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Buster Keaton

Career: Active from 1917 to 2023, with a break from 1975 to 1991, with up to 7 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 106
top three billing

Average score: 65/100

Highest rated: One Week
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 74 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Buster Keaton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
0.9, average 5.4
Psychological
2.6, average 5.5
Melancholy
2.9, average 4.7
Family Dynamics
3.1, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Slapstick Comedy 15
Historical Setting 13
Physical Humor 13
Silent Film 12
Physical Comedy 10
Fast-Paced 8
Classic Film 8
Silent Comedy 8
Wholesome Entertainment 8
Buster Keaton 7
Nostalgic Charm 6
Physical Gags 6

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

168

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

2 titles

Stunts: A Taste for Risk

as Various Roles (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

as archive footage

2010s

3 titles · average score 72

The Image Book

72

as (archive footage)

Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends

as (archive footage)

You Have to Live Somewhere

as (archive footage)

2000s

3 titles

The Smelly Janitor

Thanks

Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

as (archive footage)

Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts

as (archive footage)

1990s

3 titles · average score 88

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

as (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Funny Business

TV show · as (archive footage)

1980s

1 title

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1970s

6 titles · average score 77

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

70

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as (archive footage)

The Three Stooges Follies

as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

84

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

4 Clowns

as (archive footage)

1960s

23 titles · average score 59

The Scribe

62

as Journalist

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

75

as Erronius

The Railrodder

68

as The Man

War Italian Style

50

as Gen. von Kassler

Film

73

as The Man

The Triumph of Lester Snapwell

as Lester Snapwell

The Sound of Laughter

as Elmer Butts

The Home Owner

as The Home Owner

Lifetime of Comedy

as (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King

74

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Devil to Pay

as Diablos

Route 66

48

TV show

1950s

15 titles · average score 72

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Woodrow Mulligan

The Donna Reed Show

46

TV show

The Buster Keaton Story

52

Technical Advisor

Around the World in 80 Days

67

as Train Conductor

Playhouse 90

79

TV show · as Harrison

The Awakening

as The Man

L'Incantevole nemica

as Baker's Apprentice in Play

Limelight

82

as Calvero's Partner

Paradise for Buster

as Buster

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

as (archive footage)

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton

as Buster

Sunset Boulevard

91

as Buster Keaton

1940s

23 titles · average score 60

In the Good Old Summertime

67

as Hickey

A Duel to the Death

as The First Fisherman

Bathing Beauty

66

Creative Consultant

So You Won't Squawk

as Eddie

She's Oil Mine

as Buster Waters, plumber

General Nuisance

62

as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.

Pardon My Berth Marks

62

as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy

The Taming of the Snood

as Buster Keaton

The Spook Speaks

as Buster

Nothing But Pleasure

60

as Clarence Plunkett

His Ex Marks the Spot

50

as Buster - the husband

The Villain Still Pursued Her

53

as William Dalton

1930s

38 titles · average score 55

Pest from the West

67

as Sir

Hollywood Handicap

50

Director

Ditto

58

as The Forgotten Man

Love Nest on Wheels

60

as Elmer

Hayseed Romance

60

as Elmer Dolittle

One Run Elmer

52

as Elmer

What! No Beer?

42

as Elmer J. Butts

Speak Easily

49

as Professor Post

Parlor, Bedroom and Bath

52

as Reginald Irving

Sidewalks of New York

50

as Harmon

Free and Easy

45

as Elmer

Doughboys

52

as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.

1920s

37 titles · average score 74

The Cameraman

91

as Buster

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

89

as Steamboat Bill Jr.

The General

87

as Johnnie Gray

Battling Butler

77

as Alfred Butler

Seven Chances

87

as James 'Jimmie' Shannon

Go West

70

as Friendless

Sherlock Jr.

86

as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

The Navigator

73

as Rollo Treadway

Our Hospitality

88

as William McKay

Three Ages

81

as The Boy

Hard Luck

69

as Suicidal Boy

One Week

91

as The Groom

1910s

14 titles · average score 57

The Hayseed

57

as Manager, General Store

Back Stage

64

as Stagehand

The Cook

65

as The Waiter (uncredited)

Good Night, Nurse!

53

as Dr. Hampton

The Bell Boy

65

as Bellboy

Out West

56

as Sheriff, Saloon Owner

Moonshine

57

as Revenue Agent

Oh, Doctor!

56

as Junior Holepoke

Coney Island

51

as Rival / Cop with Moustache

The Butcher Boy

58

as Buster

The Rough House

48

as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop

His Wedding Night

57

as Delivery boy