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
(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)
Hold Back the Dawn
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1941)
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Reporter
(1940)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1940)
Turnabout
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1940)
Keeping Company
as Basketball Ticket Boy
(1940)
Hullabaloo
as Third Page
(1940)
Love Thy Neighbor
as Elevator Boy
(1939)
Fast and Furious
as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1939)
Idiot's Delight
as Usher
(1939)
Sergeant Madden
as Hospital Clerk
(1939)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Rance
(1939)
Four Girls in White
as Messenger
(1939)
Fast and Loose
as Clerk (uncredited)
(1939)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Reporter
(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)
The Whispered Name
as The Office Boy
(1924)
What an Eye
as Buddy - the Office Boy
(1924)
Young Ideas
as Bob Lowden
(1923)
Penrod and Sam
as Rodney Bitts
(1923)
Abysmal Brute
as Buddy Sangster
(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)
(1921)
Edgar's Country Cousin
as Freddie Littlefield
(1921)
Edgar, the Detective
as Freddie Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar's Hamlet
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar's Little Saw
as Freddie Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar's Jonah Day
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar Camps Out
as Freddie Littlefield
(1920)
Edgar Takes the Cake
as Freddy Littlefield
(1919)
Jinx
as Orphan
(1919)
The Hoodlum
as Dish Lowry
(1918)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Kasim Baba
(1917)
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
(1917)
Treasure Island
as Captain Smolett