Buster Keaton filmography
These are the films of American actor, comedian, and filmmaker Buster Keaton.

Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton in 1939.
Short films
Starring Roscoe Arbuckle, featuring Buster Keaton
Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Writer | Director | Role | |||
April 23, 1917 | The Butcher Boy | Buster | First film role | ||
June 25, 1917 | The Rough House | Yes | Yes | Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop | Co-directed and co-written by Roscoe Arbuckle |
August 20, 1917 | His Wedding Night | Delivery boy | — | ||
September 30, 1917 | Oh Doctor! | Junior Holepoke | — | ||
October 29, 1917 | Coney Island | Rival / Cop with mustache | — | ||
December 10, 1917 | A Country Hero | Vaudeville artist | Lost film | ||
January 20, 1918 | Out West | Sheriff / Saloon owner | — | ||
March 18, 1918 | The Bell Boy | Bellboy | — | ||
May 13, 1918 | Moonshine | Revenue agent | Partially lost | ||
July 6, 1918 | Good Night, Nurse! | Dr. Hampton / Woman with umbrella | — | ||
September 15, 1918 | The Cook | Waiter | — | ||
September 7, 1919 | Back Stage | Stagehand | — | ||
October 26, 1919 | The Hayseed | Manager, general store | — | ||
January 11, 1920 | The Garage | Mechanic / Fireman | — |
Starring Buster Keaton under Buster Keaton Productions
Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Writer | Director | Role | |||
September 1, 1920 | One Week | Yes | Yes | The groom | — |
October 27, 1920 | Convict 13 | Yes | Yes | Golfer turned prisoner / Guard | — |
December 22, 1920 | Neighbors | Yes | Yes | The boy | — |
December 22, 1920 | The Scarecrow | Yes | Yes | Farmhand | — |
February 10, 1921 | The Haunted House | Yes | Yes | Bank clerk | — |
March 14, 1921 | Hard Luck | Yes | Yes | Suicidal boy | — |
April 12, 1921 | The High Sign | Yes | Yes | Our hero | — |
May 18, 1921 | The Goat | Yes | Yes | Buster Keaton | — |
October 6, 1921 | The Playhouse | Yes | Yes | Audience / Orchestra / Mr. Brown – First Minstrel / Second Minstrel / Interlocutors / Stagehand | — |
November 10, 1921 | The Boat | Yes | Yes | The boat builder | — |
January 1922 | The Paleface | Yes | Yes | Little Chief Paleface | — |
March 1922 | Cops | Yes | Yes | The young man | — |
May 1922 | My Wife's Relations | Yes | Yes | The husband | — |
July 21, 1922 | The Blacksmith | Yes | Yes | Blacksmith's assistant | — |
August 28, 1922 | The Frozen North | Yes | Yes | The bad man | — |
October 1922 | The Electric House | Yes | Yes | Buster Keaton | — |
November 1922 | Day Dreams | Yes | Yes | The young man | — |
January 22, 1923 | The Balloonatic | Yes | Yes | The young man | — |
March 1923 | The Love Nest | Yes | Yes | Buster Keaton | — |
Starring Buster Keaton for Educational Pictures
Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Writer | Director | Role | |||
March 16, 1934 | The Gold Ghost | Yes | Wally | — | |
May 25, 1934 | Allez Oop | Yes | Elmer | — | |
January 11, 1935 | Palooka from Paducah | Jim Diltz | — | ||
February 22, 1935 | One Run Elmer | Elmer | — | ||
March 15, 1935 | Hayseed Romance | Elmer Dolittle | — | ||
May 3, 1935 | Tars and Stripes | Yes | Apprentice seaman Elmer Doolittle | — | |
August 9, 1935 | The E-Flat Man | Elmer | — | ||
October 25, 1935 | The Timid Young Man | Milton | — | ||
January 3, 1936 | Three on a Limb | Elmer Brown | — | ||
February 21, 1936 | Grand Slam Opera | Yes | Yes | Elmer Butts | — |
August 21, 1936 | Blue Blazes | Yes | Elmer | — | |
October 9, 1936 | The Chemist | Elmer Triple | — | ||
November 20, 1936 | Mixed Magic | Yes | Elmer "Happy" Butterworth | — | |
January 8, 1937 | Jail Bait | Office Boy | — | ||
February 12, 1937 | Ditto | The forgotten man | — | ||
March 26, 1937 | Love Nest on Wheels | Yes | Elmer | — |
Starring Buster Keaton for Columbia Pictures
Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Writer | Director | Role | |||
June 16, 1939 | Pest from the West | Yes | Sir | — | |
August 11, 1939 | Mooching Through Georgia | Yes | Homer Cobb | — | |
January 19, 1940 | Nothing But Pleasure | Clarence Plunkett | — | ||
March 22, 1940 | Pardon My Berth Marks | Elmer – Newspaper Copyboy | — | ||
June 28, 1940 | The Taming of the Snood | Buster Keaton | — | ||
September 20, 1940 | The Spook Speaks | Buster | — | ||
December 13, 1940 | His Ex Marks the Spot | Buster – the husband | — | ||
February 21, 1941 | So You Won't Squawk | Eddie | — | ||
