Where is Buster Keaton today? Wedding, Net Worth, Age, Measurements

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Short Info

Died	February 1, 1966, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse	Eleanor Keaton, Mae Scriven, Natalie Talmadge
Mark	Pork pie hat, slapshoes, deadpan expression
Fact	Because most of his childhood was spent in vaudeville with his parents, he had few peers. However, he enjoyed a more regular childhood during his family's annual summer getaways to an Actor's Colony on Lake Michigan in Muskegon, MI. In fact, the city of Muskegon has erected a historical marker to note his stomping ground.
Payments	Earned $2,500 from Three on a Limb (1936)

Buster Keaton was an American actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer. He is best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname “The Great Stone Face”. Keaton was a pioneer of physical comedy and the silent film genre. He was one of the first directors to use storyboards and was aware of the importance of editing and special effects to enhance his films.

Keaton was born Joseph Frank Keaton in Piqua, Kansas, on October 4, 1895, into a vaudeville family. His father, Joseph Hallie “Joe” Keaton (1857–1928), was a former vaudeville performer who went on to manage a traveling medicine show. His mother, Myra Keaton (née Cutler; 1858–1932), was also a vaudeville performer. Joe and Myra were married in 1884 and had four children: Harry, Fred, Margaret, and Buster.

Buster Keaton’s childhood was one of constant change and instability. His father’s job required the family to move frequently, and they did so around the Midwest. When Buster was five years old, the family settled in Muskegon, Michigan, where he attended school. It was here that Keaton first developed an interest in performing.

In 1903, Joe Keaton took his family on a vaudeville tour across the United States. The experience had a profound effect on young Buster, who was exposed to the stage for the first time. After the tour ended, the family settled in Brooklyn, New York. Keaton attended school here for a brief time before his parents pulled him out to join the family act again.

In 1910, Joe Keaton retired from performing and took a job as a film director at the New York Motion Picture Company. Buster Keaton began working as a prop boy and bit player for his father’s films. It was during this time that he first began to develop his skills as a comedian and filmmaker.

In 1917, Keaton moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film. He worked as a writer, director, and actor for various studios over the next few years. In 1920, he signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

Keaton’s years at MGM were some of the most productive and successful of his career. He starred in a number of successful films, including The Navigator (1924), Sherlock Jr. (1924), The General (1926), and Steamboat Bill Jr. (1928). He also directed and produced several films during this period, including The Cameraman (1928) and Free and Easy (1930).

In 1932, Keaton left MGM and began working independently. He starred in a number of films over the next few years, but none were as successful as his earlier work. In 1940, he returned to MGM for one final film, The Villain Still Pursued Her.

Keaton’s career declined in the 1940s and 1950s. He appeared in a number of low-budget films and television shows during this time. In 1960, he made a cameo appearance in The Twilight Zone episode “Once Upon a Time”.

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Keaton’s health began to decline in the early 1970s. He suffered from alcoholism and depression. He died of lung cancer on February 1, 1966, at the age of 70.

General Info

Full Name	Buster Keaton
Died	February 1, 1966, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Height	1.65 m
Profession	Comedian, Film director, Stunt Performer, Film producer, Screenwriter, Film Editor, Vaudeville Performer
Nationality	American

Family

Spouse	Eleanor Keaton, Mae Scriven, Natalie Talmadge
Children	Bob Talmadge, Buster Keaton Jr.
Parents	Joe Keaton, Myra Keaton
Siblings	Louise Keaton, Harry Keaton

Accomplishments

Awards	Academy Honorary Award
Movies	The General, Sherlock Jr., Steamboat Bill, Jr., The Cameraman, The Navigator, Our Hospitality, The Goat, Seven Chances, Three Ages, The Playhouse, One Week, Go West, The High Sign, The Electric House, The Boat, Spite Marriage, Battling Butler, The Balloonatic, The Scarecrow, Limelight, The Love Nest...

Social profile links

IMDB	http://imdb.com/name/nm0000036

Marks

#	Marks / Signs
1	Small and slight frame
2	Used the camera to help comedy, e.g. to create effect of rocking boat in beginning of The Boat (1921).
3	His films contain elaborate gadgets of his own devising
4	Pork pie hat, slapshoes, deadpan expression

Salary

Title	Salary
Sunset Blvd. (1950)	$1,000
Love Nest on Wheels (1937)	$2,500
Ditto (1937)	$2,500
Jail Bait (1937)	$2,500
Mixed Magic (1936)	$2,500
The Chemist (1936)	$2,500
Blue Blazes (1936)	$2,500
Grand Slam Opera (1936)	$2,500
Three on a Limb (1936)	$2,500
The Timid Young Man (1935)	$2,500
The E-Flat Man (1935)	$2,500
Tars and Stripes (1935)	$2,500
Hayseed Romance (1935)	$2,500
One Run Elmer (1935)	$2,500
Palooka from Paducah (1935)	$2,500
Le roi des Champs-Élysées (1934)	$15,000

Quotes

#	Quote
1	Railroads are a great prop. You can do some awful wild things with railroads.
2	Pop made me the featured performer of our act when I was five. There were dozens of other family acts in vaudeville at the turn of the century, but none of the children in them was featured as early as that. Many of those kids were very talented, and their parents were as eager as mine to give them the same head start in show business that I was getting. The reason managers approved of my being featured was because I was unique, being at that time the only little hell-raising Huck Finn type boy in vaudeville. The parents of the others presented their boys as cute and charming Little Lord Fauntleroys. The girls were Dolly Dimples types with long, golden curls. I doubt that any kid actor had more attempts made to save him [by civic do-gooders] than did our Little Buster. The reason of course was our slam-bang act. Even people who most enjoyed our work marvelled when I was able to get up after my bashing, crashing, smashing sessions with pop.
3	[on why he did all his own stunts] Stuntmen don't get laughs.
4	A comedian does funny things. A good comedian does things funny.
5	I always want the audience to out-guess me, and then I double-cross them.
6	[on the advent of sound in the movies] In every picture it got tougher. They'd laugh their heads off at dialogue written by all your new writers. They were joke-happy. They didn't look for action; they were looking for funny things to say.
7	Half of our scenes, for God's sakes, we only just talked over. We didn't actually get out there and rehearse 'em. We would just walk through it and talk about it. We crank that first rehearsal. Because any thing can happen--and generally did . . . We used the rehearsal scenes instead of the second take.
8	When I've got a gag that spreads out, I hate to jump a camera into close-ups. So I do everything in the world I can to hold it in that long-shot and keep the action rolling. Close-ups are too jarring on the screen, and this type of cut can stop an audience from laughing.
9	Only things that one could imagine happening to real people, I guess, remain in a person's memory.
10	I've had few dull moments [in my life] and not too many sad and defeated ones. In saying this, I am by no means overlooking the rough and rocky years I've lived through. But I was not brought up thinking life would be easy. I always expected to work hard for my money and to get nothing I did not earn. And the bad years, it seems to me, were so few that only a dyed-in-the-wool grouch who enjoys feeling sorry for himself would complain.
11	Dumb show is best for screen people, if they must appear in public.
12	Not long ago, a friend asked me what was the greatest pleasure I got from spending my whole life as an actor. There have been so many that I had to think about that for a moment. Then I said, "Like everyone else, I like to be with a happy crowd.".
13	All my life, I have been happiest when the folks watching me said to each other, "Look at the poor dope, will ya?".
14	[on the differences between his and Charles Chaplin's characters] Charlie's tramp was a bum with a bum's philosophy. Lovable as he was, he would steal if he got the chance. My little fellow was a working man and honest.
15	Silence is of the gods; only monkeys chatter.
16	Think slow, act fast.
17	[on his time working as an uncredited gag writer for The Marx Brothers at MGM] It was an event when you could get all three of them on the set at the same time. The minute you started a picture with the Marx Brothers you hired three assistant directors, one for each Marx brother. You had two of 'em while you went to look for the third one and the first two would disappear.
18	They say pantomime's a lost art. It's never been a lost art and never will be, because it's too natural to do.
19	The first thing I did in the studio was to want to tear that camera to pieces. I had to know how that film got into the cutting room, what you did to it in there, how you projected it, how you finally got the picture together, how you made things match. The technical part of pictures is what interested me. Material was the last thing in the world I thought about. You only had to turn me loose on the set and I'd have material in two minutes, because I'd been doing it all my life.
20	Is Hollywood the cruelest city in the world? Well, it can be. New York can be like that, too. You can be a Broadway star here one night, and something happens, and then you're out--nobody knows you on the street. They forget you ever lived. It happens in Hollywood, too.
21	What used to get my goat at MGM were comedians like The Marx Brothers or [Bud Abbott] and [Lou Costello], who never worried about the script or the next scene. My God, we ate, slept and dreamed our pictures.
22	[Asked by a reporter at an MGM premiere, "Are you happy to be here?"] Of course, I got off location for this!
23	I gotta do some sad scenes. Why, I never tried to make anybody cry in my life! And I go 'round all the time dolled up in kippie clothes--wear everything but a corset . . . can't stub my toe in this picture nor anything! Just imagine having to play-act all the time without ever getting hit with anything!
24	Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.
25	No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat.

