

Buster Keaton
Known for exceptional directing in global cinema.
Profession
Directing
Birthday
3 Oct 1895
Age
131 Years
Born In
Piqua, Kansas, USA
Total Projects
209
Years Active
109 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.5 ★
Overview
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname The Great Stone Face. He was recognized as the seventh-greatest director of all time by...
Known For
Filmography

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R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr
R.E.M x Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

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Hodgepodge
Hodgepodge
as Self (archive footage)

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Stunts: A Taste for Risk
Stunts: A Taste for Risk
as Various Roles (archive footage)

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The Real Charlie Chaplin
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as archive footage

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Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies
as Self (archive footage)

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Barney's Wall
Barney's Wall
as Self (archive footage)

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The Image Book
The Image Book
as (archive footage)

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Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923
Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923

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Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
Buster Keaton: The Genius Destroyed by Hollywood
as Self

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Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
as (archive footage)

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Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
as Self (archive footage)

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Notfilm
Notfilm
as Self (archive footage)

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You Have to Live Somewhere
You Have to Live Somewhere
as (archive footage)

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Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
as (archive footage)

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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self (archive footage)

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Legends
Legends
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
as (archive footage)

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So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM
as Self (archive footage)

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Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume Two
as Various

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Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
Arbuckle & Keaton, Volume One
as Various

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Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy
as Self (archive footage)

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Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
as (archive footage)

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That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)

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Funny Business
Funny Business
as (archive footage)

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Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

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Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
as Self (archive footage)

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Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)

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The Hollywood Clowns
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)

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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self (archive footage)

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That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)

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It's Showtime
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)

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Hooray for Hollywood
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

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The Three Stooges Follies
The Three Stooges Follies
as Clarence Plunkett (archive footage)

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That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

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The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
The Metaphysics of Buster Keaton
as Self (archival footage)

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4 Clowns
4 Clowns
as (archive footage)

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Erronius

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The Scribe
The Scribe
as Journalist

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War Italian Style
War Italian Style
as Gen. von Kassler

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Salute to Stan Laurel
Salute to Stan Laurel
as Self

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Buster Keaton Rides Again
Buster Keaton Rides Again
as Self

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Film
Film
as The Man

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Sergeant Deadhead
Sergeant Deadhead
as Airman Blinken

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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
as Bwana

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The Railrodder
The Railrodder
as The Man

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Beach Blanket Bingo
Beach Blanket Bingo
as Buster

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Pajama Party
Pajama Party
as Chief Rotten Eagle

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The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)

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The Hollywood Palace
The Hollywood Palace
as Self

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The Sound of Laughter
The Sound of Laughter
as Elmer Butts

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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Jimmy the Crook

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Burke's Law
Burke's Law
as Mortimer Lovely

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The Greatest Show on Earth
The Greatest Show on Earth

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30 Years of Fun
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)

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The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
The Triumph of Lester Snapwell
as Lester Snapwell

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There's No Business Like No Business
There's No Business Like No Business
as Self

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The Great Chase
The Great Chase

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Simon Pure Beer
Simon Pure Beer
as Self

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Crazy Days
Crazy Days
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Langlois-Keaton à Paris
Langlois-Keaton à Paris
as Self

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The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers
as Self

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The Home Owner
The Home Owner
as The Home Owner

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The Devil to Pay
The Devil to Pay
as Diablos

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Route 66
Route 66

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Lion Tamer

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When Comedy Was King
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)

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Lifetime of Comedy
Lifetime of Comedy
as (archive footage)

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The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
as Woodrow Mulligan

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The Donna Reed Show
The Donna Reed Show

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The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
The Adventures of Mr. Pastry
as Professor

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No Time at All
No Time at All
as Harrison

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Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days
as Train Conductor

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Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90
as Harrison

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The Rosemary Clooney Show
The Rosemary Clooney Show
as Self

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Screen Director's Playhouse
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Kelsey Dutton

