Buster Keaton
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a 1966 period musical comedy film, directed by Richard Lester, with Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford reprising their stage roles. It also features Buster Keaton in his final screen role; Phil Silvers, for whom the stage musical was originally intended; and regular Lester collaborators Michael Crawford, ...
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Charlotte Greenwood•Edward Connelly•Reginald Denny•Wallace Beery•Buster Keaton•Anne Cornwall
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
In the Good Old Summertime is a 1949 American Technicolor musical film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. It stars Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. Sakall, Spring Byington, Clinton Sundberg, and Buster Keaton in his first featured film role at MGM since 1933.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Virginia Fox•T. Roy Barnes
God's Country (1946)
God's Country is a 1946 comedy Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring Robert Lowery, Helen Gilbert and Buster Keaton. It is a low-budget color B Western set in the contemporary American West.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Renée Adorée•Joe Roberts
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Billy Gilbert and Buster Keaton. It is a parody of old stage melodramas but is based primarily on The Drunkard, a 19th-century prohibitionist play by William H. Smith that had also been lampooned in other productions, most notably in the 1934 W. C....
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Bartine Burkett•Edward F. Cline
What! No Beer? (1933)
What - No Beer? is a 1933 Pre-Code comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante. MGM had also paired Keaton and Durante as a comedy team during this period in The Passionate Plumber and Speak Easily.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Dorothy Sebastian•Marion Mack
The Passionate Plumber (1932)
The Passionate Plumber is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick, and starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Irene Purcell. The screenplay by Laurence E. Johnson and Ralph Spence is based on the 1926 play Dans sa candeur naïve by Jacques Deval. It is the second screen adaptation of the play, following the 1928 silent f...
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Dorothy Sebastian
Speak Easily (1932)
Speak Easily is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, and Thelma Todd, and directed by Edward Sedgwick. The studio also paired Keaton and Durante as a comedy team during this period in The Passionate Plumber and What! No Beer? Keaton later used many of the physical gags he created for this film when he wrote (u...
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Thelma Todd•Dorothy Sebastian
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931)
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath is an American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton, released by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer in 1931. It was Keaton's third talking picture, after his successful silent career.
Starring: Sally Eilers•Marion Byron•Roy Kinnear
Sidewalks of New York (1931)
Sidewalks of New York is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Zion Myers and Jules White and starring Buster Keaton. The film was commercially successful.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Robert Lowery•Robert Montgomery
The Stolen Jools (1931)
The Stolen Jools is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy short produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood, featuring many cameo appearances by film stars of the day. The stars appeared in the film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, to raise funds for the National Vaudeville Artists Tuberculosis Sanitarium. The UCLA Film and Television Archive entry for...
Starring: Hugh Herbert•Roy Kinnear•Jimmy Durante
Doughboys (1930)
Doughboys is a 1930 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton's second starring talkie vehicle and has been called Keaton's "most successful sound Picture." A Spanish-language version was also made under the title, De Frente, Marchen.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Judy Garland•Helen Gilbert
Free and Easy (1930)
Free and Easy is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was Keaton's first leading role in a talking motion picture.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Robert Lowery•Van Johnson
Spite Marriage (1929)
Spite Marriage is a 1929 American silent comedy film co-directed by Buster Keaton and Edward Sedgwick and starring Keaton and Dorothy Sebastian. It is the second film Keaton made for MGM and his last silent film, although he had wanted it to be a "talkie" or full sound film. While the production has no recorded dialogue, it does feature an accompan...
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Michael Crawford
The Cameraman (1928)
The Cameraman is a 1928 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and an uncredited Buster Keaton. The picture stars Keaton and Marceline Day.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Michael Hordern
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. is a 1928 silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton. Released by United Artists, the film is the final product of Keaton's independent production team and set of gag writers. It was not a box-office success and became the last picture Keaton made for United Artists. Keaton ended up moving to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he made on...
