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Buster Keaton

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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". Keaton 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. Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, [when] he worked without interruption on a series of films that make him, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies."Orson Welles stated that Keaton's The General is the greatest comedy ever made, the greatest Civil War film ever made, and perhaps the greatest film ever made. A 2002 worldwide poll by Sight & Sound ranked Keaton's The General as the 15th best film of all time. Three other Keaton films received votes in the magazine's survey: Our Hospitality, Sherlock, Jr., and The Navigator. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buster Keaton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 4, 1895 In Piqua, Kansas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
158
First Appeared:
In the movie The Butcher Boy 1917-04-23
Latest Project:
Movie Barney's Wall 2019-05-04
Known For
Filmography
Movie Barney's Wall Himself (archival footage) 2019-05-04
Movie The Great Buster: A Celebration Self (archive footage) 2018-10-05
Movie Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died Himself (archive footage) 2016-01-01
Movie Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 2016-07-17
Movie Notfilm Self (archive footage) 2015-10-27
Movie And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014-02-01
Movie Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 2011-12-28
Movie The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk Self (archive footage) 2007-09-02
Movie Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (archive footage) 2006-03-07
Movie Edge of Outside Buster (archive footage) 2006-06-11
Movie So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM Self (archive footage) 2004-12-07
Movie Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two Various 2001-09-05
Movie Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One Various 2001-09-05
Movie That's Entertainment! III (archive footage) 1994-07-01
Series Funny Business (archive footage) 1992-11-22
Series Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow Self (archive footage) 1987-09-30
Movie The Hollywood Clowns (archive footage) 1979-03-23
Movie It's Showtime Self (archive footage) 1976-03-31
Movie That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) 1976-05-16
Movie That's Entertainment! (archive footage) (uncredited) 1974-06-21
Movie 4 Clowns (archive footage) 1970-09-01
Movie A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Erronius 1966-10-16
Movie How to Stuff a Wild Bikini Bwana 1965-07-14
Movie Beach Blanket Bingo 1965-04-14
Movie Sergeant Deadhead Airman Blinken 1965-08-18
Movie Salute to Stan Laurel Self 1965-11-23
Movie War Italian Style Gen. von Kassler 1965-11-26
Movie Buster Keaton Rides Again Himself 1965-10-30
Movie The Big Parade of Comedy (archive footage) 1964-09-02
Movie Pajama Party Chief Rotten Eagle 1964-11-11
Movie The Triumph of Lester Snapwell Lester Snapwell 1963-01-01
Movie It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Jimmy the Crook 1963-11-07
Movie The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers Self 1962-01-06
Movie Langlois-Keaton à Paris Self 1962-02-22
Movie Crazy Days 1962-07-12
Movie Lifetime of Comedy (archive footage) 1960-01-01
Movie When Comedy Was King edited from 'Cops' (archive footage) 1960-03-29
Movie The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Lion Tamer 1960-07-21
Movie The Devil To Pay Diablos 1960-11-09
Movie The Golden Age of Comedy 1957-12-26
Movie Around the World in Eighty Days Train Conductor 1956-10-17
Movie L'Incantevole nemica L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre 1953-06-14
Movie Paradise for Buster Buster 1952-05-31
Movie Limelight Calvero's Partner 1952-10-23
Movie The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (archive footage) 1951-03-23
Movie Sunset Boulevard Buster Keaton 1950-08-10
Movie The Misadventures of Buster Keaton Buster 1950-12-31
Movie You're My Everything Butler 1949-07-22
Movie The Lovable Cheat Goulard 1949-05-11
Movie In the Good Old Summertime Hickey 1949-07-29
Movie God's Country Old Tarp / Mr. Boone 1946-03-15
Movie Boom in the Moon 1946-08-02
Movie That's the Spirit L.M. 1945-06-01
Movie That Night with You Sam - Short Order Cook 1945-09-28
Movie She Went to the Races Bellboy (uncredited) 1945-11-04
Movie Take It or Leave It Himself 1944-07-17
Movie San Diego I Love You Bus Driver 1944-09-29
Movie Forever and a Day Wilkins 1943-01-21
Movie So You Won't Squawk Eddie 1941-02-21
Movie General Nuisance Peter Hedley Lamar Jr. 1941-09-18
Movie She's Oil Mine Buster Waters, plumber 1941-11-20
