Buster Keaton Net Worth
Buster Keaton Net Worth is
$3 Million
Buster Keaton Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, filmmaker, stunt performer, 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".Buster Keaton (his lifelong stage name) was recognized as the seventh-greatest director by Entertainment Weekly. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Keaton the 21st-greatest male star. Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, [when] he worked without interruption on a series of films that make him, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies." His career declined afterward with a dispiriting loss of his artistic independence when he was hired by MGM resulting in a crippling alcoholism that ruined his family life. However, he recovered in the 1940s, remarried and revived his career to a degree as an honored comic performer for the rest of his life, earning an Academy Honorary Award in 1958.Orson Welles stated that Keaton's The General is "the greatest comedy ever made, the greatest Civil War film ever made, and perhaps the greatest film ever made." A 2002 worldwide poll by Sight & Sound ranked Keaton's The General as the 15th best film of all time. Three other Keaton films received votes in the magazine's survey: Our Hospitality, Sherlock, Jr., and The Navigator. | Full Name | Buster Keaton |
| Date Of Birth | October 4, 1895, Piqua, Kansas, United States |
| Died | February 1, 1966, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Piqua, Kansas, USA |
| Height | 5' 5" (1.65 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Writer, Director |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Eleanor Keaton (m. 1940–1966), Mae Scriven (m. 1933–1935), Natalie Talmadge (m. 1921–1932) |
| Children | Bob Talmadge, Buster Keaton Jr. |
| Parents | Joe Keaton, Myra Keaton |
| Siblings | Louise Keaton, Harry Keaton |
| 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... |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| # | 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. |
| # | 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. |
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 | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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. |
Known for movies
The General (1926)
as Johnnie Gray
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
as William Canfield Jr.
Seven Chances (1925)
as James Shannon
The Cameraman (1928)
as Buster