Cast & creator
Buster Keaton
Best known for What's My Line?, The Twilight Zone, The Donna Reed Show
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.
Also known as: The Great Stone Face, Joseph Frank Keaton, 巴斯特·基顿, باستر کیتون
297
film credits
18
television credits
210
1917–2026 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (315)
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What's My Line?
Self
1950
The Twilight Zone
Woodrow Mulligan
1959
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Route 66
1960
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Burke's Law
Mortimer Lovely
1963
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
Playhouse 90
Harrison
1956
Sunset Boulevard
Buster Keaton
1950
Screen Director's Playhouse
Kelsey Dutton
1955
The Hollywood Palace
Self
1964The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Legends
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Around the World in 80 Days
Train Conductor
1956The Rosemary Clooney Show
Self
1956
Sherlock Jr.
Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
1924Sherlock Jr.
Director
1924Sherlock Jr.
Producer
1924Sherlock Jr.
Editor
1924
Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1980Hollywood
Self (archive footage, uncredited)
1980
Limelight
Calvero's Partner
1952
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Jimmy the Crook
1963
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Self (archive footage)
1987
The General
Johnnie Gray
1926The General
Director
1926The General
Screenplay
1926The General
Producer
1926The General
Editor
1926The General
Stunts
1926
The Cameraman
Buster
1928The Cameraman
Producer
1928
Bathing Beauty
Creative Consultant
1944
The Image Book
(archive footage)
2018
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Erronius
1966
Funny Business
(archive footage)
1992
In the Good Old Summertime
Hickey
1949In the Good Old Summertime
Additional Writing
1949In the Good Old Summertime
Screenplay
1949
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Steamboat Bill Jr.
1928
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Director
1928Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Screenplay
1928
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self / Princess Raja
1929
The Navigator
Rollo Treadway
1924The Navigator
Director
1924The Navigator
Producer
1924The Navigator
Editor
1924
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Too Hot to Handle
Creative Consultant
1938
Our Hospitality
William McKay
1923Our Hospitality
Director
1923Our Hospitality
Producer
1923Our Hospitality
Stunts
1923
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Lion Tamer
1960
Forever and a Day
Wilkins
1943
Pajama Party
Chief Rotten Eagle
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
1964
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Bwana
1965
Seven Chances
James 'Jimmie' Shannon
1925Seven Chances
Director
1925Seven Chances
Producer
1925Seven Chances
Editor
1925
Pest from the West
Sir
1939Pest from the West
Writer
1939
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1995
The Buster Keaton Story
Technical Advisor
1957Bob Hope's World of Comedy
(archive footage)
1976
One Week
The Groom
1920One Week
Director
1920One Week
Editor
1920One Week
Writer
1920
Hodgepodge
Self (archive footage)
2025
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
archive footage
2020Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Self (archive footage)
2000
The Scribe
Journalist
1966
Beach Blanket Bingo
Buster
1965
You're My Everything
Butler
1949
That's the Spirit
L.M.
1945
Battling Butler
Alfred Butler
1926Battling Butler
Director
1926Battling Butler
Producer
1926
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Self
1935
Sidewalks of New York
Harmon
1931
Character Studies
Self (uncredited)
1927
Hard Luck
Suicidal Boy
1921Hard Luck
Director
1921Hard Luck
Writer
1921
Life with Buster Keaton
1951
No Time at All
Harrison
1958
30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)
1963
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Hayseed Romance
Elmer Dolittle
1935
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Reginald Irving
1931Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Producer
1931
The Villain Still Pursued Her
William Dalton
1940
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
1951
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Self - Actor (archive footage)
1990
She Went to the Races
Bellboy (uncredited)
1945
Take It or Leave It
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2011Salute to Stan Laurel
Self
1965
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976
The Railrodder
The Man
1965The Railrodder
Director
1965
The Sound of Laughter
Elmer Butts
1963
When Comedy Was King
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1960
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
1941
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Self
1933
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Self
1962
My Wife's Relations
The Husband
1922My Wife's Relations
Director
1922My Wife's Relations
Writer
1922
Spite Marriage
Elmer
1929Spite Marriage
Producer
1929Spite Marriage
Director
1929
New Moon
Prisoner - 'LuLu'
1940
College
Ronald, The Boy
1927College
Director
1927
War Italian Style
Gen. von Kassler
1965
Seeing Stars
Self
1922
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Self
1936
The Awakening
The Man
1954
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
Self (Archival)
2026
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Story
1939
San Diego I Love You
Bus Driver
1944
So You Won't Squawk
Eddie
1941
Go West
Friendless
1925Go West
Director
1925Go West
Producer
1925Go West
Writer
1925The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self (archive footage)
2007
She's Oil Mine
Buster Waters, plumber
1941
What! No Beer?