September 18, 1941 | General Nuisance | Peter Lamar – Jr. | — | ||
November 20, 1941 | She's Oil Mine | Buster Waters, plumber | — |
Starring Buster Keaton for independent producers
Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Writer | Director | Role | |||
October 15, 1952 | Paradise for Buster | Buster | Industrial film short for John Deere & Co. | ||
1960 | The Devil to Pay | Diablos | Industrial film short for the National Association of Wholesalers | ||
1963 | There's No Business Like No Business | Industrial film short for Maremont Exhaust and the Gabriel Shocks Division of the Arvin Corporation | |||
1963 | The Triumph of Lester Snapwell | Lester Snapwell | Industrial film short for the Eastman Kodak Company | ||
1965 | The Fall Guy | The Fall Guy | Industrial film short for U.S. Steel | ||
January 8, 1965 | Film | The Man | — | ||
October 2, 1965 | The Railrodder | The Man | — | ||
January 8, 1966 | The Scribe | Journalist | Industrial film short for the Construction Safety Association of Ontario |
Directed by (but not featuring) Buster Keaton for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Writer | Director | Role | |||
February 26, 1938 | Life in Sometown, USA | Yes | — | ||
May 28, 1938 | Hollywood Handicap | Yes | — | ||
September 10, 1938 | Streamlined Swing | Yes | — | ||
With Buster Keaton in featured or cameo roles
Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Writer | Director | Role | |||
1922 | Seeing Stars | Himself | — | ||
April 12, 1925 | The Iron Mule | Indian | — | ||
April 4, 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Policeman | — | ||
December 7, 1935 | La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Himself | — | ||
August 6, 1936 | Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | Himself | — | ||
May 3, 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Himself | — | ||
Feature films
Starring Buster Keaton for Metro Pictures
Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Writer | Director | Role | |||
October 18, 1920 | The Saphead | Yes | Bertie 'The Lamb' Van Alstyne | — | |
Starring Buster Keaton under Buster Keaton Productions
Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Writer | Director | Role | |||
September 24, 1923 | Three Ages | Yes | The Boy | Co-directed with Edward F. Cline | |
November 19, 1923 | Our Hospitality | Yes | Willie McKay | Co-directed with John G. Blystone | |
May 11, 1924 | Sherlock Jr. | Yes | Projectionist / Sherlock Jr. | — | |
October 13, 1924 | The Navigator | Yes | Rollo Treadway | Co-directed with Donald Crisp | |
March 15, 1925 | Seven Chances | Yes | James Shannon | — | |
November 1, 1925 | Go West | Yes | Yes | Friendless | — |
September 19, 1926 | Battling Butler | Yes | Alfred Butler | — | |
December 31, 1926[1] (Tokyo) | The General | Yes | Yes | Johnnie Gray | Co-written and directed with Clyde Bruckman |
November 1927 | College | Yes | Ronald | Co-directed with James W. Horne | |
May 20, 1928 | Steamboat Bill, Jr. | Yes | William Canfield Jr. | Co-directed with Charles Reisner |
Starring Buster Keaton for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Writer | Director | Role | |||
September 22, 1928 | The Cameraman | Yes | Buster | Co-directed with Edward Sedgwick | |
April 6, 1929 | Spite Marriage | Yes | Elmer Gantry | Co-directed with Edward Sedgwick | |
March 22, 1930 | Free and Easy | Elmer | — | ||
July 7, 1930 | Estrellados | Canuto Cuadratin | Spanish-language version of Free and Easy | ||
August 30, 1930 | Doughboys | Elmer | — | ||
January 23, 1931 | De frente...marchen | Canuto de la Montera | Spanish-language version of Doughboys | ||
February 28, 1931 | Parlor, Bedroom and Bath | Reginald Irving | — | ||
September 26, 1931 | Sidewalks of New York | Harmon | — | ||
October 19, 1931 | Casanova wider Willen | Reggie Irving | German-language version of Parlor, Bedroom and Bath | ||
February 6, 1932 | The Passionate Plumber | Elmer E. Tuttle | — | ||
August 13, 1932 | Speak Easily | Professor Post | — | ||
December 30, 1932 | Le plombier amoureux | Elmer Tuttle | French-language version of The Passionate Plumber | ||
February 10, 1933 | What! No Beer? | Elmer J. Butts | — |
Starring Buster Keaton for independent producers
Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Writer | Director | Role | |||
December 11, 1934 | Le Roi des Champs-Élysées | Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré | — | ||
