Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

b. 1895 — d. 1966 (aged 71) Piqua, Kansas, USA
Actor Director Writer

Buster Keaton 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". Keaton 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. Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, [when] he worked without interruption on a series of films that make him, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies."Orson Welles stated that Keaton's The General is the greatest comedy ever made, the greatest Civil War film ever made, and perhaps the greatest film ever made. A 2002 worldwide poll by Sight & Sound ranked Keaton's The General as the 15th best film of all time. Three other Keaton films received votes in the magazine's survey: Our Hospitality, Sherlock, Jr., and The Navigator.

Known For

The Navigator
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★ 7.5
The Navigator
1924
Sherlock Jr.
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★ 8.1
Sherlock Jr.
1924
Seven Chances
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★ 7.8
Seven Chances
1925
The General
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★ 8.1
The General
1926

Filmography

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★ 5.4
June Night
2020 Self
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★ 8.8
Musings of the Classic Sherlock Holmes Actor
2018 Writer
Buster Keaton and Fatty Roscoe Arbuckle
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★ 8.2
Buster Keaton and Fatty Roscoe Arbuckle
2002 Actor
The Golden Age of Buster Keaton
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★ 7.2
The Golden Age of Buster Keaton
1979 Actor
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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★ 6.8
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 Actor
Erronius
The Scribe
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★ 5.9
The Scribe
1966 Actor
The Reporter
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Hollywood in Spanien
1966 Self
Film
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★ 7.4
Film
1965 Actor
The Man
The Railrodder
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★ 7.0
The Railrodder
1965 Actor Director Writer
The Man
Buster Keaton Rides Again
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★ 7.3
Buster Keaton Rides Again
1965 Self
Sergeant Dead Head
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★ 4.8
Sergeant Dead Head
1965 Actor
Airman Blinken
War Italian Style
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★ 5.1
War Italian Style
1965 Actor
Gen. von Kassler
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★ 5.6
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965 Self
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★ 7.8
The Man Who Bought Paradise
1965 Actor
Mr. Bloor
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Stan Laurel Funeral
1965 Self
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The Fall Guy
1965 Actor
Mr. Goodfarmer
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The Jonathan Winters Specials
1964 Self
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
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★ 6.0
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
1963 Actor
Lester Snapwell
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★ 4.8
Crazy Days
1962 Actor
Various
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★ 8.0
Medicine Man
1962 Actor
Junior
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🎞️
★ 8.1
Ten Girls Ago
1962 Actor
Gaspar Dan
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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
1962 Self
The Home Owner
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★ 6.6
The Home Owner
1961 Actor
The Home Owner
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★ 5.7
Es darf gelacht werden
1961 Self
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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★ 6.2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960 Actor
Lion Tamer
The Devil to Pay
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★ 5.1
The Devil to Pay
1960 Actor
Diablos
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
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The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
1958 Actor
Professor
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Nordschau-Magazin
1957 Self
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Hohe Kunst der Heiterkeit - Berühmte Komiker und ihr Erfolgsrezept
1957 Self
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★ 6.0
Make the Connection
1955 Self
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The Dunninger Show
1955 Self Actor
The Best of Broadway
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★ 6.9
The Best of Broadway
1954 Actor
Dr. Bradley
Limelight
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★ 8.0
Limelight
1952 Actor
Calvero's Partner
Paradise for Buster
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★ 6.6
Paradise for Buster
1952 Actor
Buster
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Matinee in New York
1952 Self
The Red Skelton Hour
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★ 8.1
The Red Skelton Hour
1951 Writer
Excuse My Dust
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★ 6.0
Excuse My Dust
1951 Director Writer
Life with Buster Keaton
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★ 7.1
Life with Buster Keaton
1951 Actor
BK
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Wonderful Town, U.S.A.
1951 Self
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Screen Snapshots, Series 30, No. 9: Hollywood Pie Throwers
1951 Self
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
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★ 6.3
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
1950 Actor
Buster
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Life Begins at Eighty
1950 Self
In the Good Old Summertime
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★ 7.1
In the Good Old Summertime
1949 Actor Writer
Hickey
You're My Everything
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★ 5.9
You're My Everything
1949 Actor
Butler
The Buster Keaton Show
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★ 7.1
The Buster Keaton Show
1949 Actor
Self - Host
The Ed Wynn Show
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★ 6.7
The Ed Wynn Show
1949 Self
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★ 5.4
