| 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
|
—
|
Starring Buster Keaton under Buster Keaton Productions
mali niŋ
| 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
|
—
|
Starring Buster Keaton for Educational Pictures
mali niŋ
| 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
|
—
|
Starring Buster Keaton for Columbia Pictures
mali niŋ
| 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
|
—
|
Starring Buster Keaton for independent producers
mali niŋ
Directed by (but not featuring) Buster Keaton for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
mali niŋ
With Buster Keaton in featured or cameo roles
mali niŋ
Starring Buster Keaton for Metro Pictures
mali niŋ
| Release date
|
Title
|
Credited as
|
Notes
|
| Writer
|
Director
|
Role
|
| October 18, 1920
|
The Saphead |
Yes
|
|
Bertie 'The Lamb' Van Alstyne
|
—
|
Starring Buster Keaton under Buster Keaton Productions
mali niŋ
| 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
|
Starring Buster Keaton for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
mali niŋ
| 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
|
—
|
Starring Buster Keaton for independent producers
mali niŋ
With Buster Keaton in featured or cameo roles
mali niŋ
| 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
|
Television appearances (incomplete)
mali niŋ
- 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
