Buddy Messinger
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-10-26
Day of Death
1965-10-25 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Buddy Messinger
Biography
Buddy Messinger (born Melvin Joseph Messinger; 26 October 1907 – 25 October 1965) was an American actor who was cast in substantial roles in dozens of films during the silent film era. He began his career as a jovial chubby child actor. With the advent of sound films he was relegated mostly to bit parts.
Acting
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
as Freddy Littlefield
(1944)
Crime by Night
as Bellboy (uncredited)
(1942)
Brooklyn Orchid
as Bellhop with Flowers
(1942)
The Affairs of Martha
as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
(1941)
Citizen Kane
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
(1941)
Hold Back the Dawn
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1941)
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Reporter
(1940)
Turnabout
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1940)
Hullabaloo
as Third Page
(1940)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1940)
Keeping Company
as Basketball Ticket Boy
(1940)
Love Thy Neighbor
as Elevator Boy
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Usher
(1939)
Fast and Furious
as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1939)
Sergeant Madden
as Hospital Clerk
(1939)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Reporter
(1939)
Fast and Loose
as Clerk (uncredited)
(1939)
Four Girls in White
as Messenger
(1939)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Rance
(1938)
The Shining Hour
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1938)
Hold That Kiss
as Theatre Usher
(1937)
Wings Over Honolulu
as Boy
(1937)
Midnight Madonna
as Messenger
(1936)
Modern Times
as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
(1936)
Libeled Lady
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1936)
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Elevator Operator
(1936)
College Holiday
as Dancer
(1936)
Three of a Kind
as Bellhop
(1936)
An All American Toothache
as (uncredited)
(1933)
Stage Mother
as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
(1933)
(1930)
Cheer Up and Smile
as Donald
(1929)
Hot Stuff
as Tuffy
(1928)
A Lady of Chance
as Hank
(1927)
(1927)
(1926)
(1924)
Young Ideas
as Bob Lowden
(1924)
The Whispered Name
as The Office Boy
(1924)
What an Eye
as Buddy - the Office Boy
(1923)
Abysmal Brute
as Buddy Sangster
(1923)
Penrod and Sam
as Rodney Bitts
(1923)
(1922)
Shadows
as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
(1922)
The Flirt
as Hedrick Madison
(1922)
When Love Comes
as Coleridge Twin
(1921)
The Old Nest
as Jim at 10
(1921)
Edgar's Country Cousin
as Freddie Littlefield
(1921)
(1921)
Edgar, the Detective
as Freddie Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar Camps Out
as Freddie Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar Takes the Cake
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar's Hamlet
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar's Jonah Day
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar's Little Saw
as Freddie Littlefield
(1919)
The Hoodlum
as Dish Lowry
(1919)
Jinx
as Orphan
(1918)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Kasim Baba
(1917)
Treasure Island
as Captain Smolett
(1917)
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit