Buster Keaton
- Directing
- October 3, 1895 · Piqua, Kansas, USA
- February 1, 1966
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.
Known for
Filmography
- A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride · Self
- Bound for Glory: The General as Keaton's Cinematic Manifesto · Self
- Hodgepodge · Self
- Stunts: A Taste for Risk · Various Roles (archive footage)
- The Real Charlie Chaplin · Self
- Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty · archive footage
- Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies · Self
- Barney's Wall · Self
- The Image Book · (archive footage)
- Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood · Self
- Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends · (archive footage)
- Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died · Self
- Notfilm · Self
- You Have to Live Somewhere · (archive footage)
- Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic · Self
- The Smelly Janitor · Thanks
- Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen · (archive footage)
- The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk · Self
- Legends · Self
- Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts · (archive footage)
- So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM · Self
- Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy · Self
- Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults · (archive footage)
- The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies · Self
- That's Entertainment! III · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Funny Business · (archive footage)
- Dance Crazy in Hollywood · Self
- Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow · Self
- Going Hollywood: The '30s · (archive footage)
- Hollywood · Self
- The Hollywood Clowns · (archive footage)
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy · (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment, Part II · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- It's Showtime · Self
- Hooray for Hollywood · Self
- The Three Stooges Follies · Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment! · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton · Self
- 4 Clowns · (archive footage)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum · Erronius
- The Scribe · Journalist
- War Italian Style · Gen. von Kassler
- Salute to Stan Laurel · Self
- Buster Keaton Rides Again · Self
- Film · The Man
- Sergeant Deadhead · Airman Blinken
- How to Stuff a Wild Bikini · Bwana
- The Railrodder · The Man, Director
- Beach Blanket Bingo · Buster
- Pajama Party · Chief Rotten Eagle
- The Big Parade of Comedy · Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)
- The Hollywood Palace · Self
- The Sound of Laughter · Elmer Butts
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World · Jimmy the Crook
- Burke's Law · Mortimer Lovely
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- 30 Years of Fun · (archive footage)
- The Triumph of Lester Snapwell · Lester Snapwell
- There's No Business Like No Business · Self
- The Great Chase
- Simon Pure Beer · Self
- Crazy Days · Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Langlois-Keaton à Paris · Self
- The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers · Self
- The Home Owner · The Home Owner
- The Devil to Pay · Diablos
- Route 66
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · Lion Tamer
- When Comedy Was King · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Lifetime of Comedy · (archive footage)
- The Twilight Zone · Woodrow Mulligan
- The Donna Reed Show
- The Adventures of Mr. Pastry · Professor
- No Time at All · Harrison
- The Buster Keaton Story · Technical Advisor
- Around the World in 80 Days · Train Conductor
- Playhouse 90 · Harrison
- The Rosemary Clooney Show · Self
- Screen Director's Playhouse · Kelsey Dutton
- The Awakening · The Man