Buster Keaton
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday3 October 1895
Died1 February 1966 (age 70)
Place of birthPiqua, Kansas, USA
Known credits216
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.
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
2026 · Self (Archival)
Bound for Glory: The General as Keaton's Cinematic Manifesto
2026 · Self (Archival)
Hodgepodge
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Stunts: A Taste for Risk
2023 · Various Roles (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020 · archive footage
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Barney's Wall
2019 · Self (archive footage)
The Image Book
2018 · (archive footage)
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
2016 · Self
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
2016 · (archive footage)
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Notfilm
2015 · Self (archive footage)
You Have to Live Somewhere
2014 · (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Smelly Janitor
2008 · Thanks
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
2007 · (archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Legends
2006 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006 · (archive footage)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000 · Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999 · (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Funny Business
1992 · (archive footage)
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
1987 · Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
1979 · (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's Showtime
1976 · Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 · Self (archive footage)
The Three Stooges Follies
1974 · Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
1970 · Self (archival footage)
4 Clowns
1970 · (archive footage)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 · Erronius
The Scribe
1966 · Journalist
War Italian Style
1965 · Gen. von Kassler
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965 · Self
Buster Keaton Rides Again
1965 · Self
Film
1965 · The Man
Sergeant Deadhead
1965 · Airman Blinken
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965 · Bwana
The Railrodder
1965 · The Man
The Railrodder
1965 · Director
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