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Buster Keaton

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.

Et billede af Buster Keaton

Directing

1917

[ ] The Rough House (Director)

1920

[ ] One Week (Director)
[ ] Convict 13 (Director)
[ ] Neighbors (Director)
[ ] The Scarecrow (Director)

1921

[ ] Hard Luck (Director)
[ ] The High Sign (Director)
[ ] The Boat (Director)
[ ] The Play House (Director)
[ ] The Haunted House (Director)
[ ] The Goat (Director)

1922

[ ] The Paleface (Director)
[ ] The Blacksmith (Director)
[ ] My Wife's Relations (Director)
[ ] Cops (Director)
[ ] Day Dreams (Director)
[ ] The Frozen North (Director)
[ ] The Electric House (Director)

1923

[ ] Our Hospitality (Director)
[ ] Three Ages (Director)
[ ] The Balloonatic (Director)
[ ] The Love Nest (Director)

1924

[ ] Sherlock Jr. (Director)
[ ] The Navigator (Director)

1925

[ ] Seven Chances (Director)
[ ] Go West (Director)

1926

[ 7/10 ] The General (Director)
[ ] Battling Butler (Director)

1927

[ ] College (Director)

1928

[ 7/10 ] The Cameraman (Director)
[ 7/10 ] Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Director)

1929

[ ] Spite Marriage (Director)

1934

[ ] The Gold Ghost (Director)
[ ] Allez Oop (Director)

1935

[ ] Tars and Stripes (Director)

1936

[ ] Blue Blazes (Director)
[ ] Mixed Magic (Director)
[ ] Grand Slam Opera (Director)

1937

[ ] Love Nest on Wheels (Director)

1938

[ ] Streamlined Swing (Director)
[ ] Hollywood Handicap (Director)
[ ] Life in Sometown, U.S.A. (Director)

2017

[ ] Busta Keaton in COPS (Director)

2026

[ ] R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr (Director)

Editing

1918

[ ] Moonshine (Editor)

1920

[ ] Convict 13 (Editor)
[ ] One Week (Editor)

1922

[ ] Cops (Editor)

1924

[ ] Sherlock Jr. (Editor)
[ ] The Navigator (Editor)

1925

[ ] Seven Chances (Editor)

1926

[ 7/10 ] The General (Editor)

Production

1923

[ ] Our Hospitality (Producer)
[ ] Three Ages (Producer)

1924

[ ] Sherlock Jr. (Producer)
[ ] The Navigator (Producer)

1925

[ ] Seven Chances (Producer)
[ ] Go West (Producer)

1926

[ 7/10 ] The General (Producer)
[ ] Battling Butler (Producer)

1928

[ 7/10 ] The Cameraman (Producer)

1929

[ ] Spite Marriage (Producer)

1930

[ ] Free and Easy (Producer)

1931

[ ] Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (Producer)
[ ] Casanova wider Willen (Producer)
[ ] Buster se marie (Producer)

1932

[ ] Speak Easily (Producer)
[ ] Plumber in love (Producer)

Writing

1917

[ ] The Rough House (Writer)

1920

[ ] The Scarecrow (Writer)
[ ] Convict 13 (Writer)
[ ] One Week (Writer)
[ ] Neighbors (Writer)
[ ] The Saphead (Writer)

1921

[ ] Hard Luck (Writer)
[ ] The High Sign (Writer)
[ ] The Boat (Writer)
[ ] The Goat (Writer)
[ ] The Play House (Writer)
[ ] The Haunted House (Writer)

1922

[ ] The Paleface (Writer)
[ ] The Blacksmith (Writer)
[ ] My Wife's Relations (Writer)
[ ] Cops (Writer)
[ ] Day Dreams (Writer)
[ ] The Frozen North (Writer)
[ ] The Electric House (Writer)

1923

[ ] The Balloonatic (Writer)
[ ] The Love Nest (Writer)
[ ] Three Ages (Writer)

1925

[ ] Go West (Writer)

1926

[ 7/10 ] The General (Screenplay)

1930

[ ] Doughboys (Story)

1936

[ ] Grand Slam Opera (Writer)

1939

[ ] The Jones Family in Hollywood (Story)
[ ] Mooching Through Georgia (Writer)
[ ] Pest from the West (Writer)
[ ] Quick Millions (Story)

1949

[ ] In the Good Old Summertime (Screenplay)

Crew

1923

[ ] Our Hospitality (Stunts)

1926

[ 7/10 ] The General (Stunts)

1938

[ ] Too Hot to Handle (Creative Consultant)

1944

[ ] Bathing Beauty (Creative Consultant)

1949

[ ] In the Good Old Summertime (Additional Writing)

1957

[ ] The Buster Keaton Story (Technical Advisor)

2008

[ ] The Smelly Janitor (Thanks)

2025

[ ] Hitman² (In Memory Of)

