Buster Keaton
Acting
Buster Keaton (4th October 1895 - 1st February 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".
Keaton 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. Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, [when] he worked without interruption on a series of films that make him, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies. "Orson Welles stated that Keaton's The General is the greatest comedy ever made, the greatest Civil War film ever made, and perhaps the greatest film ever made. A 2002 worldwide poll by Sight & Sound ranked Keaton's The General as the 15th best film of all time. Three other Keaton films received votes in the magazine's survey: Our Hospitality, Sherlock, Jr., and The Navigator.
Media of
Buster Keaton
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Filmography of
Buster Keaton
Golfeur (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 2022
... 2022
Self (archive footage)
... 2020
Himself (archival footage)
... 2019
Self (archive footage)
... 2018
... 2016
(archive footage)
... 2016
Himself (archive footage)
... 2016
Self (archive footage)
... 2015
Self (archive footage)
... 2014
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
... 2011
Buster (archive footage)
... 2006
(archive footage)
... 2006
Himself
... 2006
Self (archive footage)
... 2004
Various
... 2001
Various
... 2001
(archive footage)
... 1994
Self (archive footage)
... 1987
(archive footage)
... 1984
(archive footage)
... 1979
(archive footage)
... 1976
Self (archive footage)
... 1976
(archive footage) (uncredited)
... 1974
(archive footage)
... 1970
... 1966
Journalist
... 1966
Gen. von Kassler
... 1965
... 1965
Himself
... 1965
The Man
... 1965
Airman Blinken
... 1965
... 1965
The Man
... 1965
... 1965
Chief Rotten Eagle
... 1964
(archive footage)
... 1964
Elmer Butts
... 1963
Jimmy the Crook
... 1963
... 1963
Lester Snapwell
... 1963
... 1963
Himself
... 1962
... 1962
... 1962
... 1962
Himself / The Home Owner
... 1961
Diablos
... 1960
Lion Tamer
... 1960
edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)
... 1960
(archive footage)
... 1960
Professor
... 1958
Train Conductor
... 1956
The Man
... 1954
himself
... 1953
Calvero's Partner
... 1952
Buster
... 1952
(archive footage)
... 1951
... 1951
Buster Keaton
... 1950
... 1950
Hickey
... 1949
Butler
... 1949
Goulard
... 1949
The First Fisherman
... 1947
... 1946
Old Tarp / Mr. Boone
... 1946
Bellboy (uncredited)
... 1945
Sam - Short Order Cook
... 1945
L.M.
... 1945
Bus Driver
... 1944
Himself
... 1944
Wilkins
... 1943
Buster Waters, plumber
... 1941
Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
... 1941
Eddie
... 1941
Buster - the husband
... 1940
Lonesome Polecat
... 1940
... 1940
William Dalton
... 1940
Buster
... 1940
Buster Keaton
... 1940
Prisoner - 'LuLu'
... 1940
Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
... 1940
Clarence Plunkett
... 1940
Buster Keaton
... 1939
Homer Cobb
... 1939
... 1939
Himself (uncredited)
... 1939
Elmer
... 1937
The Forgotten Man
... 1937
... 1937
Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
... 1936
Elmer Triple
... 1936
Elmer
... 1936
Himself
... 1936
Elmer Butts
... 1936
Elmer Brown
... 1936
Leander Proudfoot
... 1936
Himself
... 1935
Milton
... 1935
Elmer
... 1935
Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
... 1935
Elmer Dolittle
... 1935
Elmer
... 1935
Jim Diltz
... 1935
Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
... 1934
Elmer
... 1934
Wally
... 1934
Elmer J. Butts
... 1933
... 1933
Professor Post
... 1932
Elmer E. Tuttle
... 1932
Reggie Irving
... 1931
Harmon
... 1931
... 1931
Policeman
... 1931
Reginald Irving
... 1931
... 1930
Elmer
... 1930
Canuto Cuadratin
... 1930
... 1930
Elmer
... 1930
Self / Princess Raja
... 1929
Elmer
... 1929
Stunt Double (uncredited)
... 1928
Buster
... 1928
William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.
... 1928
Himself (uncredited)
... 1927
Ronald, The Boy
... 1927
... 1927
Johnny Gray
... 1926
Alfred Butler
... 1926
Friendless
... 1925
Indian (uncredited)
... 1925
James 'Jimmie' Shannon
... 1925
Rollo Treadway
... 1924
Sherlock, Jr.
... 1924
William McKay
... 1923
The Boy
... 1923
Buster Keaton
... 1923
The Young Man (as 'Buster' Keaton)
... 1923
The Young Man
... 1922
Himself
... 1922
Buster
... 1922
The Bad Man
... 1922
Blacksmith's Assistant
... 1922
The husband
... 1922
The Young Man
... 1922
Little Chief Paleface
... 1922
The Boat Builder
... 1921
Audience / Orchestra / Mr. Brown - First Minstrel / Second Minstrel / Interctors / Stagehand
... 1921
The Goat
... 1921
Our Hero
... 1921
Suicidal Boy
... 1921
Bank Clerk
... 1921
The Boy
... 1920
Farmhand
... 1920
Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
... 1920
Indian (Uncredited)
... 1920
Bertie Van Alstyne
... 1920
The Groom
... 1920
Mechanic / Fireman
... 1920
Manager, general store
... 1919
Stagehand
... 1919
The Waiter (uncredited)
... 1918
Dr. Hampton
... 1918
Revenue Agent
... 1918
Bellboy
... 1918
Sheriff, saloon owner
... 1918
Vaudeville Artist
... 1917
Rival / Cop with Moustache
... 1917
Junior Holepoke
... 1917
Delivery boy
... 1917
Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop
... 1917
Blind Organ Grinder
... 1917
Buster
... 1917