Movie Pardon My Berth Marks Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy 1940-03-22
Movie Nothing But Pleasure Clarence Plunkett 1940-01-19
Movie The Taming of the Snood Buster Keaton 1940-06-28
Movie New Moon Prisoner - 'LuLu' 1940-06-28
Movie His Ex Marks the Spot Buster - the husband 1940-12-13
Movie Li'l Abner 1940-11-09
Movie The Villain Still Pursued Her William Dalton 1940-10-11
Movie The Spook Speaks Buster 1940-09-20
Movie Hollywood Hobbies Himself 1939-05-03
Movie Pest from the West Sir 1939-06-16
Movie Hollywood Cavalcade Buster Keaton 1939-10-13
Movie Mooching Through Georgia Homer Cobb 1939-08-11
Movie Ditto The Forgotten Man 1937-02-12
Movie Jail Bait 1937-01-08
Movie Love Nest on Wheels Elmer 1937-03-26
Movie Grand Slam Opera Elmer Butts 1936-02-21
Movie The Invader Leander Proudfoot 1936-01-02
Movie Three on a Limb Elmer Brown 1936-01-03
Movie Blue Blazes Elmer 1936-08-21
Movie Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs Himself 1936-08-05
Movie Mixed Magic Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth 1936-11-20
Movie The Chemist Elmer Triple 1936-10-09
Movie Hayseed Romance Elmer Dolittle 1935-03-15
Movie Palooka from Paducah Jim Diltz 1935-01-11
Movie Tars and Stripes Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle 1935-05-03
Movie One Run Elmer Elmer 1935-02-22
Movie The E-Flat Man Elmer 1935-08-09
Movie La Fiesta de Santa Barbara Self 1935-12-07
Movie The Timid Young Man Milton 1935-10-25
Movie Allez Oop Elmer 1934-05-25
Movie The Gold Ghost Wally 1934-03-16
Movie The King of the Champs-Élysées Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré 1934-12-10
Movie What! No Beer? Elmer J. Butts 1933-02-10
Movie The Passionate Plumber Elmer E. Tuttle 1932-02-06
Movie Speak Easily Professor Post 1932-08-13
Movie The Stolen Jools Policeman 1931-04-04
Movie Parlor, Bedroom and Bath Reginald Irving 1931-02-28
Movie We're switching to Hollywood Self 1931-06-09
Movie Sidewalks of New York Harmon 1931-09-26
Movie Casanova wider Willen Reggie Irving 1931-10-19
Movie Doughboys Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr. 1930-08-30
Movie Free and Easy Elmer 1930-03-22
Movie Forward, March! 1930-12-11
Movie Tide of Empire Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited) 1929-03-23
Movie Spite Marriage Elmer 1929-03-24
Movie The Hollywood Revue of 1929 Self / Princess Raja 1929-11-23
Movie Steamboat Bill, Jr. William 'Willie' Canfield Jr. 1928-05-09
Movie The Baby Cyclone Stunt Double (uncredited) 1928-09-26
Movie The Cameraman Buster 1928-09-10
Movie College Ronald, The Boy 1927-09-10
Movie Character Studies Himself (uncredited) 1927-11-20
Movie Battling Butler Alfred Butler 1926-09-19
Movie The General Johnny Gray 1926-12-25
Movie Seven Chances James 'Jimmie' Shannon 1925-03-15
Movie The Iron Mule Indian (uncredited) 1925-04-12
Movie Go West Friendless 1925-11-01
Movie Sherlock Jr. Sherlock, Jr. 1924-04-17
Movie The Navigator Rollo Treadway 1924-09-28
Movie The Balloonatic The Young Man (as 'Buster' Keaton) 1923-01-22
Movie The Love Nest Buster Keaton 1923-03-01
Movie Three Ages The Boy 1923-09-24
Movie Our Hospitality William McKay 1923-11-19
Movie Cops The Young Man 1922-03-11
Movie The Paleface Little Chief Paleface 1922-01-01
Movie The Blacksmith Blacksmith's Assistant 1922-07-21
Movie My Wife's Relations The husband 1922-05-15
Movie The Frozen North The Bad Man 1922-08-28
Movie The Electric House Buster 1922-10-01
Movie Seeing Stars Himself 1922-10-29
Movie Day Dreams The Young Man 1922-11-27
Movie Hard Luck Suicidal Boy 1921-03-14
Movie The Haunted House Bank Clerk 1921-02-21
Movie The High Sign Our Hero 1921-04-18
Movie The Goat The Goat 1921-05-15
Movie The Play House Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand 1921-10-26
Movie The Boat The Boat Builder 1921-11-10
Movie One Week The Groom 1920-08-29
Movie The Saphead Bertie Van Alstyne 1920-09-01
Movie The Garage Mechanic / Fireman 1920-01-11
Movie Neighbors The Boy 1920-12-12
Movie The Round-Up Indian (Uncredited) 1920-10-10
Movie The Scarecrow Farmhand 1920-11-07
Movie Convict 13 Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard 1920-10-27
Movie Back Stage Stagehand 1919-09-07
Movie The Hayseed Manager, general store 1919-10-26
Movie Moonshine Revenue Agent 1918-05-12
Movie Out West Sheriff, saloon owner 1918-01-20
Movie The Bell Boy Bellboy 1918-03-18
Movie Good Night, Nurse! Dr. Hampton 1918-06-30
Movie The Cook The Waiter (uncredited) 1918-09-15
Movie A Reckless Romeo Blind Organ Grinder 1917-05-21
Movie The Butcher Boy Buster 1917-04-23
Movie The Rough House Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop 1917-06-25
Movie Oh, Doctor! Junior Holepoke 1917-09-30
Movie A Country Hero Vaudeville Artist 1917-12-10
Movie Coney Island Rival / Cop with Moustache 1917-10-29
Movie His Wedding Night Delivery boy 1917-08-20