Directing

Buster Keaton

Born 1895-10-03 · Piqua, Kansas, USA

Died 1966-02-01

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.

Credits

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A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
as Self (Archival)
2026
Bound for Glory: The General as Keaton's Cinematic Manifesto
as Self (Archival)
2026
Hodgepodge
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Stunts: A Taste for Risk
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2023
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as archive footage
2020
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Barney's Wall
as Self (archive footage)
2019
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
2018
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
as Self
2016
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
as (archive footage)
2016
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Notfilm
as Self (archive footage)
2015
You Have to Live Somewhere
as (archive footage)
2014
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011
The Smelly Janitor
Thanks
2008
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
as (archive footage)
2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Legends
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
as (archive footage)
2006
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
as (archive footage)
1999
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
1995
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Funny Business
as (archive footage)
1992
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
1990
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1980
Hollywood
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1980
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
1979
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1976
The Three Stooges Follies
as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
as Self (archival footage)
1970
4 Clowns
as (archive footage)
1970
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Erronius
1966
The Scribe
as Journalist
1966
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
The Railrodder
Director
1965
Beach Blanket Bingo
as Buster
1965
Pajama Party
as Chief Rotten Eagle
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
1964
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
The Sound of Laughter
as Elmer Butts
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Jimmy the Crook
1963
Burke's Law
as Mortimer Lovely
1963
The Greatest Show on Earth
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
1963
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 Scene Stealers
as Self
1962
The Home Owner
as The Home Owner
1961
The Devil to Pay
as Diablos
1960
Route 66
1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Lion Tamer
1960
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1960
Lifetime of Comedy
as (archive footage)
1960
The Twilight Zone
as Woodrow Mulligan
1959
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
as Professor
1958
No Time at All
as Harrison
1958
The Buster Keaton Story
Technical Advisor
1957
Around the World in 80 Days
as Train Conductor
1956
Playhouse 90
as Harrison
1956
The Rosemary Clooney Show
as Self
1956