Hollywood on Television
1949 Actor
Guest (1949)
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The Actor's Society Benefit Gala
1949 Self
A Southern Yankee
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★ 6.6
A Southern Yankee
1948 Writer
Cynthia
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★ 6.2
Cynthia
1947 Writer
Un duel à mort
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★ 6.4
Un duel à mort
1947 Actor Writer
Le premier pêcheur
Easy to Wed
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★ 6.1
Easy to Wed
1946 Director Writer
El moderno Barba Azul
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★ 4.4
El moderno Barba Azul
1946 Actor
God's Country
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★ 6.7
God's Country
1946 Actor
Mr. Boone aka Old Tarp
She Went to the Races
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★ 5.9
She Went to the Races
1945 Writer
That's the Spirit
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★ 7.1
That's the Spirit
1945 Actor
L.M.
That Night with You
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★ 6.6
That Night with You
1945 Actor
Sam - Short Order Cook
San Diego I Love You
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★ 6.7
San Diego I Love You
1944 Actor
Bus Driver
Tales of Manhattan
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★ 7.3
Tales of Manhattan
1942 Writer
General Nuisance
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★ 5.7
General Nuisance
1941 Actor
Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
She's Oil Mine
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★ 6.0
She's Oil Mine
1941 Actor
Buster Waters - Plumber
So You Won't Squawk?
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★ 6.3
So You Won't Squawk?
1941 Actor
Eddie
Go West
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★ 6.8
Go West
1940 Writer
Li'l Abner
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★ 5.0
Li'l Abner
1940 Actor
Lonesome Polecat
The Villain Still Pursued Her
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★ 5.5
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940 Actor
William Dalton
Nothing But Pleasure
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★ 6.1
Nothing But Pleasure
1940 Actor
Clarence Plunkett
Pardon My Berth Marks
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★ 6.0
Pardon My Berth Marks
1940 Actor
Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
His Ex Marks the Spot
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★ 5.2
His Ex Marks the Spot
1940 Actor
Buster - the Husband
The Spook Speaks
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★ 5.5
The Spook Speaks
1940 Actor
Buster
The Taming of the Snood
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★ 5.7
The Taming of the Snood
1940 Actor
Buster Keaton
Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 6: Hollywood Recreations
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★ 8.4
Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 6: Hollywood Recreations
1940 Self
At the Circus
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★ 6.8
At the Circus
1939 Writer
Hollywood Cavalcade
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★ 6.6
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939 Actor Director
Buster Keaton
Pest from the West
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★ 6.2
Pest from the West
1939 Actor
Sir
Mooching Through Georgia
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★ 6.3
Mooching Through Georgia
1939 Actor
Homer Cobb
The Jones Family in Hollywood
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★ 5.6
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939 Writer
Quick Millions
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★ 4.5
Quick Millions
1939 Writer
Too Hot to Handle
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★ 6.6
Too Hot to Handle
1938 Writer
Hollywood Handicap
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★ 5.2
Hollywood Handicap
1938 Director
Streamlined Swing
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★ 5.0
Streamlined Swing
1938 Director
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
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★ 5.6
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
1938 Director
Jail Bait
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★ 6.3
Jail Bait
1937 Actor
Office Boy
Love Nest on Wheels
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★ 6.0
Love Nest on Wheels
1937 Actor
Elmer
Ditto
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★ 5.5
Ditto
1937 Actor
The Forgotten Man
Grand Slam Opera
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★ 6.6
Grand Slam Opera
1936 Actor Writer
Elmer Butts
The Chemist
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★ 6.2
The Chemist
1936 Actor
Elmer Triple
Blue Blazes
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★ 5.8
Blue Blazes
1936 Actor
Elmer Whipple
Three on a Limb
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★ 5.7
Three on a Limb
1936 Actor
Elmer Brown
The Invader
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★ 4.5
The Invader
1936 Actor
Leander Proudfoot
Mixed Magic
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★ 5.5
Mixed Magic
1936 Actor
Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
A Night at the Opera
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★ 7.8
A Night at the Opera
1935 Writer
One Run Elmer
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★ 6.2
One Run Elmer
1935 Actor
Elmer
Tars and Stripes
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★ 5.3
Tars and Stripes
1935 Actor
Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
Palooka from Paducah
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★ 5.2
Palooka from Paducah
1935 Actor
Jim Diltz
The E-Flat Man
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★ 5.6
The E-Flat Man
1935 Actor
Elmer
Hayseed Romance
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★ 6.0
Hayseed Romance
1935 Actor
Elmer Dolittle
The Timid Young Man
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★ 5.4
The Timid Young Man
1935 Actor
Milton
Allez Oop!
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★ 6.2
Allez Oop!
1934 Actor
Elmer
The Gold Ghost
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★ 6.1
The Gold Ghost
1934 Actor
Wally
Le roi des Champs-Élysées
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★ 6.2
Le roi des Champs-Élysées
1934 Actor
Jim le Balafré
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