Directing
Buster Keaton
- Titles
- 194movies17TV shows
- Career
Active from 1917 to 2023, with a break from 1975 to 1991, with up to 7 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 106top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
One Week91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 74 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Physical Comedy7.8average 2.4
- Historical7.0average 2.6
- Nostalgia7.1average 3.7
- Situational Comedy6.0average 2.7
- Wholesome5.6average 3.3
- Absurdist Humor4.1average 2.0
- Satire & Parody3.5average 2.3
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.8, average 5.4
- Psychological2.5, average 5.6
- Melancholy2.9, average 4.7
- Tension4.2, average 6.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Slapstick Comedy 15
- Historical Setting 13
- Physical Humor 13
- Silent Film 12
- Physical Comedy 10
- Wholesome Entertainment 8
- Silent Comedy 8
- Fast-Paced 8
- Classic Film 8
- Buster Keaton 7
- Slapstick Humor 6
- Nostalgic 6
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Edward F. ClineActorOne Week, The Balloonatic, The Frozen North, The Scarecrow, Hard Luck, +16 more
Roscoe ArbuckleActorGo West, When Comedy Was King, The Cook, Coney Island, Oh, Doctor!, +15 more
Al St. JohnActorThe Scarecrow, The Cook, Coney Island, Oh, Doctor!, Love Nest on Wheels, +14 more
Joe RobertsActorOne Week, Our Hospitality, The Frozen North, The Scarecrow, Hard Luck, +14 more
Elgin LessleyCinematographerSherlock Jr., One Week, The Cameraman, The Navigator, Seven Chances, +12 more
Joe KeatonActorThe General, Sherlock Jr., Our Hospitality, The Scarecrow, Go West, +10 more
Clyde BruckmanWriterThe General, Sherlock Jr., The Navigator, Seven Chances, Three Ages, +8 more
Alice LakeActorThe Cook, Coney Island, Oh, Doctor!, The Rough House, The Butcher Boy, +7 more- DDwight WarrenCinematographerHayseed Romance, Ditto, Tars and Stripes, Allez Oop, The E-Flat Man, +7 more
- HHerbert WarrenEditorThe Cook, Coney Island, Oh, Doctor!, The Rough House, The Butcher Boy, +7 more
Charles LamontWriterHayseed Romance, Ditto, Tars and Stripes, Allez Oop, The E-Flat Man, +6 more
Virginia FoxActorHard Luck, The Play House, Cops, The Blacksmith, The Haunted House, +5 more
Movies and TV shows
1672020s
2 titles
as Various Roles (archive footage)
as archive footage
2010s
3 titles · average score 71
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
2000s
3 titles
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
1990s
3 titles · average score 88
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV show · as (archive footage)
1980s
1 title
as (archive footage)
1970s
5 titles · average score 77
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as (archive footage)
1960s
23 titles · average score 59
as Journalist
as The Man
as Gen. von Kassler
as The Man
as Lester Snapwell
as Elmer Butts
as The Home Owner
as Diablos
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV show
1950s
15 titles · average score 72
TV show · as Woodrow Mulligan
TV show
Technical Advisor
as Train Conductor
TV show · as Harrison
as The Man
as Baker's Apprentice in Play
as Calvero's Partner
as Buster
as (archive footage)
as Buster Keaton
1940s
23 titles · average score 59
as Hickey
as The First Fisherman
as Buster Waters, plumber
as Eddie
as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
as Buster - the husband
as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
as Buster Keaton
as Buster
as Clarence Plunkett
as Lonesome Polecat
as William Dalton
1930s
38 titles · average score 55
Director
as Elmer Dolittle
as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
as Elmer
as Elmer J. Butts
as Professor Post
as Elmer E. Tuttle
as Reginald Irving
as Harmon
as Elmer
as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.
1920s
37 titles · average score 74
as Buster
as Steamboat Bill Jr.
as Johnnie Gray
as Alfred Butler
as James 'Jimmie' Shannon
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.
as Rollo Treadway
as William McKay
as The Young Man
as The Bad Man
as The Groom
as Farmhand
1910s
14 titles · average score 57
as Stagehand
as Manager, General Store
as The Waiter (uncredited)
as Bellboy
as Dr. Hampton
as Sheriff, Saloon Owner
as Revenue Agent
as Rival / Cop with Moustache
as Junior Holepoke
as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop
as Buster
as Delivery boy