Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Directing

Born October 3, 1895 · Piqua, Kansas, USA

42 films as director · Active 1917–1965

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 physic…

Known for

The Donna Reed Show

The Donna Reed Show

1958

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1959

Route 66

Route 66

1960

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

1963

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

1950

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

This Is Your Life

This Is Your Life

1952

Directed(42)

The Railrodder

1965The Railrodder★ 6.8

Life in Sometown, U.S.A.

1938Life in Sometown, U.S.A.★ 7.3

Hollywood Handicap

1938Hollywood Handicap★ 4.8

Streamlined Swing

1938Streamlined Swing★ 4.7

Love Nest on Wheels

1937Love Nest on Wheels★ 6.1

Blue Blazes

1936Blue Blazes★ 6.1

Mixed Magic

1936Mixed Magic★ 6.1

Grand Slam Opera

1936Grand Slam Opera★ 5.9

Tars and Stripes

1935Tars and Stripes★ 4.6

The Gold Ghost

1934The Gold Ghost★ 6.0

Allez Oop

1934Allez Oop★ 6.4

Spite Marriage

1929Spite Marriage★ 6.6

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1928Steamboat Bill, Jr.★ 7.6

College

1927College★ 6.7

The General

1926The General★ 7.9

Battling Butler

1926Battling Butler★ 6.7

Seven Chances

1925Seven Chances★ 7.5

Go West

1925Go West★ 6.9

Sherlock Jr.

1924Sherlock Jr.★ 8.0

The Navigator

1924The Navigator★ 7.1

Our Hospitality

1923Our Hospitality★ 7.5

Three Ages

1923Three Ages★ 6.8

The Balloonatic

1923The Balloonatic★ 6.2

The Love Nest

1923The Love Nest★ 6.7

The Paleface

1922The Paleface★ 6.1

The Blacksmith

1922The Blacksmith★ 6.6

My Wife's Relations

1922My Wife's Relations★ 6.3

Cops

1922Cops★ 7.2

Day Dreams

1922Day Dreams★ 6.5

The Frozen North

1922The Frozen North★ 6.2

The Electric House

1922The Electric House★ 6.8

Hard Luck

1921Hard Luck★ 6.9

The High Sign

1921The High Sign★ 7.1

The Boat

1921The Boat★ 6.5

The Haunted House

1921The Haunted House★ 6.5

The Goat

1921The Goat★ 7.2

The Play House

1921The Play House★ 6.8

One Week

1920One Week★ 7.9

Convict 13

1920Convict 13★ 6.7

The Scarecrow

1920The Scarecrow★ 7.4

Neighbors

1920Neighbors★ 7.1

The Rough House

1917The Rough House★ 5.5

Acting(208)

2026A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last RideSelf (Archival)

2026Bound for Glory: The General as Keaton's Cinematic ManifestoSelf (Archival)

2025HodgepodgeSelf (archive footage)

2023Stunts: A Taste for RiskVarious Roles (archive footage)

2021The Real Charlie ChaplinSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Libertyarchive footage

2020Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton ComediesSelf (archive footage)

2019Barney's WallSelf (archive footage)

2018The Image Book(archive footage)

2016Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by HollywoodSelf

2016Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends(archive footage)

2016Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown DiedSelf (archive footage)

2015NotfilmSelf (archive footage)

2014You Have to Live Somewhere(archive footage)

2011Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and MagicSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

2007Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen(archive footage)

2007The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to TalkSelf (archive footage)

2006LegendsSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

2006Silent ClownsSelf(archive footage)

2006Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts(archive footage)

2004So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGMSelf (archive footage)

2000Lucille Ball: Finding LucySelf (archive footage)

1999Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults(archive footage)

1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American MoviesSelf (archive footage)

1994That's Entertainment! III(archive footage) (uncredited)

1992Funny Business(archive footage)

1990Dance Crazy in HollywoodSelf - Actor (archive footage)

1987Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to FollowSelf (archive footage)

1984Going Hollywood: The '30s(archive footage)

1979The Hollywood Clowns(archive footage)

1976Bob Hope's World of ComedySelf (archive footage)

1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage) (uncredited)

1976It's ShowtimeSelf (archive footage)

1976Hooray for HollywoodSelf (archive footage)

1974The Three Stooges FolliesClarence Plunkett (archive footage)

1974That's Entertainment!(archive footage) (uncredited)

1970The Metaphysics of Buster KeatonSelf (archival footage)

19704 Clowns(archive footage)

1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumErronius

1966The ScribeJournalist

1965War Italian StyleGen. von Kassler

1965Salute to Stan LaurelSelf

1965Buster Keaton Rides AgainSelf

1965FilmThe Man

1965Sergeant DeadheadAirman Blinken

1965How to Stuff a Wild BikiniBwana

1965The RailrodderThe Man

1965Beach Blanket BingoBuster

1964Pajama PartyChief Rotten Eagle

1964The Big Parade of ComedyBuster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)

1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf

1963The Sound of LaughterElmer Butts

1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldJimmy the Crook

1963Burke's LawMortimer Lovely

1963The Greatest Show on Earth

196330 Years of Fun(archive footage)

1963The Triumph of Lester SnapwellLester Snapwell

1963There's No Business Like No BusinessSelf

1962The Great Chase

1962Simon Pure BeerSelf

1962Crazy DaysVarious (archive footage) (uncredited)

1962Langlois-Keaton à ParisSelf

1962The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene StealersSelf

1961The Home OwnerThe Home Owner

1960The Devil to PayDiablos

1960The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnLion Tamer

1960When Comedy Was King(archive footage) (uncredited)

1960Lifetime of Comedy(archive footage)