Elmer J. Butts
1933
Buster Keaton Rides Again
Self
1965
Lifetime of Comedy
(archive footage)
1960
The Stolen Jools
Policeman
1931
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
Director
1938
Cops
The Young Man
1922Cops
Director
1922Cops
Writer
1922Cops
Editor
1922
Sergeant Deadhead
Airman Blinken
1965
Ditto
The Forgotten Man
1937
Boom in the Moon
1946
Free and Easy
Elmer
1930Free and Easy
Producer
1930
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
(archive footage)
1999
Love Nest on Wheels
Elmer
1937Love Nest on Wheels
Director
1937
Oh, Doctor!
Junior Holepoke
1917
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
Buster
1950
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
1979
That Night with You
Sam - Short Order Cook
1945
Three Ages
The Boy
1923Three Ages
Director
1923Three Ages
Writer
1923Three Ages
Producer
1923The Voice of Hollywood
1930
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
Professor
1958
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Self
1931
Pardon My Berth Marks
Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
1940
The Goat
The Goat
1921The Goat
Director
1921The Goat
Writer
1921
The Cook
The Waiter (uncredited)
1918
Hollywood Cavalcade
Buster Keaton
1939
Tars and Stripes
Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
1935Tars and Stripes
Director
1935
The Play House
Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand
1921The Play House
Director
1921The Play House
Writer
1921
The Haunted House
Bank Clerk
1921The Haunted House
Director
1921The Haunted House
Writer
1921
The Three Stooges Follies
Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
1974
The King of the Champs-Élysées
Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
1934
Hollywood Handicap
Director
1938
Good Night, Nurse!
Dr. Hampton
1918
Jail Bait
1937
Day Dreams
The Young Man
1922Day Dreams
Director
1922Day Dreams
Writer
1922
The Round-Up
Indian (uncredited)
1920
The E-Flat Man
Elmer
1935Langlois-Keaton à Paris
Self
1962
The Taming of the Snood
Buster Keaton
1940
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
1939
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
(archive footage)
2006Bound for Glory: The General as Keaton's Cinematic Manifesto
Self (Archival)
2026
Three on a Limb
Elmer Brown
1936
The Electric House
Buster
1922The Electric House
Director
1922The Electric House
Writer
1922
Li'l Abner
Lonesome Polecat
1940Li'l Abner
1940
God's Country
Old Tarp / Mr. Boone
1946
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Casanova Against His Will
Reggie Irving
1931Casanova Against His Will
Producer
1931
One Run Elmer
Elmer
1935
Convict 13
Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
1920Convict 13
Director
1920Convict 13
Editor
1920Convict 13
Writer
1920
The Frozen North
The Bad Man
1922The Frozen North
Director
1922The Frozen North
Writer
1922
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Self (archive footage)
2004
The Butcher Boy
Buster
1917
The Scarecrow
Farmhand
1920The Scarecrow
Director
1920The Scarecrow
Writer
1920
Buster se marie
Reggie Irving
1931Buster se marie
Producer
1931
Coney Island
Rival / Cop with Moustache
1917
The Timid Young Man
Milton
1935
The Gold Ghost
Wally
1934The Gold Ghost
Director
1934
The Lovable Cheat
Goulard
1949
Stunts: A Taste for Risk
Various Roles (archive footage)
2023
