AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

Buster Keaton

Also Known As: "Buster" Keaton,
"Buster Keaton"

79 Titles in Filmography CAST | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | PRODUCTION MISC | WRITER | HISTORY

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CAST

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
FATTY AT CONEY ISLAND
1917
HIS WEDDING NIGHT
A delivery boy
1917
THE ROUGH HOUSE
1917
THE COOK
The Waiter
1918
THE SAPHEAD
Bertie Van Alstyne
1920
THE GOAT
"Buster" Keaton
The goat
1921
THREE AGES
The hero
1923
OUR HOSPITALITY
Willie McKay, 21 years old
1923
THE BALLOONATIC
"Buster" Keaton
The Young Man
1923
THE NAVIGATOR
Buster [The Sap]
1924
SHERLOCK JR.
Sherlock, Jr. [/The young man]
1924
GO WEST
Friendless
1925
SEVEN CHANCES
James ["Jimmie"] Shannon
1925
BATTLING BUTLER
Alfred Butler
1926
THE GENERAL
Johnnie Gray
1926
COLLEGE
The Boy
1927
CHARACTER STUDIES
Himself
1927
STEAMBOAT BILL, JR.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928
THE CAMERAMAN
Buster
1928
SPITE MARRIAGE
Elmer
1929
THE HOLLYWOOD REVUE OF 1929
1929
TIDE OF EMPIRE
Bump
1929
FREE AND EASY
Elmer Butts
1930
DOUGHBOYS
Elmer Stuyvesant
1930
¡DE FRENTE, MARCHEN!
Canuto de la Montera
1930
ESTRELLADOS
Canuto Cuadratín
1930
PARLOR, BEDROOM AND BATH
Reginald Irving
1931
SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK
[Homer Van Dine] Harmon
1931
BUSTER SE MARIE
Reggie Irving
1931
THE PASSIONATE PLUMBER
Elmer [E. Tuttle]
1932
SPEAK EASILY
Professor [Timoleon Zanders] Post
1932
LE PLOMBIER AMOUREUX
1932
WHAT--NO BEER?
Elmer J. Butts
1933
HOLLYWOOD CAVALCADE
Himself
1939
NEW MOON
Bondsman
1940
LI'L ABNER
Lonesome Polecat
1940
THE VILLAIN STILL PURSUED HER
William Dalton
1940
FOREVER AND A DAY
Plumber
1943
SAN DIEGO, I LOVE YOU
Bus driver
1944
THAT'S THE SPIRIT
L. M.
1945
THAT NIGHT WITH YOU
Sam
1945
SHE WENT TO THE RACES
Bellboy
1945
GOD'S COUNTRY
Old Tarp
1946
YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING
Butler in movie
1949
IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME
Hickey
1949
THE LOVABLE CHEAT
Goulard
1949
SUNSET BLVD.
Himself
1950
LIMELIGHT
Calvero's partner
1953
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
Train conductor, San Francisco to Ft. Kearney
1956
THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Lion tamer
1960
WHEN COMEDY WAS KING
1960
THE GREAT CHASE
1962
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD
Jimmy the Crook
1963
PAJAMA PARTY
Chief Rotten Eagle
1964
SERGEANT DEADHEAD
Private Blinken
1965
HOW TO STUFF A WILD BIKINI
Bwana
1965
BEACH BLANKET BINGO
Himself
1965
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
Erronius
1966
AMERICA AT THE MOVIES
1976
KEN MURRAY SHOOTING STARS
1979

DIRECTOR

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
THE GOAT
"Buster" Keaton
Dir
1921
OUR HOSPITALITY
Dir
1923
THREE AGES
Dir
1923
THE BALLOONATIC
"Buster" Keaton
Dir
1923
THE NAVIGATOR
Dir
1924
SHERLOCK JR.
Dir
1924
GO WEST
Dir
1925
SEVEN CHANCES
Dir
1925
BATTLING BUTLER
Dir
1926
THE GENERAL
Dir
1926

WRITER

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
THE GOAT
"Buster" Keaton
Wrt
1921
THE BALLOONATIC
"Buster" Keaton
Wrt
1923
GO WEST
Story
1925
THE GENERAL
Wrt
1926
THE JONES FAMILY IN HOLLYWOOD
Orig story
1939
THE JONES FAMILY IN QUICK MILLIONS
Orig story
1939

PRODUCTION MISC

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
SLIGHTLY DANGEROUS
Comedy adv
1943
I DOOD IT
Tech adv on comedy seq
1943
THE BUSTER KEATON STORY
Tech adv
1957

PRODUCER

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR

HISTORY

TITLE
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
YEAR
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