Facts

#	Fact
1	A heavy smoker for most of his life, he was diagnosed with lung cancer during the first week of January 1966 after a month-long coughing bout, but he was never told that he was terminally ill or that he had cancer, as his doctors feared that the news would be detrimental to his health. Keaton thought that he was recovering from a severe case of bronchitis. Despite his failing health, he was active and walking about almost until the day he died.
2	Perhaps as a result of an accident that crushed his right index finger at age three, he developed the ability to use his right hand for certain tasks and his left hand for others. He wrote left-handed but played the ukulele right-handed. When he played baseball (his favorite sport), he threw right-handed and batted left-handed.
3	David Jason is one of his biggest fans, and claims to channel him whenever he did his own stunts. He was quite honored when the Daily Mirror compared them.
4	Contributed gags (uncredited) to the Red Skelton film A Southern Yankee (1948). No one could figure out a simple, yet funny way to get Aubrey out of the house when he was being held captive by the angry dog. Buster , employed by MGM as a roving gag man, was called to the set, looked at the set up, and came up with the idea of removing the door hinges and letting the dog in as Aubrey got out. The most famous gag in the movie took him all of five minutes to devise. Some of the other gags he contributed were some he'd done himself years earlier.
5	Most biographers overlook his appearance on the ABC-TV variety show The Hollywood Palace (1964). At the end of the first winter-spring season, series producers Nick Vanoff and William O. Harbach scheduled the show's host Gene Barry with guest stars Keaton and Gloria Swanson to appear together in a comedy sketch. Keaton was at that time appearing in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). Bringing famous Hollywood film stars onto the show was the producers' main goal. Getting Swanson and Keaton on the show was considered a coup and an opportunity to promote the film. The sketch starred Swanson as Cleopatra and Keaton as Marc Antony, staged on a stepped Roman platform terrace surrounded by a 20-inch-high parapet wall and Roman columns, with the pair falling in love. It was written by Joe Bigelow and Jay Burton, but director Grey Lockwood encouraged Swanson and Keaton to contribute any bits, routines and ideas that they wanted to, which they did. On the first day of rehearsal Swanson was on the stage, gazing up at the lighting fixtures overhead. She asked for lighting director Jack Denton to come to the stage, which he did, and Swanson began pointing out how she wanted which lights to focus on her and Keaton during the sketch--side light, key light, back light, which color gels to use, etc. Denton made sure that all of her suggestions were implemented. Keaton's idea was that the sketch should end with "Antony" and "Cleopatra" sitting on the parapet wall bench, join hands, raising their legs high and falling backwards out of sight over the wall. He and Swanson rehearsed the fall several times, and did the stunt themselves when it came time to actually shoot the scene for the show.
6	He was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures at 6619 Hollywood Blvd. and for Television at 6321 Hollywood Blvd.
7	Acting mentor to comedienne Lucille Ball.
8	On a whim Keaton took crew member Edward Brophy and used him in a comedy role in The Cameraman (1928). That decision launched Brophy on his own notable comedy career.
9	Ex-brother-in-law of Norma Talmadge and Constance Talmadge.
10	Ex-son-in-law of Margaret Talmadge.
11	Broke his ankle while filming The Electric House (1922) when he slipped on the escalator and was still recovering from it when he made The Play House (1921) in which his stunts were considered to be tamer than usual.
12	He appears in four of the American Film Institute's 100 Funniest Movies: The General (1926) at #18, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) at #40, Sherlock Jr. (1924) at #62 and The Navigator (1924) at #81.
13	A baseball fanatic, Keaton not only held games between takes, but also incorporated it into applications for employment. According to legend, two of the questions on the application he used to hire actors read "Are you a good actor?" and "Are you a good baseball player?" Anyone who answered "Yes" to either had a job with Keaton.
14	Keaton, Charles Chaplin and Stan Laurel all referred to their screen characters as "The Little Fellow".
15	Keaton was one of the few actors who welcomed the advent of sound films. He knew his character didn't need dialog, but he looked forward to sound effects. "When somebody goes boom, they really go boom" he once said.
16	He is believed to be the first person to use "Buster" as a name, and popularized its usage ever after.
17	In 1952 while remodeling his home, James Mason discovered several reels of Keaton's "lost" films (Mason had purchased Keaton's Hollywood mansion) and immediately recognized their historical significance. He took upon himself the responsibility for their preservation.
18	He died the same day as his The Stolen Jools (1931), Speak Easily (1932) and Sunset Blvd. (1950) co-star Hedda Hopper.
19	When he was three years old he got his right index finger caught in a clothes wringer and it was crushed and had to be amputated at the first knuckle. The injury is most clearly visible in The Garage (1920), when Keaton steadies Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle's head with his right hand while wiping oil off his face with his left.
20	Is mentioned in the song "Cinéma" by Paola Del Medico.
21	His last film work was The Railrodder (1965), but because it was such a short film it was released before other movies, like A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), which had completed filming before "The Railrodder".