1959The Twilight ZoneWoodrow Mulligan

1958The Donna Reed Show

1958The Adventures of Mr. PastryProfessor

1958No Time at AllHarrison

1956Around the World in 80 DaysTrain Conductor

1956Playhouse 90Harrison

1956The Rosemary Clooney ShowSelf

1955Screen Director's PlayhouseKelsey Dutton

1954The AwakeningThe Man

1953L'Incantevole nemicaBaker's Apprentice in Play

1952LimelightCalvero's Partner

1952This Is Your LifeSelf

1952Paradise for BusterBuster

1951The Slappiest Days of Our Lives(archive footage)

1951Life with Buster Keaton

1950The Misadventures of Buster KeatonBuster

1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf

1950Sunset BoulevardBuster Keaton

1950What's My Line?Self

1949In the Good Old SummertimeHickey

1949You're My EverythingButler

1949The Lovable CheatGoulard

1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf

1947A Duel to the DeathThe First Fisherman

1946Boom in the Moon

1946God's CountryOld Tarp / Mr. Boone

1945She Went to the RacesBellboy (uncredited)

1945That Night with YouSam - Short Order Cook

1945That's the SpiritL.M.

1944San Diego I Love YouBus Driver

1944Take It or Leave It(archive footage) (uncredited)

1943Forever and a DayWilkins

1941She's Oil MineBuster Waters, plumber

1941General NuisancePeter Hedley Lamar Jr.

1941Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1Self

1941So You Won't SquawkEddie

1940His Ex Marks the SpotBuster - the husband

1940Li'l AbnerLonesome Polecat

1940The Villain Still Pursued HerWilliam Dalton

1940The Spook SpeaksBuster

1940The Taming of the SnoodBuster Keaton

1940New MoonPrisoner - 'LuLu'

1940Pardon My Berth MarksElmer - Newspaper Copyboy

1940Nothing But PleasureClarence Plunkett

1939Hollywood CavalcadeBuster Keaton

1939Mooching Through GeorgiaHomer Cobb

1939Pest from the WestSir

1939Hollywood HobbiesSelf (uncredited)

1937Love Nest on WheelsElmer

1937DittoThe Forgotten Man

1936Mixed MagicElmer 'Happy' Butterworth

1936The ChemistElmer Triple

1936Blue BlazesElmer

1936Grand Slam OperaElmer Butts

1936Sunkist Stars at Palm SpringsSelf

1936Three on a LimbElmer Brown

1936The InvaderLeander Proudfoot

1935La Fiesta de Santa BarbaraSelf

1935The Timid Young ManMilton

1935The E-Flat ManElmer

1935Tars and StripesApprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle

1935Hayseed RomanceElmer Dolittle

1935One Run ElmerElmer

1935Palooka from PaducahJim Diltz

1934The King of the Champs-ÉlyséesBuster Garner / Jim le Balafré

1934Allez OopElmer

1934The Gold GhostWally

1933What! No Beer?Elmer J. Butts

1933Hollywood on Parade No. A-6Self

1932Plumber in loveElmer E. Tuttle

1932Speak EasilyProfessor Post

1932The Passionate PlumberElmer E. Tuttle

1931Casanova Against His WillReggie Irving

1931Sidewalks of New YorkHarmon

1931Buster se marieReggie Irving

1931We’re Switching to HollywoodSelf

1931The Stolen JoolsPoliceman

1931Parlor, Bedroom and BathReginald Irving

1930Forward, March!

1930DoughboysElmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.

1930EstrelladosCanuto Cuadratin

1930The Voice of Hollywood

1930Free and EasyElmer

1929The Hollywood Revue of 1929Self / Princess Raja

1929Spite MarriageElmer

1929Tide of EmpireDrunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

1928The Baby CycloneStunt Double (uncredited)

1928The CameramanBuster

1928Steamboat Bill, Jr.Steamboat Bill Jr.

1927Character StudiesSelf (uncredited)

1927CollegeRonald, The Boy

1927Life in Hollywood No. 1Self

1926The GeneralJohnnie Gray

1926Battling ButlerAlfred Butler

1925Go WestFriendless

1925The Iron MuleIndian (uncredited)

1925Seven ChancesJames 'Jimmie' Shannon

1924The NavigatorRollo Treadway

1924Sherlock Jr.Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

1923Our HospitalityWilliam McKay

1923Three AgesThe Boy

1923The Love NestBuster Keaton

1923The BalloonaticThe Young Man

1922Day DreamsThe Young Man

1922Seeing StarsSelf

1922The Electric HouseBuster

1922The Frozen NorthThe Bad Man

1922The BlacksmithBlacksmith's Assistant

1922My Wife's RelationsThe Husband

1922CopsThe Young Man

1922The PalefaceLittle Chief Paleface

1921The BoatThe Boat Builder

1921The Play HouseOrchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand

1921The GoatThe Goat

1921The High SignOur Hero

1921Hard LuckSuicidal Boy

1921The Haunted HouseBank Clerk

1920NeighborsThe Boy

1920The ScarecrowFarmhand

1920Convict 13Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard

1920The Round-UpIndian (uncredited)

1920The SapheadBertie Van Alstyne

1920One WeekThe Groom

1920The GarageMechanic / Fireman

1919The HayseedManager, General Store

1919Back StageStagehand

1918The CookThe Waiter (uncredited)

1918Good Night, Nurse!Dr. Hampton

1918MoonshineRevenue Agent

1918The Bell BoyBellboy

1918Out WestSheriff, Saloon Owner

1917A Country HeroVaudeville Artist

1917Coney IslandRival / Cop with Moustache

1917Oh, Doctor!Junior Holepoke

1917His Wedding NightDelivery boy

1917The Rough HouseGardener / Delivery Boy / Cop

1917A Reckless RomeoBlind Organ Grinder

1917The Butcher BoyBuster