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The Awakening
The Awakening
as The Man

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L'Incantevole nemica
L'Incantevole nemica
as L'apprenti boulanger dans la pièce de théâtre

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Limelight
Limelight
as Calvero's Partner

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This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life
as Self

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Paradise for Buster
Paradise for Buster
as Buster

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The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)

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Life with Buster Keaton
Life with Buster Keaton

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The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
as Buster

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The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self

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Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
as Buster Keaton

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What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self

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In the Good Old Summertime
In the Good Old Summertime
as Hickey

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You're My Everything
You're My Everything
as Butler

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The Lovable Cheat
The Lovable Cheat
as Goulard

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The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self

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A Duel to the Death
A Duel to the Death
as The First Fisherman

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Boom in the Moon
Boom in the Moon

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God's Country
God's Country
as Old Tarp / Mr. Boone

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She Went to the Races
She Went to the Races
as Bellboy (uncredited)

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That Night with You
That Night with You
as Sam - Short Order Cook

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That's the Spirit
That's the Spirit
as L.M.

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San Diego I Love You
San Diego I Love You
as Bus Driver

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Take It or Leave It
Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Forever and a Day
Forever and a Day
as Wilkins

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She's Oil Mine
She's Oil Mine
as Buster Waters, plumber

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General Nuisance
General Nuisance
as Peter Hedley Lamar Jr.

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Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
as Self

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So You Won't Squawk
So You Won't Squawk
as Eddie

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His Ex Marks the Spot
His Ex Marks the Spot
as Buster - the husband

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Li'l Abner
Li'l Abner
as Lonesome Polecat

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Li'l Abner
Li'l Abner

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The Villain Still Pursued Her
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as William Dalton

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The Spook Speaks
The Spook Speaks
as Buster

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The Taming of the Snood
The Taming of the Snood
as Buster Keaton

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New Moon
New Moon
as Prisoner - 'LuLu'

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Pardon My Berth Marks
Pardon My Berth Marks
as Elmer - Newspaper Copyboy

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Nothing But Pleasure
Nothing But Pleasure
as Clarence Plunkett

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Hollywood Cavalcade
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Buster Keaton

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Mooching Through Georgia
Mooching Through Georgia
as Homer Cobb

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Pest from the West
Pest from the West
as Sir

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Hollywood Hobbies
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)

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Love Nest on Wheels
Love Nest on Wheels
as Elmer

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Ditto
Ditto
as The Forgotten Man

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Jail Bait
Jail Bait

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Mixed Magic
Mixed Magic
as Elmer 'Happy' Butterworth

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The Chemist
The Chemist
as Elmer Triple

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Blue Blazes
Blue Blazes
as Elmer

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Grand Slam Opera
Grand Slam Opera
as Elmer Butts

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Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
as Self

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Three on a Limb
Three on a Limb
as Elmer Brown

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The Invader
The Invader
as Leander Proudfoot

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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Self

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The Timid Young Man
The Timid Young Man
as Milton

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The E-Flat Man
The E-Flat Man
as Elmer

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Tars and Stripes
Tars and Stripes
as Apprentice Seaman Elmer Doolittle

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Hayseed Romance
Hayseed Romance
as Elmer Dolittle

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One Run Elmer
One Run Elmer
as Elmer

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Palooka from Paducah
Palooka from Paducah
as Jim Diltz

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The King of the Champs-Élysées
The King of the Champs-Élysées
as Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré

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Allez Oop
Allez Oop
as Elmer

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The Gold Ghost
The Gold Ghost
as Wally

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What! No Beer?
What! No Beer?
as Elmer J. Butts

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Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
as Self

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Plumber in love
Plumber in love
as Elmer E. Tuttle

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Speak Easily
Speak Easily
as Professor Post

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The Passionate Plumber
The Passionate Plumber
as Elmer E. Tuttle

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Casanova wider Willen
Casanova wider Willen
as Reggie Irving

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Sidewalks of New York
Sidewalks of New York
as Harmon

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Buster se marie
Buster se marie
as Reggie Irving

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We’re Switching to Hollywood
We’re Switching to Hollywood
as Self

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The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools
as Policeman

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Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
as Reginald Irving

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Forward, March!
Forward, March!