22	His performance as Johnny Gray in The General (1926) is ranked #34 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
23	Wanted to become an engineer as a child.
24	He and his parents formed an acrobatic group called "The Three Keatons" in his early youth.
25	There is much legend regarding the conception of his nickname, Buster. Many attribute the name to the legendary Harry Houdini, who was the partner of Joe Keaton (Buster's father) in the medicine-show group "Kathleen Marownen", after he saw a young Buster fall down a set of stairs without any injury. Others have said that it was Joe who conceived the name after he saw Buster's accident, while still others say that Joe Keaton fabricated the incident for a good story to tell on vaudeville. Which of these stories is actually true is unknown.
26	The Navigator (1924) was his most successful movie by gross revenue.
27	Said he learned everything about moviemaking and comedy from Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle.
28	Loved to play baseball. He would sometimes play between takes on the movie set. Furthermore, for the annual Hollywood charity baseball game for Mt. Sinai Hospital in the 1930s, he always led the comedians' team and developed comedy business on field with his writers.
29	Met Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle for the first time strolling down Broadway in New York City. Arbuckle was with Keaton's old vaudeville acquaintance Lou Anger, who introduced them. Arbuckle immediately asked Keaton to visit the Colony Studio, where he was set to begin a series of comedies for Joseph M. Schenck. The famous comedy team was born.
30	Was hearing-impaired since 1918, after serving in Germany fighting World War I.
31	Was named the 21st Greatest Actor on The 50 Greatest Screen Legends List by the American Film Institute
32	In one scene in Sherlock Jr. (1924), filmed at a train station, Keaton was hanging from a tube connected to a water basin. The water poured out and washed him on to the track, fracturing his neck. This footage appears in the released film.
33	The three top comedians in silent-era Hollywood were Keaton, Charles Chaplin and Harold Lloyd. All three produced, controlled and owned their own films. Keaton was convinced to sell his studio and films to MGM in the 1920s, while Chaplin and Lloyd retained ownership of their films. Chaplin and Lloyd became wealthy, while Keaton endured years of financial and personal problems.
34	He often surrounded himself with tall and heavy-set actors in his films, typically as his antagonist, to make his character seem to be at as much of a physical disadvantage as possible. The similarly diminutive Charlie Chaplin (Charles Chaplin) also did this.
35	Not only did Keaton do all his own stunts, but, when needed, he acted as a stunt double for other actors in the films.
36	When he married Natalie Talmadge, the Talmadge family was one of the great acting dynasties in both theater and film, and the gossip in Hollywood was that Keaton married her to gain respect in the industry, a rumor he never quite lived down during his peak. Ironically, Keaton is now a film legend, while most people would be hard-pressed to answer who the Talmadges are.
37	He was voted the 35th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
38	Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 523-531. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
39	Was voted the 7th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly, making him the highest rated comedy director. Charles Chaplin didn't make the list.
40	He became an alcoholic when he his career collapsed around 1930, only kicking his habit and regaining his self-esteem when he married Eleanor Norris (Eleanor Keaton), his wife from 1940 until his death in 1966.
41	First married Mae Scriven in Mexico on January 1, 1932 before his divorce from Natalie Talmadge was final, then again legally in 1933.
42	Because most of his childhood was spent in vaudeville with his parents, he had few peers. However, he enjoyed a more regular childhood during his family's annual summer getaways to an Actor's Colony on Lake Michigan in Muskegon, MI. In fact, the city of Muskegon has erected a historical marker to note his stomping ground.
43	His mother was of British/German ancestry, and his father was of Scottish/Irish ancestry.
44	He was already quite ill with the cancer that would eventually kill him by the time he made his last completed film, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966). He used a stunt double in this film, as well as most of the films he made as an MGM contract player. Before signing with MGM in 1928, he had performed all of his own stunts, and even doubled for cast members in his own films, as in Sherlock Jr. (1924), where he played both himself, riding on the handlebars of a motorcycle, and the man who falls off the back of it.
45	Died quietly at home, in his sleep, shortly after playing cards with his wife.
46	Fractured his neck while filming Sherlock Jr. (1924) and did not learn about it until a doctor saw X-rays of his neck during a routine physical examination many years later.
47	Pictured on one of ten 29¢ US commemorative postage stamps celebrating stars of the silent screen, issued 27 April 1994. Designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld, this set of stamps also honored Rudolph Valentino, Clara Bow, Charles Chaplin, Lon Chaney, John Gilbert, Zasu Pitts, Harold Lloyd, Theda Bara and the Keystone Kops.
48	Following his death, he was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.
49	Unlike many silent movie stars, Buster was eager to go into sound considering he had a fine baritone voice with no speech impediments and years of stage experience, so dialogue was not a problem.
50	Older brother of Harry Keaton and Louise Keaton.
51	Father, with Natalie Talmadge, of sons Buster Keaton Jr. and Bob Talmadge.
52	Son of Joe Keaton and Myra Keaton.

