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
(1950)
Devil's Doorway
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1944)
Crime by Night
as Bellboy (uncredited)
(1942)
The Affairs of Martha
as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
(1942)
Brooklyn Orchid
as Bellhop with Flowers
(1941)
Citizen Kane
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
(1941)
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Reporter
(1941)
Hold Back the Dawn
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1940)
Hullabaloo
as Third Page
(1940)
Keeping Company
as Basketball Ticket Boy
(1940)
Turnabout
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1940)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1940)
Love Thy Neighbor
as Elevator Boy
(1939)
Fast and Loose
as Clerk (uncredited)
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Usher
(1939)
Fast and Furious
as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1939)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Rance
(1939)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Reporter
(1939)
Four Girls in White
as Messenger
(1939)
Sergeant Madden
as Hospital Clerk
(1938)
Hold That Kiss
as Theatre Usher
(1938)
The Shining Hour
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1937)
Wings Over Honolulu
as Boy
(1937)
Midnight Madonna
as Messenger
(1936)
Modern Times
as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
(1936)
An All American Toothache
as (uncredited)
(1936)
College Holiday
as Dancer
(1936)
Three of a Kind
as Bellhop
(1936)
Libeled Lady
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1936)
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Elevator Operator
(1933)
Stage Mother
as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
(1933)
Wild Boys of the Road
as Boy (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)
The Whispered Name
as The Office Boy
(1924)
Young Ideas
as Bob Lowden
(1924)
What an Eye
as Buddy - the Office Boy
(1923)
Abysmal Brute
as Buddy Sangster
(1923)
Penrod and Sam
as Rodney Bitts
(1923)
(1922)
When Love Comes
as Coleridge Twin
(1922)
Shadows
as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
(1922)
The Flirt
as Hedrick Madison
(1921)
The Old Nest
as Jim at 10
(1921)
Edgar, the Detective
as Freddie Littlefield
(1921)
(1921)
Edgar's Country Cousin
as Freddie Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar Camps Out
as Freddie Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar's Jonah Day
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar's Little Saw
as Freddie Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar's Hamlet
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar Takes the Cake
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
as Freddy Littlefield
(1919)
The Hoodlum
as Dish Lowry
(1919)
Jinx
as Orphan
(1918)
Fan Fan
as Head Collector
(1918)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Kasim Baba
(1917)
Treasure Island
as Captain Smolett
(1917)
(1917)
(1917)
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit