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