This is a list of films by the American actor, comedian, and filmmaker Buster Keaton.
| 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 15, 1952 | Paradise for Buster | Buster | Industrial film short for John Deere & Co. | ||
| 1960 | The Devil to Pay | Diablos | Industrial film short for the National Association of Wholesalers | ||
| 1963 | There's No Business Like No Business | Industrial film short for Maremont Exhaust and the Gabriel Shocks Division of the Arvin Corporation | |||
| 1963 | The Triumph of Lester Snapwell | Lester Snapwell | Industrial film short for the Eastman Kodak Company | ||
| 1965 | The Fall Guy | The Fall Guy | Industrial film short for U.S. Steel | ||
| January 8, 1965 | Film | The Man | — | ||
| October 2, 1965 | The Railrodder | The Man | National Film Board of Canada film travelogue to promote travel in Canada. | ||
| January 8, 1966 | The Scribe | Journalist | Industrial film short for the Construction Safety Association of Ontario | ||
| Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Director | Role | |||
| February 26, 1938 | Life in Sometown, USA | Yes | — | ||
| May 28, 1938 | Hollywood Handicap | Yes | — | ||
| September 10, 1938 | Streamlined Swing | Yes | — | ||
| Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Director | Role | |||
| 1922 | Seeing Stars | Himself | — | ||
| April 12, 1925 | The Iron Mule | Indian | — | ||
| April 4, 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Policeman | — | ||
| December 7, 1935 | La Fiesta de Santa Barbara | Himself | — | ||
| August 6, 1936 | Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs | Himself | — | ||
| May 3, 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Himself | — | ||
| 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 | — | ||
| January 23, 1931 | De frente...marchen | Canuto de la Montera | Spanish-language version of Doughboys | ||
| 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 | — | ||
| December 30, 1932 | Le plombier amoureux | Elmer Tuttle | French-language version of The Passionate Plumber | ||
| February 10, 1933 | What! No Beer? | Elmer J. Butts | — | ||
| Release date | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Director | Role | |||
| December 11, 1934 | Le Roi des Champs-Élysées | Buster Garner / Jim le Balafré | — | ||
| January 2, 1936 | The Invader | Leander Proudfoot | — | ||
| August 2, 1946 | El Moderno Barba Azul | GI / Prisoner | Also known as A Modern Bluebeard and Boom in the Moon | ||
| October 30, 1965 | Buster Keaton Rides Again | Himself | Documentary about the making of The Railrodder | ||
| 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 | ||