| Release date |
Title |
Credited as |
Notes |
|---|
| Writer |
Director |
Role |
| April 23, 1917 |
The Butcher Boy |
|
|
Buster |
First film role |
| June 25, 1917 |
The Rough House | Yes | Yes |
Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop |
Co-directed and co-written by Roscoe Arbuckle |
| August 20, 1917 |
His Wedding Night |
|
|
Delivery boy |
— |
| September 30, 1917 |
Oh Doctor! |
|
|
Junior Holepoke |
— |
| October 29, 1917 |
Coney Island |
|
|
Rival / Cop with mustache |
— |
| December 10, 1917 |
A Country Hero |
|
|
Vaudeville artist |
Lost film |
| January 20, 1918 |
Out West |
|
|
Sheriff / Saloon owner |
— |
| March 18, 1918 |
The Bell Boy |
|
|
Bellboy |
— |
| May 13, 1918 |
Moonshine |
|
|
Revenue agent |
— |
| July 6, 1918 |
Good Night, Nurse! |
|
|
Dr. Hampton / Woman with umbrella |
— |
| September 15, 1918 |
The Cook |
|
|
Waiter |
— |
| September 7, 1919 |
Back Stage |
|
|
Stagehand |
— |
| October 26, 1919 |
The Hayseed |
|
|
Manager, general store |
— |
| January 11, 1920 |
The Garage |
|
|
Mechanic / Fireman |
— |
| Release date |
Title |
Credited as |
Notes |
|---|
| Writer |
Director |
Role |
| September 1, 1920 |
One Week | Yes | Yes |
The groom |
— |
| October 27, 1920 |
Convict 13 | Yes | Yes |
Golfer turned prisoner / Guard |
— |
| December 22, 1920 |
Neighbors | Yes | Yes |
The boy |
— |
| December 22, 1920 |
The Scarecrow | Yes | Yes |
Farmhand |
— |
| February 10, 1921 |
The Haunted House | Yes | Yes |
Bank clerk |
— |
| March 14, 1921 |
Hard Luck | Yes | Yes |
Suicidal boy |
— |
| April 12, 1921 |
The High Sign | Yes | Yes |
Our hero |
— |
| May 18, 1921 |
The Goat | Yes | Yes |
Buster Keaton |
— |
| October 6, 1921 |
The Playhouse | Yes | Yes |
Audience / Orchestra / Mr. Brown – First Minstrel / Second Minstrel / Interlocutors / Stagehand |
— |
| November 10, 1921 |
The Boat | Yes | Yes |
The boat builder |
— |
| January 1922 |
The Paleface | Yes | Yes |
Little Chief Paleface |
— |
| March 1922 |
Cops | Yes | Yes |
The young man |
— |
| May 1922 |
My Wife's Relations | Yes | Yes |
The husband |
— |
| July 21, 1922 |
The Blacksmith | Yes | Yes |
Blacksmith's assistant |
— |
| August 28, 1922 |
The Frozen North | Yes | Yes |
The bad man |
— |
| October 16, 1922 |
The Electric House | Yes | Yes |
Buster Keaton |
— |
| November 1922 |
Day Dreams | Yes | Yes |
The young man |
Distributed by
First National Pictures |
| January 22, 1923 |
The Balloonatic | Yes | Yes |
The young man |
— |
| March 1923 |
The Love Nest | Yes | Yes |
Buster Keaton |
— |
| Release date |
Title |
Credited as |
Notes |
|---|
| Writer |
Director |
Role |
| March 16, 1934 |
The Gold Ghost |
| Yes |
Wally |
— |
| May 25, 1934 |
Allez Oop |
| Yes |
Elmer |
— |
| January 11, 1935 |
Palooka from Paducah |
|
|
Jim Diltz |
— |
| February 22, 1935 |
One Run Elmer |
|
|
Elmer |
— |
| March 15, 1935 |
Hayseed Romance |
|
|
Elmer Dolittle |
— |
| May 3, 1935 |
Tars and Stripes |
| Yes |
Apprentice seaman Elmer Doolittle |
— |
| August 9, 1935 |
The E-Flat Man |
|
|
Elmer |
— |
| October 25, 1935 |
The Timid Young Man |
|
|
Milton |
— |
| January 3, 1936 |
Three on a Limb |
|
|
Elmer Brown |
— |
| February 21, 1936 |
Grand Slam Opera | Yes | Yes |
Elmer Butts |
— |
| August 21, 1936 |
Blue Blazes |
| Yes |
Elmer |
— |
| October 9, 1936 |
The Chemist |
|
|
Elmer Triple |
— |
| November 20, 1936 |
Mixed Magic |
| Yes |
Elmer "Happy" Butterworth |
— |
| January 8, 1937 |
Jail Bait |
|
|
Office Boy |
— |
| February 12, 1937 |
Ditto |
|
|
The forgotten man |
— |
| March 26, 1937 |
Love Nest on Wheels |
| Yes |
Elmer |
— |
| Release date |
Title |
Credited as |
Notes |
|---|
| Writer |
Director |
Role |
| June 16, 1939 |
Pest from the West | Yes |
|
Sir |
— |
| August 11, 1939 |
Mooching Through Georgia | Yes |
|
Homer Cobb |
— |
| January 19, 1940 |
Nothing But Pleasure |
|
|
Clarence Plunkett |
— |
| March 22, 1940 |
Pardon My Berth Marks |
|
|
Elmer – Newspaper Copyboy |
— |
| June 28, 1940 |
The Taming of the Snood |
|
|
Buster Keaton |
— |
| September 20, 1940 |
The Spook Speaks |
|
|
Buster |
— |
| December 13, 1940 |
His Ex Marks the Spot |
|
|
Buster – the husband |
— |
| February 21, 1941 |
So You Won't Squawk |
|
|
Eddie |
— |
| September 18, 1941 |
General Nuisance |
|
|
Peter Lamar Jr. |
— |
| November 20, 1941 |
She's Oil Mine |
|
|
Buster Waters, plumber |
— |
| Release date |
Title |
Credited as |
Notes |
|---|
| Writer |
Director |
Role |
| October 18, 1920 |
The Saphead | Yes |
|
Bertie 'The Lamb' Van Alstyne |
— |
|
| Release date |
Title |
Credited as |
Notes |
|---|
| Writer |
Director |
Role |
| September 24, 1923 |
Three Ages |
| Yes |
The Boy |
Co-directed with Edward F. Cline |
| November 19, 1923 |
Our Hospitality |
| Yes |
Willie McKay |
Co-directed with John G. Blystone |
| May 11, 1924 |
Sherlock Jr. |
| Yes |
Projectionist / Sherlock Jr. |
— |
| October 13, 1924 |
The Navigator |
| Yes |
Rollo Treadway |
Co-directed with Donald Crisp |
| March 15, 1925 |
Seven Chances |
| Yes |
James Shannon |
— |
| November 1, 1925 |
Go West | Yes | Yes |
Friendless |
— |
| September 19, 1926 |
Battling Butler |
| Yes |
Alfred Butler |
— |
| December 31, 1926[1] (Tokyo) |
The General | Yes | Yes |
Johnnie Gray |
Co-written and directed with Clyde Bruckman |
| September 27, 1927 |
College |
| Yes |
Ronald |
Co-directed with James W. Horne |
| May 20, 1928 |
Steamboat Bill, Jr. |
| Yes |
William Canfield Jr. |
Co-directed with Charles Reisner |
| Release date |
Title |
Credited as |
Notes |
|---|
| Writer |
Director |
Role |
| September 22, 1928 |
The Cameraman |
| Yes |
Buster |
Co-directed with Edward Sedgwick |
| April 6, 1929 |
Spite Marriage |
| Yes |
Elmer Gantry |
Co-directed with Edward Sedgwick |
| March 22, 1930 |
Free and Easy |
|
|
Elmer |
— |
| July 7, 1930 |
Estrellados |
|
|
Canuto Cuadratin |
Spanish-language version of Free and Easy |
| August 30, 1930 |
Doughboys |
|
|
Elmer |
— |
| February 28, 1931 |
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath |
|
|
Reginald Irving |
— |
| September 26, 1931 |
Sidewalks of New York |
|
|
Harmon |
— |
| October 19, 1931 |
Casanova wider Willen |
|
|
Reggie Irving |
German-language version of Parlor, Bedroom and Bath |
| February 6, 1932 |
The Passionate Plumber |
|
|
Elmer E. Tuttle |
— |
| August 13, 1932 |
Speak Easily |
|
|
Professor Post |
— |
| February 10, 1933 |
What! No Beer? |
|
|
Elmer J. Butts |
— |
| Release date |
Title |
Credited as |
Notes |
|---|
| Writer |
Director |
Role |
| October 10, 1920 |
The Round-Up |
|
|
Indian |
Uncredited |
| December 23, 1928 |
Brotherly Love |
|
|
Barber |
Uncredited, appearance is speculative |
| April 23, 1929 |
Tide of Empire |
|
|
Drunk thrown out of bar |
Uncredited |
| June 20, 1929 |
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 |