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Fatty Arbuckle
College (1927)
College is a 1927 comedy-drama silent film directed by James W. Horne and Buster Keaton, and starring Keaton, Anne Cornwall, and Harold Goodwin.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Edward Connelly
Battling Butler (1926)
Battling Butler is a 1926 American comedy silent film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. It is based on the 1923 musical Battling Buttler. The film entered the public domain in 2022.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Anne Cornwall
The General (1926)
The General is a 1926 American silent film released by United Artists. It was inspired by the Great Locomotive Chase, a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger. The film stars Buster Keaton who co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Natalie Talmadge
Go West (1925)
Go West is a 1925 American silent Western comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton.
Starring: Roy Kinnear
Seven Chances (1925)
Seven Chances is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton, based on the play of the same name by Roi Cooper Megrue, produced in 1916 by David Belasco. Additional cast members include T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, and Ruth Dwyer. Jean Arthur, a future star, has an uncredited supporting role. The film's opening scenes...
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Virginia Fox
The Navigator (1924)
The Navigator is a 1924 American comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. The film was written by Clyde Bruckman and co-directed by Donald Crisp. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Renée Adorée
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Sherlock Jr. is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton and written by Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, and Joseph A. Mitchell. It features Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, and Ward Crane.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Renée Adorée
Our Hospitality (1923)
Our Hospitality is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone. Starring Keaton, Joe Roberts, and Natalie Talmadge and distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation, it uses slapstick and situational comedy to tell the story of Willie McKay, caught in the middle of the infamous "Canfield–McKay" feud, an obvious sat...
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Joe Roberts
Three Ages (1923)
Three Ages is a 1923 black-and-white American feature-length silent comedy film starring comedian Buster Keaton and Wallace Beery. The first feature Keaton wrote, directed, produced, and starred in, Keaton structured the film like three inter-cut short films. While Keaton was a proven success in the short film medium, he had yet to prove himself as...
Starring: Hugh Herbert•Roy Kinnear•Kathryn McGuire
The Blacksmith (1922)
The Blacksmith is a 1922 American short comedy film co-written, co-directed by and featuring Buster Keaton. Buster plays an assistant blacksmith to the big worker played by Joe Roberts, with predictable results.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Sally O'Neil
Cops (1922)
Cops is a 1922 American two-reel silent comedy film about a young man who accidentally gets on the bad side of the entire Los Angeles Police Department during a parade and is chased all over town. It was written and directed by Edward F. Cline and Keaton.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Sally O'Neil
Daydreams (1922)
Day Dreams is a 1922 American short comedy film directed by and featuring Buster Keaton. It is most famous for a scene where Keaton finds himself on the inside of a riverboat paddle wheel. It is a partially lost film and available from public domain sources.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Sybil Seely
The Electric House (1922)
The Electric House is a 1922 American short comedy film co-directed by and starring Buster Keaton.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Sally O'Neil
The Frozen North (1922)
The Frozen North is a 1922 American short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. The film is a parody of early western films, especially those of William S. Hart. The film was written by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The film runs for around 17 minutes. Sybil Seely and Bonnie Hill co-star in the film.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Marion Mack
My Wife's Relations (1922)
My Wife's Relations is a 1922 American short comedy film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Through a judicial error Buster finds himself married to a large domineering woman with an unfriendly father and four bullying brothers.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Margaret Leahy
The Paleface (1922)
The Paleface is a 1922 American silent comedy Western two-reeler film starring Buster Keaton.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Sally O'Neil
The Boat (1921)
The Boat is a 1921 American two-reel silent comedy film written and directed by, and starring Buster Keaton. Contemporary reviews consider it one of his best shorts, with One Week (1920), The Playhouse (1921) and Cops (1922). It is presently in the public domain. The International Buster Keaton Society takes its name, The Damfinos, from the name of...
Starring: Roy Kinnear
The Goat (1921)
The Goat is a 1921 American two-reel silent comedy film written, directed by, and starring Buster Keaton.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Marion Byron
The Haunted House (1921)
The Haunted House is a 1921 American two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. The film has a runtime of 21 minutes.
Starring: Roy Kinnear
The High Sign (1921)
The High Sign is a 1921 two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, and written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline. Its runtime is 21 minutes. Although One Week (1920) was Keaton's first independent film short released, The High Sign was the first one made. Disappointed with the result, Keaton shelved it and the film wasn't released...
