Personal Info
Birthday
October 3, 1895
Place of Birth
Piqua, Kansas, USA
Known For
Directing
Buster Keaton
Biography
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.
Directed Movies (40)
6.8
The Railrodder
Movie1965
4.7
Streamlined Swing
Movie1938
4.8
Hollywood Handicap
Movie1938
No Backdrop
7.3
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
Movie1938
6.1
Love Nest on Wheels
Movie1937
6.1
Mixed Magic
Movie1936
6.1
Blue Blazes
Movie1936
5.9
Grand Slam Opera
Movie1936
4.6
Tars and Stripes
Movie1935
6.4
Allez Oop
Movie1934
5.9
The Gold Ghost
Movie1934
7.6
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Movie1928
7.9
The General
Movie1926
6.8
Battling Butler
Movie1926
6.9
Go West
Movie1925
7.5
Seven Chances
Movie1925
7.1
The Navigator
Movie1924
8.0
Sherlock Jr.
Movie1924
7.5
Our Hospitality
Movie1923
6.8
Three Ages
Movie1923
6.7
The Love Nest
Movie1923
6.2
The Balloonatic
Movie1923
6.5
Day Dreams
Movie1922
6.8
The Electric House
Movie1922
6.2
The Frozen North
Movie1922
6.6
The Blacksmith
Movie1922
6.2
My Wife's Relations
Movie1922
7.2
Cops
Movie1922
6.1
The Paleface
Movie1922
6.6
The Boat
Movie1921
6.8
The Play House
Movie1921
7.2
The Goat
Movie1921
7.2
The High Sign
Movie1921
6.9
Hard Luck
Movie1921
6.6
The Haunted House
Movie1921
7.1
Neighbors
Movie1920
7.5
The Scarecrow
Movie1920
6.7
Convict 13
Movie1920
7.9
One Week
Movie1920
5.5
The Rough House
Movie1917
Acting Filmography (198)
0.0
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
Movie2026
0.0
Hodgepodge
Movie2025
9.0
Stunts: A Taste for Risk
Movie2023
7.6
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Movie2021
8.0
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Movie2020
No Backdrop
8.0
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
Movie2020
0.0
Barney's Wall
Movie2019
6.3
The Image Book
Movie2018
7.8
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
Movie2016
9.0
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
Movie2016
No Backdrop
0.0
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Movie2016
No Backdrop
5.0
Notfilm
Movie2015
No Backdrop
0.0
You Have to Live Somewhere
Movie2014
7.7
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Movie2011
No Backdrop
5.0
Legends
TV Series2006
No Backdrop
0.0
Silent Clowns
Movie2006
No Backdrop
0.0
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
Movie2006
No Backdrop
7.5
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Movie2004
No Backdrop
9.0
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
Movie1999
No Backdrop
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie1995
7.0
That's Entertainment! III
Movie1994
No Backdrop
7.3
Funny Business
TV Series1992
6.0
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Movie1990
7.5
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
TV Series1987
No Backdrop
9.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie1984
No Backdrop
0.0
The Hollywood Clowns
Movie1979
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie1976
7.5
It's Showtime
Movie1976
8.0
Hooray for Hollywood
Movie1976
No Backdrop
9.0
The Three Stooges Follies
Movie1974
7.4
That's Entertainment!
Movie1974
No Backdrop
0.0
The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
Movie1970
7.2
4 Clowns
Movie1970
6.1
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Movie1966
6.2
The Scribe
Movie1966
5.0
War Italian Style
Movie1965
7.2
Buster Keaton Rides Again
Movie1965
7.0
Film
Movie1965
5.2
Sergeant Deadhead
Movie1965
5.3
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
Movie1965
6.8
The Railrodder
Movie1965
5.9
Beach Blanket Bingo
Movie1965
4.8
Pajama Party
Movie1964
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie1964
No Backdrop
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
TV Series1964
5.0
The Sound of Laughter
Movie1963
7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Movie1963
6.3
Burke's Law
TV Series1963
5.3
30 Years of Fun
Movie1963
No Backdrop
8.0
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
Movie1963
No Backdrop
0.0
There's No Business Like No Business
Movie1963
No Backdrop
6.4
The Great Chase
Movie1962
No Backdrop
7.0
Simon Pure Beer
Movie1962
No Backdrop
5.8
Crazy Days
Movie1962
No Backdrop
7.0
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
Movie1962
No Backdrop
7.0
The Home Owner
Movie1961
No Backdrop
7.0
The Devil to Pay
Movie1960
6.7
Route 66
TV Series1960
5.9
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Movie1960
No Backdrop
6.5
When Comedy Was King
Movie1960
No Backdrop
5.5
Lifetime of Comedy
Movie1960
8.5
The Twilight Zone
TV Series1959
6.5
The Donna Reed Show
TV Series1958
No Backdrop
0.0
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
Movie1958
No Backdrop
8.0
No Time at All
Movie1958
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
Movie1956
7.6
Playhouse 90
TV Series1956
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV Series1955
No Backdrop
6.5
The Awakening
Movie1954
7.0
L'Incantevole nemica
Movie1953
7.9
Limelight
Movie1952
6.5
This Is Your Life
TV Series1952
No Backdrop
7.5
Paradise for Buster
Movie1952
No Backdrop
0.0
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
Movie1951
No Backdrop
8.5
Life with Buster Keaton
Movie1951
No Backdrop
7.3
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
Movie1950
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV Series1950
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
Movie1950
7.0
What's My Line?
