9.0
9.0
Stunts: A Taste for Risk
2023
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Buster Keaton
Also known as: Joseph Frank Keaton, Joseph Keaton, Frigo...
Nationality:United States
Height:5'5" (165 cm)
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Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent films during the 1920s, in which he performed physical comedy and inventive stunts. He frequently maintained a stoic, deadpan facial expression that became his trademark and earned him the nickname "The Great Stone Face". Keaton was a child vaudeville star, performing as part of his family's traveling act. As an adult, he began working with independent producer Joseph M. Schenck and filmmaker Edward F. Cline, with whom he made a series of successful two-reel comedies in the early 1920s, including One Week (1920), The Playhouse (1921), Cops (1922), and The Electric House (1922). He then moved to feature-length films; several of them, such as Sherlock Jr. (1924), The General (1926), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), and The Cameraman (1928), remain highly regarded. The General is perhaps his most acclaimed work; Orson Welles considered it "the greatest comedy ever made...and perhaps the greatest film ever made". Keaton's career declined after 1928, when he signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and lost his artistic independence. His first wife divorced him, and he descended into alcoholism. He was fired from MGM in 1933, ending his career as a leading man in feature films. He recovered in the 1940s, marrying Eleanor Norris and working as an honored comic performer until the end of his life. During this period, he made cameos in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950), Charlie Chaplin's Limelight (1952), and a variety of television programs. He earned an Academy Honorary Award in 1959. Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929" when he "worked without interruption" as having made him "the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies".
Filmography (176 movies)
9.0
9.0
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
2016
as (archive footage)
8.3
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950
as Buster Keaton
8.1
8.1
Sherlock Jr.
1924
Producer
8.0
8.0
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
2020
as Self (archive footage)
7.9
7.9
One Week
1920
Writer
7.9
7.9
The General
1926
Producer
7.9
7.9
Limelight
1952
as Calvero's Partner
7.8
7.8
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
2016
as Self
7.8
7.8
The Cameraman
1928
Director
7.6
7.6
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928
Director
7.5
7.5
Seven Chances
1925
Producer
7.5
7.5
4 Clowns
1970
as (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
Our Hospitality
1923
Director
7.4
7.4
The Scarecrow
1920
Director
7.3
7.3
Buster Keaton Rides Again
1965
as Self
7.2
7.2
The Goat
1921
Writer
7.2
7.2
Cops
1922
Writer
7.1
7.1
The Navigator
1924
Director
7.1
7.1
Neighbors
1920
Writer
7.1
7.1
The High Sign
1921
Writer
7.0
7.0
The Home Owner
1961
as The Home Owner
7.0
7.0
Life with Buster Keaton
1951
7.0
7.0
A Duel to the Death
1947
as The First Fisherman
7.0
7.0
Simon Pure Beer
1962
as Self
7.0
7.0
L'Incantevole nemica
1953
as L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre
7.0
7.0
Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
2016
7.0
7.0
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
1950
as Buster
7.0
7.0
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
1963
as Lester Snapwell
7.0
7.0
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962
as Self
7.0
7.0
Paradise for Buster
1952
as Buster
7.0
7.0
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
The Devil to Pay
1960
as Diablos
7.0
7.0
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
1938
Director
7.0
7.0
Film
1965
as The Man
6.9
6.9
Go West
1925
Director
6.8
6.8
Three Ages
1923
Writer
6.8
6.8
The Play House
1921
Writer
6.8
6.8
College
1927
Director
6.8
6.8
Pest from the West
1939
Writer
6.8
6.8
Battling Butler
1926
Producer
6.8
6.8
Hard Luck
1921
Director
6.8
6.8
The Railrodder
1965
as The Man
6.7
6.7
The Love Nest
1923
Writer
6.7
6.7
The Electric House
1922
Writer
6.7
6.7
Convict 13
1920
Director
6.7
6.7
When Comedy Was King
1960
as edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
Spite Marriage
1929
Director
6.6
6.6
Around the World in Eighty Days
1956
as Train Conductor
6.6
6.6
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
The Boat
1921
Writer
6.6
6.6
The Haunted House
1921
Writer
6.6
6.6
The Blacksmith
1922
Director
6.5
6.5
Day Dreams
1922
Director
6.5
6.5
She's Oil Mine
1941
as Buster Waters, plumber
6.5
6.5
The Awakening
1954
as The Man
6.5
6.5
The Bell Boy
1918
as Bellboy
6.4
6.4
The Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)
6.3
6.3
Allez Oop
1934
Director
6.3
6.3
So You Won't Squawk
1941
as Eddie
6.3
6.3
Back Stage
1919
as Stagehand
6.3
6.3
The Cook
1918
as The Waiter (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
The Balloonatic
1923
Director
6.2
6.2
The Great Chase
1962
6.2
6.2
San Diego I Love You
1944
as Bus Driver
6.2
6.2
Sidewalks of New York
1931
as Harmon
6.2
6.2
The Frozen North
1922
Director
6.1
6.1
The Butcher Boy
1917
as Buster
6.1
6.1
My Wife's Relations
1922
Writer
6.1
6.1
The Paleface
1922
Writer
6.0
6.0
The Garage
1920
as Mechanic / Fireman
6.0
6.0
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
as Erronius
6.0
6.0
Out West
1918
as Sheriff, Saloon Owner
6.0
6.0
Langlois-Keaton à Paris
1962