Actor

1917

[ ] Coney Island (Rival / Cop with Moustache)
[ ] His Wedding Night (Delivery boy)
[ ] The Rough House (Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop)
[ ] Oh, Doctor! (Junior Holepoke)
[ ] The Butcher Boy (Buster)
[ ] A Reckless Romeo (Blind Organ Grinder)
[ ] A Country Hero (Vaudeville Artist)

1918

[ ] The Bell Boy (Bellboy)
[ ] Good Night, Nurse! (Dr. Hampton)
[ ] Out West (Sheriff, Saloon Owner)
[ ] The Cook (The Waiter (uncredited))
[ ] Moonshine (Revenue Agent)

1919

[ ] Back Stage (Stagehand)
[ ] The Hayseed (Manager, General Store)

1920

[ ] One Week (The Groom)
[ ] Convict 13 (Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard)
[ ] Neighbors (The Boy)
[ ] The Scarecrow (Farmhand)
[ ] The Saphead (Bertie Van Alstyne)
[ ] The Garage (Mechanic / Fireman)
[ ] The Round-Up (Indian (uncredited))

1921

[ ] Hard Luck (Suicidal Boy)
[ ] The High Sign (Our Hero)
[ ] The Boat (The Boat Builder)
[ ] The Goat (The Goat)
[ ] The Play House (Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand)
[ ] The Haunted House (Bank Clerk)

1922

[ ] The Paleface (Little Chief Paleface)
[ ] The Blacksmith (Blacksmith's Assistant)
[ ] Cops (The Young Man)
[ ] Day Dreams (The Young Man)
[ ] My Wife's Relations (The Husband)
[ ] The Electric House (Buster)
[ ] The Frozen North (The Bad Man)
[ ] Seeing Stars (Self)

1923

[ ] Our Hospitality (William McKay)
[ ] Three Ages (The Boy)
[ ] The Balloonatic (The Young Man)
[ ] The Love Nest (Buster Keaton)

1924

[ ] Sherlock Jr. (Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.)
[ ] The Navigator (Rollo Treadway)

1925

[ ] Go West (Friendless)
[ ] Seven Chances (James 'Jimmie' Shannon)
[ ] The Iron Mule (Indian (uncredited))

1926

[ 7/10 ] The General (Johnnie Gray)
[ ] Battling Butler (Alfred Butler)

1927

[ ] College (Ronald, The Boy)
[ ] Life in Hollywood No. 1 (Self)
[ ] Character Studies (Self (uncredited))

1928

[ ] The Baby Cyclone (Stunt Double (uncredited))
[ 7/10 ] The Cameraman (Buster)
[ 7/10 ] Steamboat Bill, Jr. (William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.)

1929

[ ] The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (Self / Princess Raja)
[ ] Spite Marriage (Elmer)
[ ] Tide of Empire (Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited))

1930

[ ] Forward, March! (????)
[ ] Estrellados (Canuto Cuadratin)
[ ] Free and Easy (Elmer)
[ ] The Voice of Hollywood (????)
[ ] Doughboys (Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.)

1931

[ ] Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (Reginald Irving)
[ ] Sidewalks of New York (Harmon)
[ ] The Stolen Jools (Policeman)
[ ] We’re Switching to Hollywood (Self)
[ ] Casanova wider Willen (Reggie Irving)
[ ] Buster se marie (Reggie Irving)

1932

[ ] Speak Easily (Professor Post)
[ ] The Passionate Plumber (Elmer E. Tuttle)
[ ] Plumber in love (Elmer E. Tuttle)

1933

[ ] Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (Self)
[ ] What! No Beer? (Elmer J. Butts)

1934

[ ] Allez Oop (Elmer)
[ ] The Gold Ghost (Wally)
[ ] The King of the Champs-Élysées (Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré)

1935

[ ] Hayseed Romance (Elmer Dolittle)
[ ] Palooka from Paducah (Jim Diltz)
[ ] Tars and Stripes (Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle)
[ ] One Run Elmer (Elmer)
[ ] The E-Flat Man (Elmer)
[ ] The Timid Young Man (Milton)
[ ] La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (Self)

1936

[ ] Grand Slam Opera (Elmer Butts)
[ ] Blue Blazes (Elmer)
[ ] Mixed Magic (Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth)
[ ] Three on a Limb (Elmer Brown)
[ ] The Invader (Leander Proudfoot)
[ ] The Chemist (Elmer Triple)
[ ] Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (Self)

1937

[ ] Jail Bait (????)
[ ] Love Nest on Wheels (Elmer)
[ ] Ditto (The Forgotten Man)

1939

[ ] Hollywood Cavalcade (Buster Keaton)
[ ] Mooching Through Georgia (Homer Cobb)
[ ] Pest from the West (Sir)
[ ] Hollywood Hobbies (Self (uncredited))

