Buster Keaton (1895-1966)
81.5 TOPICAL actor score · #93 of 1,977 actors
Buster Keaton (1895-1966) has a TOPICAL actor score of 81.5 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are career standing and credits. They've won 1 acting honour from 1 nomination, including the Academy Honorary Award. Their best ten-year run was 1920-1929. Best films: The General (1926), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), The Cameraman (1928).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours77
Prime80
Their movies92
Credits97
Career standing98
- Acting honours1 win, 1 nomination - incl. Academy Honorary Award
- Prime1920-1929
- Credits137 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 7 scored films (5 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 99 languages
“Roger Ebert wrote, "The greatest of the silent clowns is Buster Keaton, not only because of what he did, but because of how he did it."”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
Buster Keaton's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 472 | The General | 1926 | 1 |
| 689 | Limelight | 1952 | 4 |
| 1,490 | The Cameraman | 1928 | 1 |
| 1,579 | Steamboat Bill, Jr. | 1928 | 1 |
| 1,804 | The Navigator | 1924 | 1 |
| 2,546 | One Week | 1920 | 1 |
| 4,009 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | 1966 | 4 |