Buster Keaton
Directing
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.
Born: October 3, 1895
Place of Birth: Piqua, Kansas, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
as Various Roles (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as The Young Man (archive footage from 'Cops')
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Various
as Various
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as (archive footage)
as Journalist
as Gen. von Kassler
as Self
as The Man
as Airman Blinken
as Bwana
as The Man
as Buster
as Chief Rotten Eagle
as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
as Self
as Elmer Butts
as Jimmy the Crook
as Mortimer Lovely
as (archive footage)
as Lester Snapwell
as Self
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as The Home Owner
as Diablos
as Lion Tamer
as edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Woodrow Mulligan
as Professor
as Harrison
as Train Conductor
as Harrison
as Kelsey Dutton
as The Man
as L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre
as Calvero's Partner
as Self
as Buster
as (archive footage)
as Buster
as Self
as Buster Keaton
as Self
as Hickey
as Butler
as Goulard
as Self
as The First Fisherman
as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone
as Bellboy (uncredited)
as Sam - Short Order Cook
as L.M.
as Bus Driver
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Wilkins
as Buster Waters, plumber
as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
as Eddie
as Buster - the husband
as Lonesome Polecat
as William Dalton
as Buster
as Prisoner - 'LuLu'
as Buster Keaton
as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
as Clarence Plunkett
as Buster Keaton
as Homer Cobb
as Sir
as Self (uncredited)
as Elmer
as The Forgotten Man
as Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
as Elmer Triple
as Elmer
as Elmer Butts
as Elmer Brown
as Leander Proudfoot
as Self
as Milton
as Elmer
as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
as Elmer Dolittle
as Elmer
as Jim Diltz
as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
as Elmer
as Wally
as Elmer J. Butts
as Self
as Professor Post
as Elmer E. Tuttle
as Reggie Irving
as Harmon
as Self
as Policeman
as Reginald Irving
as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
as Canuto Cuadratin
as Elmer
as Self / Princess Raja
as Elmer
as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)
as Stunt Double (uncredited)
as Buster
as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.
as Self (uncredited)
as Ronald, The Boy
as Self
as Johnnie Gray
as Alfred Butler
as Friendless
as Indian (uncredited)
as James 'Jimmie' Shannon
as Rollo Treadway
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
as William McKay
as The Boy
as Buster Keaton
as The Young Man
as The Young Man
as Self
as Buster
as The Bad Man
as Blacksmith's Assistant
as The Husband
as The Young Man
as Little Chief Paleface
as The Boat Builder
as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand
as The Goat
as Our Hero
as Suicidal Boy
as Bank Clerk
as The Boy
as Farmhand
as Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
as Indian (uncredited)
as Bertie Van Alstyne
as The Groom
as Mechanic / Fireman
as Manager, General Store
as Stagehand
as The Waiter (uncredited)
as Dr. Hampton
as Revenue Agent
as Bellboy
as Sheriff, Saloon Owner
as Rival / Cop with Moustache
as Junior Holepoke
as Delivery boy
as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop
as Blind Organ Grinder
as Buster