
Buster Keaton
Department: Directing
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.
Known For

The General
1926

Sherlock Jr.
1924

The Baby Cyclone
1928

Forward, March!
1930

Sunset Boulevard
1950

Our Hospitality
1923

Estrellados
1930

Around the World in 80 Days
1956

The Cameraman
1928

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963

Li'l Abner
1940

Li'l Abner
1940

One Week
1920

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
1933

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929

The Navigator
1924

The Railrodder
1965

Go West
1925

In the Good Old Summertime
1949

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965

Seven Chances
1925

Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928

The Paleface
1922

Three Ages
1923

The Hollywood Clowns
1979

College
1927

Limelight
1952

Free and Easy
1930

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960

The Blacksmith
1922

Speak Easily
1932

Forever and a Day
1943

The Voice of Hollywood
1930

Back Stage
1919

The Balloonatic
1923

Convict 13
1920

Film
1965

The Bell Boy
1918

Coney Island
1917

Cops
1922

Day Dreams
1922

Good Night, Nurse!
1918

His Wedding Night
1917

Hard Luck
1921

My Wife's Relations
1922

The High Sign
1921

Life in Hollywood No. 1
1927

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966

The Boat
1921

Jail Bait
1937

Spite Marriage
1929

Out West
1918

The Rough House
1917

The Hayseed
1919

The Goat
1921

The Play House
1921

The Electric House
1922

Neighbors
1920

The Scarecrow
1920

The Frozen North
1922

The Haunted House
1921

The Love Nest
1923

Allez Oop
1934

Battling Butler
1926

Grand Slam Opera
1936

Blue Blazes
1936

The Gold Ghost
1934

Love Nest on Wheels
1937

Mixed Magic
1936

Hollywood Cavalcade
1939

The Saphead
1920

Oh, Doctor!
1917

The Garage
1920

The Butcher Boy
1917

The Cook
1918

Moonshine
1918

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931

Hayseed Romance
1935

Palooka from Paducah
1935

Tars and Stripes
1935

What! No Beer?
1933

Three on a Limb
1936

The Invader
1936

Sidewalks of New York
1931

One Run Elmer
1935

Ditto
1937

The Passionate Plumber
1932

The E-Flat Man
1935

The Stolen Jools
1931

Pardon My Berth Marks
1940

So You Won't Squawk
1941

The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940

Mooching Through Georgia
1939

The Taming of the Snood
1940

San Diego I Love You
1944

The Spook Speaks
1940

General Nuisance
1941

That's the Spirit
1945

His Ex Marks the Spot
1940

The Chemist
1936

The Timid Young Man
1935

Pest from the West
1939

Nothing But Pleasure
1940

She's Oil Mine
1941

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
1950

Boom in the Moon
1946

That Night with You
1945

You're My Everything
1949

The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
1963

Pajama Party
1964

Sergeant Deadhead
1965

God's Country
1946

The Lovable Cheat
1949

L'Incantevole nemica
1953

The Scribe
1966

A Reckless Romeo
1917

The Image Book
2018

The Iron Mule
1925

Doughboys
1930

When Comedy Was King
1960

Buster Keaton Rides Again
1965

Life with Buster Keaton
1951

A Duel to the Death
1947

4 Clowns
1970

Crazy Days
1962

Seeing Stars
1922

Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951

The King of the Champs-Élysées
1934

The Devil to Pay
1960

The Home Owner
1961

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936

Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
2016

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935

Hollywood Hobbies
1939

Paradise for Buster
1952

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984

Beach Blanket Bingo
1965

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962

Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007

Tide of Empire
1929

No Time at All
1958

That's Entertainment!
1974

So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004

Stunts: A Taste for Risk
2023

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006

We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931

New Moon
1940

Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016

That's Entertainment! III
1994

Character Studies
1927

Lifetime of Comedy
1960

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

The Round-Up
1920

She Went to the Races
1945

Take It or Leave It
1944

Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
2016

The Awakening
1954

Simon Pure Beer
1962

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011

Barney's Wall
2019

Notfilm
2015

Salute to Stan Laurel
1965

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964

It's Showtime
1976

The Sound of Laughter
1963

War Italian Style
1965

Langlois-Keaton à Paris
1962

Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
2016

Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
2020

Casanova wider Willen
1931

30 Years of Fun
1963

Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
2001

Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
2001

There's No Business Like No Business
1963

The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
1958

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
2007

Hodgepodge
2025

The Three Stooges Follies
1974

Busta Keaton in COPS
2017

You Have to Live Somewhere
2014

The Great Chase
1962

Hooray for Hollywood
1976

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999

The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
1970

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000

The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021

R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr
2026

A Country Hero
1917

Buster se marie
1931

Plumber in love
1932

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020

Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976

Burke's Law
1963

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950

Route 66
1960

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

The Twilight Zone
1959

The Greatest Show on Earth
1963

The Hollywood Palace
1964

This Is Your Life
1952

The Donna Reed Show
1958

Funny Business
1992

The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956

Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
1987

Legends
2006

What's My Line?
1950

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955

Playhouse 90
1956