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Movies

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Dead Sullivan Show	2017	TV Series	Mr. Brown (segment)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	1966		Erronius
The Scribe	1966	Short	Journalist
Due marines e un generale	1965		Gen. von Kassler
Film	1965	Short	The Man
Sergeant Dead Head	1965		Airman Blinken
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini	1965		Bwana
The Railrodder	1965	Short	The Man
Beach Blanket Bingo	1965		Buster
The Donna Reed Show	1958-1965	TV Series	Mr. Turner / Charlie
The Man Who Bought Paradise	1965	TV Movie	Mr. Bloor
Pajama Party	1964		Chief Rotten Eagle
Burke's Law	1964	TV Series	Mortimer Lovely
The Greatest Show on Earth	1964	TV Series	Pippo
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell	1963	Short	Lester Snapwell
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World	1963		Jimmy the Crook
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	1963	TV Series	Si Willis
Route 66	1962	TV Series	Jonah Butler
Ten Girls Ago	1962	TV Movie	Gaspar Dan
Medicine Man	1962	TV Movie	Junior
The Twilight Zone	1961	TV Series	Woodrow Mulligan
The Home Owner	1961	Short	The Home Owner
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	1960		Lion Tamer
Sunday Showcase	1960	TV Series
The Devil to Pay	1960	Short	Diablos
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry	1958	TV Movie	Professor
Playhouse 90	1958	TV Series	Charles Blackburn / Harrison
You Asked for It	1958	TV Series	The baker
Around the World in 80 Days	1956		Train Conductor - San Francisco to Fort Kearney
Producers' Showcase	1956	TV Series
Lux Video Theatre	1956	TV Series	Member of the Jury
Screen Directors Playhouse	1955	TV Series	Kelsey Dutton
The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater	1955	TV Series	Agent
The Best of Broadway	1954	TV Series	Dr. Bradley
Rheingold Theatre	1954	TV Series	The Man
L'incantevole nemica	1953
Paradise for Buster	1952	Short	Buster
Limelight	1952		Calvero's Partner
Un duel à mort	1952	Short	Le premier pêcheur
Life with Buster Keaton	1951	TV Series	BK
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton	1950		Buster
Sunset Blvd.	1950		Buster Keaton
In the Good Old Summertime	1949		Hickey
You're My Everything	1949		Butler
The Lovable Cheat	1949		Goulard
El Colmillo de Buda	1949		Moe
Boom in the Moon	1946
God's Country	1946		Mr. Boone aka Old Tarp
She Went to the Races	1945		Bellboy (uncredited)
That Night with You	1945		Sam - Short Order Cook
That's the Spirit	1945		L.M.
San Diego I Love You	1944		Bus Driver
Forever and a Day	1943		Wilkins
She's Oil Mine	1941	Short	Buster Waters - Plumber
General Nuisance	1941	Short	Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.
So You Won't Squawk?	1941	Short	Eddie
His Ex Marks the Spot	1940	Short	Buster - the Husband
Li'l Abner	1940		Lonesome Polecat
The Villain Still Pursued Her	1940		William Dalton
The Spook Speaks	1940	Short	Buster
New Moon	1940		Prisoner - 'LuLu' (uncredited)
The Taming of the Snood	1940	Short	Buster Keaton
Pardon My Berth Marks	1940	Short	Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy
Nothing But Pleasure	1940	Short	Clarence Plunkett
Hollywood Cavalcade	1939		Buster Keaton
Mooching Through Georgia	1939	Short	Homer Cobb
Pest from the West	1939	Short	Sir
Love Nest on Wheels	1937	Short	Elmer
Ditto	1937	Short	The Forgotten Man
Jail Bait	1937	Short
Mixed Magic	1936	Short	Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth
The Chemist	1936	Short	Elmer Triple
Blue Blazes	1936	Short	Elmer Whipple
Grand Slam Opera	1936	Short	Elmer Butts
Three on a Limb	1936	Short	Elmer Brown
The Invader	1936		Leander Proudfoot
The Timid Young Man	1935	Short	Milton
The E-Flat Man	1935	Short	Elmer
Tars and Stripes	1935	Short	Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle
Hayseed Romance	1935	Short	Elmer Dolittle
One Run Elmer	1935	Short	Elmer
Palooka from Paducah	1935	Short	Jim Diltz
Le roi des Champs-Élysées	1934		Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré
Allez Oop!	1934	Short	Elmer
The Gold Ghost	1934	Short	Wally
Hollywood on Parade No. A-13	1933	Short	Orchestra Leader / Himself
What! No Beer?	1933		Elmer J. Butts
Le plombier amoureux	1932		Elmer Tuttle
Speak Easily	1932		Professor Post
The Passionate Plumber	1932		Elmer E. Tuttle
Buster se marie	1931		Reggie
Casanova wider Willen	1931		Reggie Irving
Sidewalks of New York	1931		Harmon
The Stolen Jools	1931	Short	Policeman
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath	1931		Reginald Irving
De frente, marchen	1930		Canuto de la Montera
The March of Time	1930		Caveman
Doughboys	1930		Elmer
Estrellados	1930		Canuto Cuadratin
Free and Easy	1930		Elmer Butts
Spite Marriage	1929		Elmer Gantry
The Cameraman	1928		Buster
Steamboat Bill, Jr.	1928		William Canfield Jr.
College	1927		A Son
The General	1926		Johnnie Gray
Battling Butler	1926		Alfred 'Battling' Butler
Go West	1925		Friendless
The Iron Mule	1925	Short	Indian (uncredited)
Seven Chances	1925		James Shannon
The Navigator	1924		Rollo Treadway
Sherlock Jr.	1924		Projectionist Sherlock, Jr.
Our Hospitality	1923		Willie McKay - 21 Years Old
Three Ages	1923		The Boy
The Love Nest	1923	Short	Buster Keaton
The Balloonatic	1923	Short	The Young Man (as 'Buster' Keaton)
Daydreams	1922	Short	The Young Man
The Electric House	1922	Short	Buster (as 'Buster' Keaton)
The Frozen North	1922	Short	The Bad Man
The Blacksmith	1922	Short	Blacksmith's Assistant (as 'Buster' Keaton)
My Wife's Relations	1922	Short	The Husband
Cops	1922	Short	The Young Man (as 'Buster' Keaton)
The Paleface	1922	Short	Little Chief Paleface
The Boat	1921	Short	The Boat Builder (as 'Buster' Keaton)
The Play House	1921	Short	Audience / Orchestra / Mr. Brown - First Minstrel / ... (as 'Buster' Keaton)
The Goat	1921	Short	The Goat
The 'High Sign'	1921	Short	Our Hero (as 'Buster' Keaton)
Hard Luck	1921	Short	Suicidal Boy
The Haunted House	1921	Short	Bank Clerk
Neighbors	1920	Short	The Boy
The Scarecrow	1920	Short	Farmhand (as 'Buster' Keaton)
Convict 13	1920	Short	Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard
The Round-Up	1920		Indian (uncredited)
One Week	1920	Short	The Groom
The Saphead	1920		Bertie Van Alstyne
The Garage	1920	Short	Buster - The Assistant
The Hayseed	1919	Short	Manager, general store
Back Stage	1919	Short	Stagehand
The Cook	1918	Short	Assistant Chef
Good Night, Nurse!	1918	Short	Dr. Hampton / woman with umbrella
Moonshine	1918	Short	Revenue Agent
The Bell Boy	1918	Short	Bellboy
Out West	1918	Short	Sheriff, saloon owner
A Country Hero	1917	Short	Vaudeville Artist
Coney Island	1917	Short	Rival / Cop with Moustache (uncredited)
Oh Doctor!	1917	Short	Junior Holepoke
His Wedding Night	1917	Short	Delivery Boy
The Rough House	1917	Short	Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop
The Butcher Boy	1917	Short	Buster

Writer

Title	Year	Status
The Railrodder	1965	Short uncredited
The Red Skelton Hour	1951-1952	TV Series 36 episodes
Un duel à mort	1952	Short screenplay - uncredited
Excuse My Dust	1951	uncredited
In the Good Old Summertime	1949	uncredited
A Southern Yankee	1948	uncredited
Cynthia	1947	uncredited
Easy to Wed	1946	uncredited
She Went to the Races	1945	uncredited
Tales of Manhattan	1942	uncredited
Go West	1940	uncredited
At the Circus	1939	uncredited
Quick Millions	1939	original story
The Jones Family in Hollywood	1939	story
Too Hot to Handle	1938	uncredited
Grand Slam Opera	1936	Short story
A Night at the Opera	1935	uncredited
Doughboys	1930	Story and based on his experiences - uncredited
The General	1926	written by
Go West	1925	written by
Three Ages	1923	uncredited
The Love Nest	1923	Short writer
The Balloonatic	1923	Short written by - as 'Buster' Keaton
Daydreams	1922	Short written by - as 'Buster' Keaton
The Electric House	1922	Short written by - as 'Buster' Keaton
The Frozen North	1922	Short written by - as 'Buster' Keaton
The Blacksmith	1922	Short written by
My Wife's Relations	1922	Short written by - as 'Buster' Keaton
Cops	1922	Short written by - as 'Buster' Keaton
The Paleface	1922	Short written by - as 'Buster' Keaton
The Boat	1921	Short written by - as 'Buster' Keaton
The Play House	1921	Short written by - as 'Buster' Keaton
The Goat	1921	Short written by
The 'High Sign'	1921	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
Hard Luck	1921	Short
The Haunted House	1921	Short written by - as 'Buster' Keaton
Neighbors	1920	Short written by - as 'Buster' Keaton
The Scarecrow	1920	Short written by - as "Buster" Keaton
Convict 13	1920	Short written by - as 'Buster' Keaton
One Week	1920	Short as 'Buster' Keaton / written by - uncredited
The Rough House	1917	Short

Director

Title	Year	Status
Neighbors	1920	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
The Scarecrow	1920	Short as "Buster" Keaton
Convict 13	1920	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
One Week	1920	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
The Rough House	1917	Short
The Railrodder	1965	Short uncredited
Excuse My Dust	1951	uncredited
Easy to Wed	1946	uncredited
Hollywood Cavalcade	1939	uncredited
Streamlined Swing	1938	Short
Hollywood Handicap	1938	Short
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.	1938	Short
Spite Marriage	1929	uncredited
The Cameraman	1928	uncredited
Steamboat Bill, Jr.	1928	uncredited
College	1927	uncredited
The General	1926
Battling Butler	1926
Go West	1925
Seven Chances	1925
The Navigator	1924
Sherlock Jr.	1924
Our Hospitality	1923
Three Ages	1923
The Love Nest	1923	Short
The Balloonatic	1923	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
Daydreams	1922	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
The Electric House	1922	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
The Frozen North	1922	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
The Blacksmith	1922	Short
My Wife's Relations	1922	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
Cops	1922	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
The Paleface	1922	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
The Boat	1921	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
The Play House	1921	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
The Goat	1921	Short
The 'High Sign'	1921	Short as 'Buster' Keaton
Hard Luck	1921	Short
The Haunted House	1921	Short as 'Buster' Keaton

Producer

Title	Year	Status
Speak Easily	1932	producer - uncredited
Buster se marie	1931	producer
Casanova wider Willen	1931	producer
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath	1931	producer
Estrellados	1930	producer
Free and Easy	1930	producer - uncredited
Spite Marriage	1929	producer - uncredited
The Cameraman	1928	producer - uncredited
The General	1926	producer - uncredited
Battling Butler	1926	producer - uncredited
Go West	1925	producer - uncredited
Seven Chances	1925	producer - uncredited
The Navigator	1924	producer - uncredited
Sherlock Jr.	1924	producer - uncredited
Three Ages	1923	producer - uncredited

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status
That's Entertainment! III	1994	Documentary performer: "Singin' in the Rain" 1929 - uncredited
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	1966	performer: "Comedy Tonight" reprise
The Rosemary Clooney Show	1956	TV Series performer - 1 episode
In the Good Old Summertime	1949	performer: "In the Good Old Summertime"
The Villain Still Pursued Her	1940	performer: "Our House Is Happy Again, Tra-La"
Grand Slam Opera	1936	Short lyrics: "So Long Elmer" - uncredited / performer: "So Long Elmer" - uncredited
Speak Easily	1932	"Oh! Susanna" 1846, uncredited
Doughboys	1930	performer: "You Were Meant For Me" 1929 - uncredited
Free and Easy	1930	"It Must Be You" 1930, uncredited / performer: "The Free And Easy" 1930, "Oh King, Oh Queen", "The Corn Grows Green in Kansas" - uncredited
The Hollywood Revue of 1929	1929	performer: "Tableau of the Jewels" 1929 - uncredited

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status
The Buster Keaton Story	1957	technical advisor
Take Me Out to the Ball Game	1949	gag consultant - uncredited
Nothing But Trouble	1944	gag consultant - uncredited
Bathing Beauty	1944	gag consultant - uncredited
I Dood It	1943	technical advisor: comedy - uncredited
Slightly Dangerous	1943	comedy consultant - uncredited
At the Circus	1939	gag consultant - uncredited
Too Hot to Handle	1938	gag man - uncredited
Love Finds Andy Hardy	1938	gag consultant - uncredited

Editor

Title	Year	Status
The General	1926	uncredited
Seven Chances	1925	uncredited
The Navigator	1924	uncredited
Sherlock Jr.	1924	uncredited
Cops	1922	Short uncredited
The Play House	1921	Short uncredited
One Week	1920	Short uncredited
Moonshine	1918	Short uncredited

Stunts

Title	Year	Status
A Southern Yankee	1948	stunt assistant - uncredited
The Baby Cyclone	1928	stunt double - uncredited / stunts - uncredited
The General	1926	stunts - uncredited
Our Hospitality	1923	stunts - uncredited
A Desert Hero	1919	Short stunt double: Arbuckle / stunt double: Lake

Thanks

Title	Year	Status
That's Life!! Kilorenzos Smith in Talks...	2012-2013	TV Series documentary inspiration - 2 episodes
Funny Show Part Two: The Video - Movie	2012	Video inspiration
Edición Especial Coleccionista	2011	TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
Bollywood Hero	2009	TV Series special thanks - 3 episodes
The New Bike	2009	Short acknowledgment
The Smelly Janitor	2008	Short special thanks
Mr. Reaper's Really Bad Morning	2004	Short thanks
The Dreamers	2003	acknowledgment: director of "The Cameraman" 1928
Dieter & Andreas	1989	Short grateful acknowledgment
Breath Death	1964	Short dedicated to
Hollywood Cavalcade	1939	thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Candid Camera	1962-1967	TV Series	Himself
Hollywood in Spanien	1966	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Stan Laurel Funeral	1965	Documentary short	Himself
Salute to Stan Laurel	1965	TV Special documentary	Himself
Buster Keaton Rides Again	1965	Documentary	Himself
The New Truth and Consequences	1963-1965	TV Series	Himself
The 37th Annual Academy Awards	1965	TV Special	Himself - Audience Member
The Jonathan Winters Specials	1965	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Hollywood Palace	1964	TV Series	Himself - Sketch Actor
The Ed Sullivan Show	1950-1963	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Comedian
Hollywood and the Stars	1963	TV Series	Himself
The Jerry Lewis Show	1963	TV Series	Himself
Today	1963	TV Series	Himself
Es darf gelacht werden	1962	TV Series	Himself - Special Guest in Studio
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers	1962	TV Special	Himself
Here's Hollywood	1961	TV Series	Himself
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	1958-1961	TV Series	Himself
The 32nd Annual Academy Awards	1960	TV Special	Himself - Winner: Honorary Award
The Revlon Revue	1960	TV Series	Himself
The Garry Moore Show	1958	TV Series	Himself
The Betty White Show	1958	TV Series	Himself
What's My Line?	1951-1957	TV Series	Himself - Mystery Guest
I've Got a Secret	1952-1957	TV Series	Himself - Celebrity Guest
This Is Your Life	1957	TV Series	Himself
The Rosemary Clooney Show	1956	TV Series	Himself
The Martha Raye Show	1956	TV Series	Himself
The Dunninger Show	1955	TV Series	Himself
Make the Connection	1955	TV Series	Himself - Guest
All Star Revue	1950-1952	TV Series	Himself - Guest Comedic Actor (Sketch) / Himself / Himself - Guest Comedian / ...
All Star Summer Revue	1952	TV Series	Himself - Guest Actor / Pantomimist
The Arthur Murray Party	1951-1952	TV Series	Himself - Actor / Himself
The Colgate Comedy Hour	1952	TV Series	Himself
The Frank Sinatra Show	1952	TV Series	Himself - Sketch Actor
Wonderful Town, U.S.A.	1951	TV Series	Himself
This Is Show Business	1951	TV Series	Himself
The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter	1951	TV Series	Himself
The Ed Wynn Show	1949-1950	TV Series	Himself
The Actor's Society Benefit Gala	1949	TV Movie	Himself - Performer
Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 1	1941	Short	Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 6: Hollywood Recreations	1940	Documentary short	Himself, Disinterested Spectator
Hollywood Hobbies	1939	Short	Himself (uncredited)
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs	1936	Short	Himself
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara	1935	Short	Himself - 'Señor Keaton'
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6	1933	Short	Himself (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots	1932/II	Documentary short	Himself
Wir schalten um auf Hollywood	1931		Himself
The Voice of Hollywood No. 26	1931	Short	Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 21	1930	Short	Himself
The Voice of Hollywood	1930	Short	Himself
The Voice of Hollywood No. 10	1930	Short	Himself
The Hollywood Revue of 1929	1929		Himself / Princess Raja
Character Studies	1927	Short	Himself (uncredited)
Life in Hollywood No. 1	1927	Short	Himself
Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 1	1924	Documentary short	Himself
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15	1922	Documentary short	Himself
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5	1922	Documentary short	Himself
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3	1922	Documentary short	Himself
Seeing Stars	1922	Documentary short	The Waiter

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Duels	2016	TV Series documentary
Harold Lloyd: Hollywoods zeitloses Comedy-Genie	2016	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died	2016	Documentary	Himself
Welcome to the Basement	2016	TV Series	Buster
Notfilm	2015	Documentary	Himself
Hypertelia	2015	Documentary short	Machinist
Eisenstein in Guanajuato	2015		Himself (uncredited)
America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton	2014	Video	Himself
2nd Indie Fest of YouTube Videos 2014	2014	TV Movie	Winner of Golden Prize Alien for contribution to Comedy
Hollywoods Spaßfabrik - Als die Bilder Lachen lernten	2014	TV Movie documentary
And the Oscar Goes To...	2014	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Comic Kino-Eye	2013	Video documentary short	Himself
Cinéphiles de notre temps	2012	TV Series documentary	Himself
Televisión registrada	2012	TV Series	Himself
Laurel and Hardy: Die komische Liebesgeschichte von 'Dick & Doof'	2011	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)
The One Show	2011	TV Series	The Boy
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood	2010	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Pritzker Military Library Presents	2009	TV Series documentary	Himself
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America	2009	TV Series documentary	Himself
Morir de humor	2008	TV Movie
Spisok korabley	2008	Documentary
Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass	2008	Short
Edge of Outside	2006	Documentary	Buster
Silent Clowns	2006	TV Mini-Series documentary
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters	2006	Documentary
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts	2006	Video documentary short
Hollywood Rivals: Chaplin vs Keaton	2006	Video documentary
Timeshift	2005	TV Series documentary	Sherlock Jr
Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles	2005	Video	Himself
Cineastas contra magnates	2005	Documentary
The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle	2005	Video documentary
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM	2004	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano - La vera storia di Franco e Ciccio	2004	Documentary
In the Good Old Summertime Intro	2004	Video documentary short	Hickey
Bob Monkhouse's Comedy Heroes	2004	TV Movie	Himself
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second	2003	Video documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Buster Keaton and Fatty Roscoe Arbuckle	2002	TV Short documentary	Himself
The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Slaphappy	2001	TV Series	Himself (2001)
L'Art de Buster Keaton	2001	Video documentary short	Various characters
American Masters	1989-2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults	1999	TV Movie documentary	Himself
Film Breaks	1999	TV Series documentary
50 años de cámaras ocultas	1998	TV Movie	Himself
Loriot	1997	TV Series	The Young Man (Cops, 1922)
Candid Camera's 50th Anniversary	1996	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Art of Buster Keaton	1995	Video documentary
Biography	1995	TV Series documentary	Himself / Blacksmith's Assistant
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies	1995	TV Movie documentary	Himself
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies	1995	TV Movie documentary	Buster, 'The Cameraman' (uncredited)
That's Entertainment! III	1994	Documentary	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (uncredited)
Funny Business	1992	TV Series documentary
Legends of Comedy	1992	TV Movie documentary
Buster's Bedroom	1991	uncredited
Sprockets	1991	TV Series	The Young Man
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow	1987-1989	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen	1988	TV Movie documentary
Lorca, muerte de un poeta	1987	TV Series
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend	1987	Documentary	Himself
Going Hollywood: The '30s	1984	Documentary
Historia del cine: Epoca muda	1983	Video documentary	Various roles
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter	1982	TV Movie documentary	Actor - 'Cops' (uncredited)
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	TV Movie documentary
Hollywood	1980	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
The Hollywood Clowns	1979	Video documentary
Clapper Board	1976	TV Series
Bob Hope's World of Comedy	1976	TV Movie	Himself
America at the Movies	1976	Documentary	William Canfield Jr.
That's Entertainment, Part II	1976	Documentary	Movie Clip (uncredited)
It's Showtime	1976	Documentary	Himself (uncredited)
Hooray for Hollywood	1975	Documentary	Himself
The Golden Age of Buster Keaton	1975	Documentary
The Three Stooges Follies	1974		Clarence Plunkett
That's Entertainment!	1974	Documentary	Himself - at Banquet (uncredited)
Double Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933	1973	Documentary	Himself
The Dick Cavett Show	1971	TV Series	Himself
4 Clowns	1970		James Shannon, from Seven Chances
The Hollywood Palace	1970	TV Series	Himself
The Great Stone Face	1968	Documentary	Various Characters
Off to See the Wizard	1967	TV Series	Lion Tamer
The Big Parade of Comedy	1964	Documentary	Buster in 'The Cameraman'
Breath Death	1964	Short	Himself
The Sound of Laughter	1963	Documentary	Elmer Butts
Fractured Flickers	1963	TV Series
30 Years of Fun	1963
Nickelodeon Days	1962	Documentary
The Great Chase	1962	Documentary
Calendar	1962	TV Series
Crazy Days	1962	Short	Various (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Golden Years	1961	TV Movie documentary	Himself (uncredited)
The DuPont Show of the Week	1961	TV Series	Himself
When Comedy Was King	1960	Documentary	edited from 'Cops'
Lifetime of Comedy	1960
Columbia Laff Hour	1956
Ça c'est du cinéma	1951
¡Qué tiempos aquéllos!	1951	Documentary
Wonderful Times	1950	Documentary	Himself
Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership	1949	Documentary short	Himself (uncredited)
Take It or Leave It	1944		Buster Keaton: Clip from 'Hollywood Cavalcade' (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12	1939	Documentary short	Himself
The Movies March On	1939	Short documentary	Himself

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1966	Sutherland Trophy - Special Mention	British Film Institute Awards		Seven Chances (1925)
1960	Honorary Award	Academy Awards, USA		For his unique talents which brought immortal comedies to the screen.
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Motion Picture	On 8 February 1960. At 6619 Hollywood Blvd.
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Television	On 8 February 1960. At 6321 Hollywood Blvd.