1940

[ ] Li'l Abner (Lonesome Polecat)
[ ] Li'l Abner (????)
[ ] Pardon My Berth Marks (Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy)
[ ] The Villain Still Pursued Her (William Dalton)
[ ] The Taming of the Snood (Buster Keaton)
[ ] The Spook Speaks (Buster)
[ ] His Ex Marks the Spot (Buster - the husband)
[ ] Nothing But Pleasure (Clarence Plunkett)
[ ] New Moon (Prisoner - 'LuLu')

1941

[ ] So You Won't Squawk (Eddie)
[ ] General Nuisance (Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.)
[ ] She's Oil Mine (Buster Waters, plumber)
[ ] Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 (Self)

1943

[ ] Forever and a Day (Wilkins)

1944

[ ] San Diego I Love You (Bus Driver)
[ ] Take It or Leave It ((archive footage) (uncredited))

1945

[ ] That's the Spirit (L.M.)
[ ] That Night with You (Sam - Short Order Cook)
[ ] She Went to the Races (Bellboy (uncredited))

1946

[ ] Boom in the Moon (????)
[ ] God's Country (Old Tarp / Mr. Boone)

1947

[ ] A Duel to the Death (The First Fisherman)

1949

[ ] In the Good Old Summertime (Hickey)
[ ] You're My Everything (Butler)
[ ] The Lovable Cheat (Goulard)

1950

[ 9/10 ] Sunset Boulevard (Buster Keaton)
[ ] The Misadventures of Buster Keaton (Buster)

1951

[ ] Life with Buster Keaton (????)
[ ] The Slappiest Days of Our Lives ((archive footage))

1952

[ ] Limelight (Calvero's Partner)
[ ] Paradise for Buster (Buster)

1953

[ ] L'Incantevole nemica (L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre)

1954

[ ] The Awakening (The Man)

1956

[ ] Around the World in 80 Days (Train Conductor)

1958

[ ] No Time at All (Harrison)
[ ] The Adventures of Mr. Pastry (Professor)

1960

[ ] The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Lion Tamer)
[ ] When Comedy Was King (edited from 'Cops' (archive footage))
[ ] The Devil to Pay (Diablos)
[ ] Lifetime of Comedy ((archive footage))

1961

[ ] The Home Owner (The Home Owner)

1962

[ ] Crazy Days (Various (archive footage) (uncredited))
[ ] The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (Self)
[ ] Simon Pure Beer (Self)
[ ] Langlois-Keaton à Paris (Self)
[ ] The Great Chase (????)

1963

[ ] It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Jimmy the Crook)
[ ] The Triumph of Lester Snapwell (Lester Snapwell)
[ ] The Sound of Laughter (Elmer Butts)
[ ] 30 Years of Fun ((archive footage))
[ ] There's No Business Like No Business (Self)

1964

[ ] Pajama Party (Chief Rotten Eagle)
[ ] The Big Parade of Comedy (Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage))

1965

[ ] The Railrodder (The Man)
[ ] How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (Bwana)
[ ] Film (The Man)
[ ] Sergeant Deadhead (Airman Blinken)
[ ] Buster Keaton Rides Again (Self)
[ ] Beach Blanket Bingo (Buster)
[ ] Salute to Stan Laurel (Self)
[ ] War Italian Style (Gen. von Kassler)

1966

[ ] A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Erronius)
[ ] The Scribe (Journalist)

1970

[ ] 4 Clowns ((archive footage))
[ ] The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton (Self (archival footage))

1974

[ ] That's Entertainment! ((archive footage) (uncredited))
[ ] The Three Stooges Follies (Clarence Plunkett (archive footage))

1976

[ ] That's Entertainment, Part II ((archive footage))
[ ] It's Showtime (Self (archive footage))
[ ] Hooray for Hollywood (Self (archive footage))

1979

[ ] The Hollywood Clowns ((archive footage))

1984

[ ] Going Hollywood: The '30s ((archive footage))

1990

[ ] Dance Crazy in Hollywood (Self - Actor (archive footage))

1994

[ ] That's Entertainment! III ((archive footage))

1999

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

2000

[ ] Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy (Self (archive footage))

2001

[ ] Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two (Various)
[ ] Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One (Various)

2004

[ ] So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (Self (archive footage))

2006

[ ] Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts ((archive footage))

2007

[ ] The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (Self (archive footage))
[ ] Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen ((archive footage))

2011

[ ] Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

2014

[ ] You Have to Live Somewhere ((archive footage))

2015

[ ] Notfilm (Self (archive footage))

2016

[ ] Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood (Self)
[ ] Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died (Self (archive footage))
[ ] Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 (????)
[ ] Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends ((archive footage))

2017

[ ] Busta Keaton in COPS (The Young Man (archive footage from 'Cops'))

2018

[ ] The Image Book ((archive footage))

2019

[ ] Barney's Wall (Self (archive footage))

2020

[ ] Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies (Self (archive footage))

2021

[ ] The Real Charlie Chaplin (Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

2023

[ ] Stunts: A Taste for Risk (Various Roles (archive footage))

2025

[ ] Hodgepodge (Self (archive footage))

2026

[ ] R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr (Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.)