|
|
Himself / Princess Raja |
— |
| Unreleased, scheduled for September 1930 |
The March of Time |
|
|
Caveman |
— |
| November, 1931 |
Wir schalten um auf Hollywood |
|
|
Himself |
Truncated German language only version of The March of Time |
| October 13, 1939 |
Hollywood Cavalcade |
|
|
Himself |
— |
| July 19, 1940 |
New Moon |
|
|
Prisoner – 'LuLu' |
— |
| October 11, 1940 |
The Villain Still Pursued Her |
|
|
William Dalton |
— |
| November 1, 1940 |
Li'l Abner |
|
|
Lonesome Polecat |
— |
| March 26, 1943 |
Forever and a Day |
|
|
Wilkins |
— |
| September 29, 1944 |
San Diego, I Love You |
|
|
Bus Driver |
— |
| June 1, 1945 |
That's the Spirit |
|
|
L.M. |
— |
| September 28, 1945 |
That Night with You |
|
|
Sam |
— |
| November 4, 1945 |
She Went to the Races |
|
|
Bellboy |
— |
| March 15, 1946 |
God's Country |
|
|
Mr. Boone aka Old Tarp |
— |
| July 25, 1946 |
Easy to Wed | Yes | Yes |
|
Uncredited |
| April 13, 1949 |
Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Yes |
|
|
Uncredited |
| May 11, 1949 |
The Lovable Cheat |
|
|
Goulard |
— |
| July 29, 1949 |
In the Good Old Summertime | Yes | Yes |
Hickey |
— |
| August 1949 |
You're My Everything |
|
|
Butler |
— |
| August 10, 1950 |
Sunset Boulevard |
|
|
Himself |
— |
| October 23, 1952 |
Limelight |
|
|
Calvero's Partner |
— |
| June 14, 1953 |
The Enchanting Enemy |
|
|
Buster |
— |
| October 17, 1956 |
Around the World in 80 Days |
|
|
Train Conductor – San Francisco to Fort Kearney |
— |
| August 3, 1960 |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
|
|
Lion Tamer |
— |
| November 7, 1963 |
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
|
|
Jimmy the Crook |
— |
| November 11, 1964 |
Pajama Party |
|
|
Chief Rotten Eagle |
— |
| April 14, 1965 |
Beach Blanket Bingo |
|
|
Buster |
— |
| July 14, 1965 |
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini |
|
|
Bwana |
— |
| August 18, 1965 |
Sergeant Deadhead |
|
|
Airman Blinken |
— |
| December 2, 1965 |
War Italian Style |
|
|
General von Kassler |
— |
| October 16, 1966 |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
|
|
Erronius |
Final film role; released posthumously |
|
- The Ed Wynn Show, (1949) as Buster
- The Buster Keaton Show, KKTV (1950) as Buster
- Life with Buster Keaton, KKTV (1951) as Buster
- Douglas Fairbanks Presents, episode "The Awakening" (1954) as The Man
- Screen Directors Playhouse, episode "The Silent Partner" (1955) as Kelsey Dutton
- The Rosemary Clooney Show, (1956) as Keystone Policeman
- Circus Time, Buster Keaton (1957)
- What's My Line? 09/01/1957 (Episode # 378) (Season 9, Ep 1) as Mystery Guest[2]
- The Donna Reed Show (1957) episode "A Very Merry Christmas" as Charlie
- Milky Way, Buster Keaton TV Commercial (1961)
- The Twilight Zone, episode "Once Upon a Time" (1961) as Woodrow Mulligan the Janitor
- Candid Camera, episode "In the Diner" (1962)
- The Scene Stealers, Buster Keaton and Ed Wynn (1962).
- Route 66, in "Journey to Nineveh" (1962) as Jonah Butler, the town jinx[3]
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, in episode "Think Mink" (1963) as Si Willis
- Burke's Law, (1963)
- Cleopatra Skit, (1964) Buster Keaton on Hollywood Palace
- Buster Keaton and Lucille Ball, in comedy to salute Stan Laurel (1965) as Buster
- Alka Seltzer, TV advertisement, (1966) as Buster
- Ford Van, TV advertisement, (1966) as Buster
