Director
Buster Keaton
131 years · Piqua, Kansas, USA · 186 films
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.
Best known for
Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Buster Keaton
On Philo
The General
1926 · Johnnie Gray, Screenplay
On Plex
Sherlock Jr.
1924 · Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr., Director
On Plex
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · Jimmy the Crook
On Kanopy
Limelight
1952 · Calvero's Partner
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Train Conductor
On Kanopy
Filmography 186
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
2026 · Self (Archival)
Hodgepodge
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Stunts: A Taste for Risk
2023 · Various Roles (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
On fuboTV
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020 · archive footage
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Barney's Wall
2019 · Self (archive footage)
The Image Book
2018 · (archive footage)
On Kanopy
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
2016 · Self
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
2016 · (archive footage)
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Notfilm
2015 · Self (archive footage)
You Have to Live Somewhere
2014 · (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
2006 · (archive footage)
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999 · (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
1990 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
1979 · (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's Showtime
1976 · Self (archive footage)