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
Release date	Title	Writer	Director	Role	Notes
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
Release date	Title	Writer	Director	Role	Notes
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
Release date	Title	Writer	Director	Role	Notes
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
Release date	Title	Writer	Director	Role	Notes
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
Release date	Title	Writer	Director	Role	Notes
October 15, 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

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

The Saphead (1920) as Bertie Van Alstyne
The Round-Up (1920) as Indian (uncredited)
Three Ages (1923) as The Boy
Our Hospitality (1923) as Willie McKay - 21 Years Old
Sherlock Jr. (1924) as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
The Navigator (1924) as Rollo Treadway
Seven Chances (1925) as James Shannon
Go West (1925) as Friendless
Battling Butler (1926) as Alfred Butler
The General (1926) as Johnnie Gray
College (1927) as A Son
Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928) as William Canfield Jr.
The Cameraman (1928) as Buster
Brotherly Love (1928) as Barber (uncredited)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) as Himself / Princess Raja
Tide of Empire (1929) (cameo as drunk thrown out of bar)
Spite Marriage (1929) as Elmer Gantry
Free and Easy (1930) as Elmer Butts
Estrellados (1930) as Canuto Cuadratin
Doughboys (1930) as Elmer
De frente, marchen (1930) as Canuto de la Montera
The March of Time (1930) as Caveman
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931) as Reginald Irving
The Stolen Jools (1931) as Policeman
Sidewalks of New York (1931) as Harmon
Casanova wider Willen (1931) as Reggie Irving
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931) as Reggie
The Passionate Plumber (1932) as Elmer E. Tuttle
Speak Easily (1932) as Professor Post
The Passionate Plumber (1932) as Elmer Tuttle
What! No Beer? (1933) as Elmer J. Butts
Le roi des Champs-Élysées (1934) as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935) as Himself
The Invader (1936) as Leander Proudfoot
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) as Himself
New Moon (1940) as Prisoner - 'LuLu' (uncredited)
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) as William Dalton
Li'l Abner (1940) as Lonesome Polecat
Forever and a Day (1943) as Wilkins
San Diego, I Love You (1944) as Bus Driver
That's the Spirit (1945) as L.M.
That Night with You (1945) as Sam - Short Order Cook
She Went to the Races (1945) as Bellboy (uncredited)
God's Country (1946) as Mr. Boone aka Old Tarp
Easy to Wed (1946) (uncredited)
Boom in the Moon (1946)
Colmillo de Buda, El (1949) as Moe
The Lovable Cheat (1949) as Goulard
You're My Everything (1949) as Butler
In the Good Old Summertime (1949) as Hickey
Sunset Boulevard (1950) as Himself
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton (1950) as Buster
Excuse My Dust (1951) (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1951)
Limelight (1952) as Calvero's Partner
L'Incantevole Nemica (1953)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as Train Conductor - San Francisco to Fort Kearney
Producers' Showcase: The Lord Don't Play Favorites (1956)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) as Lion Tamer
Ten Girls Ago (1962, uncompleted)
The Great Chase (1962)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) as Jimmy the Crook
Pajama Party (1964) as Chief Rotten Eagle
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) as Buster
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) as Bwana
Sergeant Deadhead (1965) as Airman Blinken
War Italian Style (1965) as Gen. von Kassler
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) as Erronius (Last appearance)

Television appearances

What's My Line? 09/01/1957 (Episode # 378) (Season 9, Ep 1) as Mystery Guest^[1]
Candid Camera, episode "In the Diner" (1962).
Route 66, in "Journey to Nineveh" (1962) as Jonah Butler, the town jinx^[2]
Twilight Zone - Once Upon a Time 15/12/1961 (Episode # 078) (Season 3, Ep 13) as Woodrow Mulligan
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, in episode "Think Mink" (1963) as Si Willis

References

↑ "What's My Line?: EPISODE #378". TV.com.
↑ Keaton, Buster; Samuels, Charles (1960). My Wonderful World of Slapstick. Doubleday. ISBN 0-306-80178-7.

External links

Buster Keaton at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Buster Keaton

Shorts (1917–1923)	The Rough House One Week Convict 13 The Scarecrow Neighbors The Haunted House Hard Luck The High Sign The Goat The Playhouse The Boat The Paleface Cops My Wife's Relations The Blacksmith The Frozen North The Electric House Day Dreams The Balloonatic The Love Nest

Feature films	Three Ages Our Hospitality Sherlock Jr. The Navigator Seven Chances Go West Battling Butler The General College Steamboat Bill Jr. The Cameraman Spite Marriage

Shorts (1934–1937) (for Educational Pictures)	The Gold Ghost Allez Oop Tars and Stripes Grand Slam Opera One Run Elmer Blue Blazes Mixed Magic Love Nest on Wheels

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