as Self
6.0
6.0
Free and Easy
1930
Producer
6.0
6.0
The Passionate Plumber
1932
as Elmer E. Tuttle
6.0
6.0
Hayseed Romance
1935
as Elmer Dolittle
6.0
6.0
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Character Studies
1927
as Self (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
The Chemist
1936
as Elmer Triple
6.0
6.0
Pardon My Berth Marks
1940
as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
6.0
6.0
The Scribe
1966
as Journalist
6.0
6.0
General Nuisance
1941
as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
6.0
6.0
Love Nest on Wheels
1937
Director
6.0
6.0
Doughboys
1930
as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
6.0
6.0
God's Country
1946
as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone
5.9
5.9
Tide of Empire
1929
as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
5.9
5.9
Mooching Through Georgia
1939
Writer
5.9
5.9
The Hayseed
1919
as Manager, General Store
5.9
5.9
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935
as Self
5.9
5.9
Coney Island
1917
as Rival / Cop with Moustache
5.8
5.8
Beach Blanket Bingo
1965
as Buster
5.8
5.8
Grand Slam Opera
1936
Director
5.8
5.8
Li'l Abner
1940
as Lonesome Polecat
5.8
5.8
Nothing But Pleasure
1940
as Clarence Plunkett
5.8
5.8
The Round-Up
1920
as Indian (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Lion Tamer
5.8
5.8
Crazy Days
1962
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
The Iron Mule
1925
as Indian (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
The Saphead
1920
Writer
5.7
5.7
Moonshine
1918
as Revenue Agent
5.7
5.7
Mixed Magic
1936
Director
5.7
5.7
Good Night, Nurse!
1918
as Dr. Hampton
5.6
5.6
Speak Easily
1932
Producer
5.6
5.6
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self / Princess Raja
5.6
5.6
Three on a Limb
1936
as Elmer Brown
5.6
5.6
The Gold Ghost
1934
Director
5.6
5.6
Oh, Doctor!
1917
as Junior Holepoke
5.6
5.6
The Rough House
1917
Writer
5.5
5.5
His Wedding Night
1917
as Delivery boy
5.5
5.5
What! No Beer?
1933
as Elmer J. Butts
5.5
5.5
She Went to the Races
1945
as Bellboy (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Blue Blazes
1936
Director
5.5
5.5
Lifetime of Comedy
1960
as (archive footage)
5.4
5.4
The King of the Champs-Élysées
1934
as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
5.4
5.4
A Reckless Romeo
1917
as Blind Organ Grinder
5.4
5.4
Ditto
1937
as The Forgotten Man
5.3
5.3
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
5.3
5.3
The Taming of the Snood
1940
as Buster Keaton
5.3
5.3
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
as Buster Keaton
5.2
5.2
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
1965
as Bwana
5.2
5.2
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
1931
Producer
5.2
5.2
Jail Bait
1937
5.2
5.2
The Spook Speaks
1940
as Buster
5.0
5.0
The E-Flat Man
1935
as Elmer
5.0
5.0
The Timid Young Man
1935
as Milton
5.0
5.0
That's the Spirit
1945
as L.M.
5.0
5.0
Notfilm
2015
as Self (archive footage)
5.0
5.0
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
2001
as Various
5.0
5.0
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
2001
as Various
4.9
4.9
Seeing Stars
1922
as Self
4.8
4.8
War Italian Style
1965
as Gen. von Kassler
4.8
4.8
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
as William Dalton
4.8
4.8
We're switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self
4.8
4.8
Palooka from Paducah
1935
as Jim Diltz
4.7
4.7
Pajama Party
1964
as Chief Rotten Eagle
4.5
4.5
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
1933
as Self
4.5
4.5
Tars and Stripes
1935
Director
4.5
4.5
Boom in the Moon
1946
4.5
4.5
Hollywood Handicap
1938
Director
4.3
4.3
His Ex Marks the Spot
1940
as Buster - the husband
4.0
4.0
The Lovable Cheat
1949
as Goulard
4.0
4.0
Sergeant Deadhead
1965
as Airman Blinken
4.0
4.0
Casanova wider Willen
1931
as Reggie Irving
4.0
4.0
Streamlined Swing
1938
Director
3.9
3.9
One Run Elmer
1935
as Elmer
3.8
3.8
You're My Everything
1949
as Butler
3.8
3.8
The Invader
1936
as Leander Proudfoot
3.0
3.0
30 Years of Fun
1963
as (archive footage)
3.0
3.0
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
2.0
2.0
The Sound of Laughter
1963
as Elmer Butts
1.0
1.0
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
as Self
Estrellados
1930
as Canuto Cuadratin
The Three Stooges Follies
1974
as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
No Time at All
1958
as Harrison
Hodgepodge
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Busta Keaton in COPS
2017
Director
The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
1970
as Self (archival footage)
R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr
2026
Director
Life in Hollywood No. 1
1927
as Self
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006
as (archive footage)
The Baby Cyclone
1928
as Stunt Double (uncredited)
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
as (archive footage)
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Barney's Wall
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
2007
as (archive footage)
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
as Self
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
1958
as Professor
There's No Business Like No Business
1963
as Self
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
as (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
as (archive footage)
That Night with You
1945
as Sam - Short Order Cook
You Have to Live Somewhere
2014
as (archive footage)
Forward, March!
1930
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