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Buster Keaton
Piqua, Kansas, USA
Joseph Frank "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…
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Joseph Frank "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. He 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.
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2026
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
Movie Self (Archival)
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2026
Bound for Glory: The General as Keaton's Cinematic Manifesto
Movie Self (Archival)
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2025
Hodgepodge
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2023
Stunts: A Taste for Risk
Movie Various Roles (archive footage)
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2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2020
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Movie archive footage
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2020
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
Barney's Wall
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2018
The Image Book
Movie (archive footage)
- 2016
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2016
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
Movie (archive footage)
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2016
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Notfilm
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
You Have to Live Somewhere
Movie (archive footage)
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2011
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2008
The Smelly Janitor
Movie Thanks
More credits
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2007
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
Movie (archive footage)
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2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2006
Legends
TV show Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2006
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
Movie (archive footage)
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2004
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2000
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1999
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
Movie (archive footage)
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1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1994
That's Entertainment! III
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1992
Funny Business
TV show (archive footage)
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1990
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)
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1987
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie (archive footage)
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1979
The Hollywood Clowns
Movie (archive footage)
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1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1976
It's Showtime
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1976
Hooray for Hollywood
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1974
The Three Stooges Follies
Movie Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)
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1974
That's Entertainment!
Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1970
The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
Movie Self (archival footage)
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1970
4 Clowns
Movie (archive footage)
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1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Movie Erronius
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1966
The Scribe
Movie Journalist