TV Series1950
6.7
In the Good Old Summertime
Movie1949
4.8
You're My Everything
Movie1949
No Backdrop
6.0
The Lovable Cheat
Movie1949
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948
7.0
A Duel to the Death
Movie1947
4.3
Boom in the Moon
Movie1946
7.0
God's Country
Movie1946
6.0
She Went to the Races
Movie1945
10.0
That Night with You
Movie1945
6.7
That's the Spirit
Movie1945
6.8
San Diego I Love You
Movie1944
6.0
Take It or Leave It
Movie1944
7.5
Forever and a Day
Movie1943
No Backdrop
6.8
She's Oil Mine
Movie1941
No Backdrop
6.6
General Nuisance
Movie1941
No Backdrop
0.0
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Movie1941
No Backdrop
6.9
So You Won't Squawk
Movie1941
No Backdrop
4.8
His Ex Marks the Spot
Movie1940
6.1
Li'l Abner
Movie1940
5.2
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Movie1940
6.0
The Spook Speaks
Movie1940
6.0
The Taming of the Snood
Movie1940
6.9
New Moon
Movie1940
No Backdrop
6.5
Pardon My Berth Marks
Movie1940
No Backdrop
6.0
Nothing But Pleasure
Movie1940
6.2
Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie1939
6.1
Mooching Through Georgia
Movie1939
7.1
Pest from the West
Movie1939
No Backdrop
5.6
Hollywood Hobbies
Movie1939
6.1
Love Nest on Wheels
Movie1937
5.8
Ditto
Movie1937
5.6
Jail Bait
Movie1937
6.1
Mixed Magic
Movie1936
6.3
The Chemist
Movie1936
6.1
Blue Blazes
Movie1936
5.9
Grand Slam Opera
Movie1936
No Backdrop
4.7
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Movie1936
No Backdrop
5.9
Three on a Limb
Movie1936
4.0
The Invader
Movie1936
No Backdrop
6.1
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
Movie1935
5.5
The Timid Young Man
Movie1935
5.6
The E-Flat Man
Movie1935
4.6
Tars and Stripes
Movie1935
6.1
Hayseed Romance
Movie1935
4.3
One Run Elmer
Movie1935
5.4
Palooka from Paducah
Movie1935
6.2
The King of the Champs-Élysées
Movie1934
6.4
Allez Oop
Movie1934
5.9
The Gold Ghost
Movie1934
5.7
What! No Beer?
Movie1933
No Backdrop
4.5
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Movie1933
9.0
Plumber in love
Movie1932
5.7
Speak Easily
Movie1932
6.1
The Passionate Plumber
Movie1932
No Backdrop
6.7
Casanova Against His Will
Movie1931
6.2
Sidewalks of New York
Movie1931
No Backdrop
8.0
Buster se marie
Movie1931
No Backdrop
5.2
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Movie1931
5.6
The Stolen Jools
Movie1931
5.3
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Movie1931
No Backdrop
9.0
Forward, March!
Movie1930
6.1
Doughboys
Movie1930
No Backdrop
7.0
Estrellados
Movie1930
6.2
Free and Easy
Movie1930
5.9
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Movie1929
6.6
Spite Marriage
Movie1929
6.3
Tide of Empire
Movie1929
No Backdrop
8.0
The Baby Cyclone
Movie1928
7.8
The Cameraman
Movie1928
7.6
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Movie1928
No Backdrop
6.2
Character Studies
Movie1927
6.7
College
Movie1927
No Backdrop
0.0
Life in Hollywood No. 1
Movie1927
7.9
The General
Movie1926
6.8
Battling Butler
Movie1926
6.9
Go West
Movie1925
5.9
The Iron Mule
Movie1925
7.5
Seven Chances
Movie1925
7.1
The Navigator
Movie1924
8.0
Sherlock Jr.
Movie1924
7.5
Our Hospitality
Movie1923
6.8
Three Ages
Movie1923
6.7
The Love Nest
Movie1923
6.2
The Balloonatic
Movie1923
6.5
Day Dreams
Movie1922
No Backdrop
4.9
Seeing Stars
Movie1922
6.8
The Electric House
Movie1922
6.2
The Frozen North
Movie1922
6.6
The Blacksmith
Movie1922
6.2
My Wife's Relations
Movie1922
7.2
Cops
Movie1922
6.1
The Paleface
Movie1922
6.6
The Boat
Movie1921
6.8
The Play House
Movie1921
7.2
The Goat
Movie1921
7.2
The High Sign
Movie1921
6.9
Hard Luck
Movie1921
6.6
The Haunted House
Movie1921
7.1
Neighbors
Movie1920
7.5
The Scarecrow
Movie1920
6.7
Convict 13
Movie1920
6.3
The Round-Up
Movie1920
5.8
The Saphead
Movie1920
7.9
One Week
Movie1920
6.1
The Garage
Movie1920
5.9
The Hayseed
Movie1919
6.3
Back Stage
Movie1919
6.3
The Cook
Movie1918
5.7
Good Night, Nurse!
Movie1918
5.6
Moonshine
Movie1918
6.4
The Bell Boy
Movie1918
6.0
Out West
Movie1918
5.5
A Country Hero
Movie1917
5.9
Coney Island
Movie1917
5.5
Oh, Doctor!
Movie1917
5.5
His Wedding Night
Movie1917
5.5
The Rough House
Movie1917
5.4
A Reckless Romeo
Movie1917
6.1
The Butcher Boy
Movie1917