Buster Keaton filmography
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Director | Role | |||
| April 23, 1917 | The Butcher Boy | Buster | — | ||
| 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 | No copies are known to exist | ||
| January 20, 1918 | Out West | Sheriff / Saloon owner | — | ||
| March 18, 1918 | The Bell Boy | Bellboy | — | ||
| May 13, 1918 | Moonshine | Revenue agent | — | ||
| 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
| Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Director | Role | |||
| September 1, 1920 | One Week | Yes | Yes | The groom | — |
| October 27, 1920 | Convict 13 | Yes | Yes | Gardener / 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 / Interctors / 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 | — | |
| November 1922 | Daydreams | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Yes | 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 | — | |||
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Director | Role | |||
| 1952 | Paradise for Buster | Buster | — | ||
| October 2, 1965 | The Railrodder | The man | — | ||
| January 8, 1966 | Film | The man | — | ||
| January 8, 1966 | The Scribe | Journalist | — | ||
Feature films
Starring Buster Keaton
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- The Saphead (1920)
- Three Ages (1923)
- Our Hospitality (1923)
- Sherlock, Jr. (1924)
- The Navigator (1924)
- Seven Chances (1925)
- Go West (1925)
- Battling Butler (1926)
- The General (1926)
- College (1927)
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
- The Cameraman (1928)
- Spite Marriage (1929)
- Free and Easy (1930)
- Estrellados (1930, Spanish language version)
- Doughboys (1930)
- De frente... marchen (1930, Spanish language version)
- Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
- Casanova wider Willen (1931, German language version)
- Sidewalks of New York (1931)
- The Passionate Plumber (1932)
- Le plombier amoureux (1932, French language version)
- Speak Easily (1932)
- What! No Beer? (1933)
- Le Roi des Champs-Élysées (1934)
- The Invader (also known as An Old Spanish Custom) (1936)
- Moderno Barba Azul, El (also known as A Modern Bluebeard and Boom in the Moon) (1946)
- Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965, documentary about the making of The Railrodder)
With Buster Keaton, in featured or cameo roles
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- The Round-Up (1920) (uncredited)
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
- Tide of Empire (1929) (cameo as drunk thrown out of bar)
- The Stolen Jools (1931)
- La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
- Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
- New Moon (1940) (uncredited)
- The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
- Li'l Abner (1940)
- Forever and a Day (1943)
- San Diego, I Love You (1944)
- That's the Spirit (1945)
- That Night with You (1945)
- She Went to the Races (1945)
- God's Country (1946)
- Easy to Wed (1946)
- Colmillo de Buda, El (1949)
- The Lovable Cheat (1949)
- You're My Everything (1949)
- In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Excuse My Dust (1951)
- Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1951)
- Limelight (1952)
- L'Incantevole Nemica (1953)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- Producers' Showcase: The Lord Don't Play Favorites (1956)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
- Ten Girls Ago (1962, uncompleted)
- The Great Chase (1962)
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- Pajama Party (1964)
- Beach Blanket Bingo (1965)
- How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
- Sergeant Deadhead (1965)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
- Due Marines e un Generale/War Italian Style (1966)
Television appearances
- What's My Line? 09/01/1957 (Episode # 378) (Season 9, Ep 1) Mystery Guest[1]
- Candid Camera, episode "In the Diner" (1962).
- Route 66, as the town jinx in "Journey to Nineveh" (1962)[2]
- Twilight Zone - Once Upon a Time 15/12/1961 (Episode # 078) (Season 3, Ep 13) Woodrow Mulligan
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, as Si Willis in episode "Think Mink" (1963)