The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
Self (archival footage)
1970
Speak Easily
Professor Post
1932Speak Easily
Producer
1932
His Ex Marks the Spot
Buster - the husband
1940
The Smelly Janitor
Thanks
2008
Quick Millions
Story
1939
Neighbors
The Boy
1920Neighbors
Director
1920Neighbors
Writer
1920
The Boat
The Boat Builder
1921The Boat
Director
1921The Boat
Writer
1921
Life in Hollywood No. 1
Self
1927
L'Incantevole nemica
Baker's Apprentice in Play
1953
The Balloonatic
The Young Man
1923The Balloonatic
Director
1923The Balloonatic
Writer
1923
Doughboys
Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
1930Doughboys
Story
1930
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
Lester Snapwell
1963
The Hayseed
Manager, General Store
1919
The Saphead
Bertie Van Alstyne
1920
The Home Owner
The Home Owner
1961The Saphead
Writer
1920
The High Sign
Our Hero
1921The High Sign
Director
1921The High Sign
Writer
1921
The Love Nest
Buster Keaton
1923The Love Nest
Director
1923The Love Nest
Writer
1923
Plumber in Love
Elmer E. Tuttle
1932Plumber in Love
Producer
1932
The Blacksmith
Blacksmith's Assistant
1922The Blacksmith
Director
1922The Blacksmith
Writer
1922
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
Self
2016
A Duel to the Death
The First Fisherman
1947
The Passionate Plumber
Elmer E. Tuttle
1932
You Have to Live Somewhere
(archive footage)
2014
Estrellados
Canuto Cuadratin
1930
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Self (archive footage)
2016
Paradise for Buster
Buster
1952
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
(archive footage)
2016
The Baby Cyclone
Stunt Double (uncredited)
1928
Allez Oop
Elmer
1934Allez Oop
Director
1934
The Garage
Mechanic / Fireman
1920
Out West
Sheriff, Saloon Owner
1918
Barney's Wall
Self (archive footage)
2019
His Wedding Night
Delivery boy
1917
The Paleface
Little Chief Paleface
1922The Paleface
Director
1922The Paleface
Writer
1922
Streamlined Swing
Director
1938
Crazy Days
Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962
Back Stage
Stagehand
1919
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Spook Speaks
Buster
1940
Nothing But Pleasure
Clarence Plunkett
1940
Film
The Man
1965
The Great Chase
1962Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
(archive footage)
2007
Tide of Empire
Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
1929
The Devil to Pay
Diablos
1960
Moonshine
Revenue Agent
1918Moonshine
Editor
1918
Notfilm
Self (archive footage)
2015
Mooching Through Georgia
Homer Cobb
1939Mooching Through Georgia
Writer
1939
The Bell Boy
Bellboy
1918
Blue Blazes
Elmer
1936Blue Blazes
Director
1936
Palooka from Paducah
Jim Diltz
1935
A Country Hero
Vaudeville Artist
1917
The Invader
Leander Proudfoot
1936
The Iron Mule
Indian (uncredited)
1925
4 Clowns
(archive footage)
1970
A Reckless Romeo
Blind Organ Grinder
1917
Grand Slam Opera
Elmer Butts
1936Grand Slam Opera
Writer
1936Grand Slam Opera
Director
1936
There's No Business Like No Business
Self
1963
General Nuisance
Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
1941
Forward, March!
1930
The Chemist
Elmer Triple
1936
The Rough House
Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop
1917The Rough House
Director
1917The Rough House
Writer
1917
Mixed Magic
Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
1936Mixed Magic
Director
1936
Simon Pure Beer
Self
1962