January 2, 1936 | The Invader | Leander Proudfoot | — | ||
August 2, 1946 | El Moderno Barba Azul | GI / Prisoner | Also known as A Modern Bluebeard and Boom in the Moon | ||
October 30, 1965 | Buster Keaton Rides Again | Himself | Documentary about the making of The Railrodder |
With Buster Keaton in featured or cameo roles
Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
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Writer | Director | Role | |||
October 10, 1920 | The Round-Up | Indian | Uncredited | ||
December 23, 1928 | Brotherly Love | Barber | Uncredited, appearance is speculative | ||
April 23, 1929 | Tide of Empire | Drunk thrown out of bar | Uncredited | ||
June 20, 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Himself / Princess Raja | — | ||
Unreleased, scheduled for September 1930 | The March of Time | Caveman | — | ||
November, 1931 | Wir schalten um auf Hollywood | Himself | Truncated German language only version of The March of Time | ||
October 13, 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade | Himself | — | ||
July 19, 1940 | New Moon | Prisoner – 'LuLu' | — | ||
October 11, 1940 | The Villain Still Pursued Her | William Dalton | — | ||
November 1, 1940 | Li'l Abner | Lonesome Polecat | — | ||
March 26, 1943 | Forever and a Day | Wilkins | — | ||
September 29, 1944 | San Diego, I Love You | Bus Driver | — | ||
June 1, 1945 | That's the Spirit | L.M. | — | ||
September 28, 1945 | That Night with You | Sam | — | ||
November 4, 1945 | She Went to the Races | Bellboy | — | ||
March 15, 1946 | God's Country | Mr. Boone aka Old Tarp | — | ||
July 25, 1946 | Easy to Wed | Yes | Yes | Uncredited | |
April 13, 1949 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Yes | Uncredited | ||
May 11, 1949 | The Lovable Cheat | Goulard | — | ||
July 29, 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime | Yes | Yes | Hickey | — |
August 1949 | You're My Everything | Butler | — | ||
August 10, 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Himself | — | ||
October 23, 1952 | Limelight | Calvero's Partner | — | ||
June 14, 1953 | The Enchanting Enemy | Buster | — | ||
October 17, 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Train Conductor – San Francisco to Fort Kearney | — | ||
August 3, 1960 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Lion Tamer | — | ||
November 7, 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Jimmy the Crook | — | ||
November 11, 1964 | Pajama Party | Chief Rotten Eagle | — | ||
April 14, 1965 | Beach Blanket Bingo | Buster | — | ||
July 14, 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini | Bwana | — | ||
August 18, 1965 | Sergeant Deadhead | Airman Blinken | — | ||
December 2, 1965 | War Italian Style | General von Kassler | — | ||
October 16, 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Erronius | Final film role | ||
Television appearances (Incomplete)
- The Ed Wynn Show, (1949) as Buster
- The Buster Keaton Show, KKTV (1950) as Buster
- Life with Buster Keaton, KKTV (1951) as Buster
- Douglas Fairbanks Presents, episode "The Awakening" (1954) as The Man
- Screen Directors Playhouse, episode "The Silent Partner" (1955) as Kelsey Dutton
- The Rosemary Clooney Show, (1956) as Keystone Policeman
- Circus Time, Buster Keaton (1957).
- What's My Line? 09/01/1957 (Episode # 378) (Season 9, Ep 1) as Mystery Guest[2]
- The Donna Reed Show (1957) episode "A Very Merry Christmas" as Charlie
- Milky Way, Buster Keaton TV Commercial (1961).
- The Twilight Zone, episode "Once Upon a Time" (1961) as Woodrow Mulligan the Janitor
- Candid Camera, episode "In the Diner" (1962).
- The Scene Stealers, Buster Keaton and Ed Wynn (1962).
- Route 66, in "Journey to Nineveh" (1962) as Jonah Butler, the town jinx[3]
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, in episode "Think Mink" (1963) as Si Willis
- Cleopatra Skit, (1964) Buster Keaton on Hollywood Palace
- Burke's Law, (1964)
- Buster Keaton and Lucille Ball, in comedy to salute Stan Laurel (1965) as Buster
- Ford Van, TV advertisement, (1966) as Buster
References
- "BFI: The General". bfi.org. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
- "What's My Line?: EPISODE #378". TV.com.
- Keaton, Buster; Samuels, Charles (1960). My Wonderful World of Slapstick. Doubleday. ISBN 0-306-80178-7.
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