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Doughboys
Doughboys
as Elmer J. Stuyvesant, Jr.

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Estrellados
Estrellados
as Canuto Cuadratin

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The Voice of Hollywood
The Voice of Hollywood

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Free and Easy
Free and Easy
as Elmer

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The Hollywood Revue of 1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self / Princess Raja

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Spite Marriage
Spite Marriage
as Elmer

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Tide of Empire
Tide of Empire
as Drunk Cowboy Thrown Out of Saloon (uncredited)

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The Baby Cyclone
The Baby Cyclone
as Stunt Double (uncredited)

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The Cameraman
The Cameraman
as Buster

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Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
as William 'Willie' Canfield Jr.

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Character Studies
Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)

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College
College
as Ronald, The Boy

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Life in Hollywood No. 1
Life in Hollywood No. 1
as Self

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The General
The General
as Johnnie Gray

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Battling Butler
Battling Butler
as Alfred Butler

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Go West
Go West
as Friendless

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The Iron Mule
The Iron Mule
as Indian (uncredited)

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Seven Chances
Seven Chances
as James 'Jimmie' Shannon

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The Navigator
The Navigator
as Rollo Treadway

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Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr.
as Projectionist / Sherlock, Jr.

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Our Hospitality
Our Hospitality
as William McKay

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Three Ages
Three Ages
as The Boy

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The Love Nest
The Love Nest
as Buster Keaton

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The Balloonatic
The Balloonatic
as The Young Man

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Day Dreams
Day Dreams
as The Young Man

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Seeing Stars
Seeing Stars
as Self

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The Electric House
The Electric House
as Buster

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The Frozen North
The Frozen North
as The Bad Man

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The Blacksmith
The Blacksmith
as Blacksmith's Assistant

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My Wife's Relations
My Wife's Relations
as The Husband

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Cops
Cops
as The Young Man

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The Paleface
The Paleface
as Little Chief Paleface

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The Boat
The Boat
as The Boat Builder

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The Play House
The Play House
as Orchestra / Minstrels / Dancers / Audience / Stagehand

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The Goat
The Goat
as The Goat

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The High Sign
The High Sign
as Our Hero

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Hard Luck
Hard Luck
as Suicidal Boy

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The Haunted House
The Haunted House
as Bank Clerk

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Neighbors
Neighbors
as The Boy

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The Scarecrow
The Scarecrow
as Farmhand

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Convict 13
Convict 13
as Golfer Turned Prisoner, Guard

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The Round-Up
The Round-Up
as Indian (uncredited)

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The Saphead
The Saphead
as Bertie Van Alstyne

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One Week
One Week
as The Groom

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The Garage
The Garage
as Mechanic / Fireman

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The Hayseed
The Hayseed
as Manager, General Store

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Back Stage
Back Stage
as Stagehand

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The Cook
The Cook
as The Waiter (uncredited)

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Good Night, Nurse!
Good Night, Nurse!
as Dr. Hampton

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Moonshine
Moonshine
as Revenue Agent

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The Bell Boy
The Bell Boy
as Bellboy

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Out West
Out West
as Sheriff, Saloon Owner

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A Country Hero
A Country Hero
as Vaudeville Artist

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Coney Island
Coney Island
as Rival / Cop with Moustache

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Oh, Doctor!
Oh, Doctor!
as Junior Holepoke

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His Wedding Night
His Wedding Night
as Delivery boy

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The Rough House
The Rough House
as Gardener / Delivery Boy / Cop

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A Reckless Romeo
A Reckless Romeo
as Blind Organ Grinder

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The Butcher Boy
The Butcher Boy
as Buster