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Fatty Arbuckle
The Playhouse (1921)
The Playhouse is a 1921 American two-reel silent comedy film written by, directed by, and starring "Buster" Keaton. It runs for 22 minutes, and is most famous for an opening sequence where Keaton plays every role.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Sally O'Neil•Marion Byron•Edward Connelly
Neighbors (1920)
Neighbors is a 1920 two-reel silent comedy film co-written, co-directed by, and starring Buster Keaton.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Sally O'Neil
The Saphead (1920)
The Saphead is a 1920 American comedy-drama film featuring Buster Keaton. It was the actor's first starring role in a full-length feature and the film that launched his career as a leading man. Keaton was cast on the recommendation of Douglas Fairbanks.
Starring: Bartine Burkett•Roy Kinnear
Convict 13 (1920)
Convict 13 is a 1920 two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton. It was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline.
Starring: Roy Kinnear•Marion Byron
The Garage (1920)
The Garage is a 1920 American two-reel silent comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and featuring Buster Keaton. This was the fourteenth and last film starring the duo before Keaton set up his own studio and Arbuckle started making feature-length films. The film also stars Luke the Dog, who starred in many other short comedie...
Starring: Edward F. Cline•Roy Kinnear
One Week (1920)
One Week is a 1920 American two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, the first independent film production he released on his own. The film was written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline, and runs for 19 minutes. Sybil Seely co-stars. The film contains a large number of innovative visual gags largely pertaining to either the hous...
Starring: Roy Kinnear
The Scarecrow (1920)
The Scarecrow is a 1920 American two-reel silent comedy film starring Buster Keaton, and written and directed by Keaton and Edward F. Cline.
Starring: Roy Kinnear
Back Stage (1919)
Back Stage is a 1919 American two-reel silent comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and featuring Buster Keaton and Al St. John.
Starring: Edward F. Cline•Roy Kinnear
The Bell Boy (1918)
The Bell Boy is a 1918 American two-reel silent comedy film directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle for the Comique film company.
Starring: Edward F. Cline•Roy Kinnear
The Cook (1918)
The Cook is a 1918 American two-reel silent comedy film written by, directed by, and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and featuring Buster Keaton and Al St. John. The movie is a slapstick comedy and focuses on goings-on at a high-end restaurant with Arbuckle as the Cook and Keaton as the Waiter.
Starring: Edward F. Cline•Roy Kinnear
Moonshine (1918)
Moonshine is a 1918 American two-reel silent comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and featuring Buster Keaton. The movie is available on Youtube.
Starring: Edward F. Cline•Roy Kinnear
Out West (1918)
Out West is a 1918 American two-reel silent comedy film, a satire on contemporary Westerns, starring Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, and Al St. John. It was the first of Arbuckle's "Comique" films to be filmed on the West Coast, the previous five having been filmed in and around New York City. The idea for the story came from Natalie Talmad...
Starring: Edward F. Cline•Roy Kinnear
The Butcher Boy (1917)
The Butcher Boy is a 1917 American two-reel silent comedy film written by, directed by, and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and featuring Al St. John, Buster Keaton and Alice Lake. This was the first in Arbuckle's series of films with the Comique Film Corporation, and Keaton's film debut.
Starring: Edward F. Cline•Roy Kinnear
Coney Island (1917)
Coney Island is a 1917 American two-reel silent comedy film starring, written and directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and featuring Buster Keaton.
Starring: Edward F. Cline•Roy Kinnear
His Wedding Night (1917)
His Wedding Night is a 1917 American two-reel silent comedy film written, directed by, and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
Starring: Edward F. Cline•Roy Kinnear
Oh Doctor! (1917)
Oh Doctor! is a 1917 American two-reel silent comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and featuring Buster Keaton.
Starring: Edward F. Cline•Roy Kinnear
The Rough House (1917)
The Rough House is a 1917 American two-reel silent comedy film written by, directed by, and starring both Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. The Rough House was Keaton's first film as a director.
Starring: Edward F. Cline•Roy Kinnear