

The Paleface

(Director)

The Paleface

(Writer)

Three Ages

(Director)

Go West

(Director)

The Navigator

(Director)

The Jones Family in Hollywood

(Story)

The Blacksmith

(Director)

The Blacksmith

(Writer)

Hard Luck

(Director)

Hard Luck

(Writer)

My Wife's Relations

(Director)

My Wife's Relations

(Writer)

The High Sign

(Director)

The High Sign

(Writer)

Convict 13

(Director)

The Balloonatic

(Director)

The Balloonatic

(Writer)

Cops

(Director)

Cops

(Writer)

Cops

(Editor)

Day Dreams

(Director)

Day Dreams

(Writer)

The Boat

(Director)

The Boat

(Writer)

The Rough House

(Director)

The Rough House

(Writer)

The Scarecrow

(Director)

The Scarecrow

(Writer)

Neighbors

(Director)

The Haunted House

(Director)

The Haunted House

(Writer)

The Goat

(Director)

The Goat

(Writer)

The Play House

(Director)

The Play House

(Writer)

The Frozen North

(Director)

The Frozen North

(Writer)

The Electric House

(Director)

The Electric House

(Writer)

The Love Nest

(Director)

The Love Nest

(Writer)

Battling Butler

(Director)

Grand Slam Opera

(Writer)

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

(Director)

Hollywood Handicap

(Director)

Streamlined Swing

(Director)

Pest from the West

(Writer)

Mooching Through Georgia

(Writer)

College

(Director)

Three Ages

(Writer)

Moonshine

(Editor)

Convict 13

(Editor)

Speak Easily

(Producer)

Quick Millions

(Story)

Convict 13

(Writer)

Free and Easy

(Producer)

The Navigator

(Producer)

The Navigator

(Editor)

Seven Chances

(Producer)

Seven Chances

(Editor)

The General

(Stunts)

Go West

(Producer)

Our Hospitality

(Stunts)

Three Ages

(Producer)

The Smelly Janitor

(Thanks)

Doughboys

(Story)

In the Good Old Summertime

(Additional Writing)

Battling Butler

(Producer)

Spite Marriage

(Director)

One Week

(Editor)

Spite Marriage

(Producer)

Neighbors

(Writer)

One Week

(Writer)

The Cameraman

(Producer)

The Cameraman

(Director)

Busta Keaton in COPS

(Director)

The Buster Keaton Story

(Technical Advisor)

The Saphead

(Writer)

Hitman²

(In Memory Of)

Go West

(Writer)

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

(Producer)

The Gold Ghost

(Director)

Allez Oop

(Director)

Tars and Stripes

(Director)

Blue Blazes

(Director)

Mixed Magic

(Director)

Love Nest on Wheels

(Director)

In the Good Old Summertime

(Screenplay)

Grand Slam Opera

(Director)

Bathing Beauty

(Creative Consultant)

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

(Director)

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

(Director)

Too Hot to Handle

(Creative Consultant)

Casanova wider Willen

(Producer)