Buddy Messinger
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 26, 1907
- Died
- Oct 25, 1965 (aged 57)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Credits
- 71
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.
Known for
Citizen Kane
1941Movie
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Modern Times
1936Movie
Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
1936Movie
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Devil's Doorway
1950Movie
Barfly (uncredited)
Wild Boys of the Road
1933Movie
Boy (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
1941Movie
Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Filmography
Devil's Doorway
1950Movie
Barfly (uncredited)
Crime by Night
1944Movie
Bellboy (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
1942Movie
Butcher Boy (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
1942Movie
Bellhop with Flowers
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941Movie
Reporter
Hold Back the Dawn
1941Movie
Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
1941Movie
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Keeping Company
1940Movie
Basketball Ticket Boy
Love Thy Neighbor
1940Movie
Elevator Boy
Hullabaloo
1940Movie
Third Page
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940Movie
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Turnabout
1940Movie
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939Movie
Reporter
Fast and Furious
1939Movie
First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
1939Movie
Hospital Clerk
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939Movie
Rance
Fast and Loose
1939Movie
Clerk (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
1939Movie
Messenger
Idiot's Delight
1939Movie
Usher
The Shining Hour
1938Movie
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
1938Movie
Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
1938Movie
Theatre Usher
Midnight Madonna
1937Movie
Messenger
Wings Over Honolulu
1937Movie
Boy
College Holiday
1936Movie
Dancer
Libeled Lady
1936Movie
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936Movie
Elevator Operator
Three of a Kind
1936Movie
Bellhop
Modern Times
1936Movie
Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
1936Movie
(uncredited)
Wild Boys of the Road
1933Movie
Boy (uncredited)
Stage Mother
1933Movie
Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
Keyhole Katie
1933Movie
Cheer Up and Smile
1930Movie
Donald
Hot Stuff
1929Movie
Tuffy
A Lady of Chance
1928Movie
Hank
Undressed
1928Movie
Bobby Arnold
Dumb-Belles
1927Movie
A Sorority Mixup
1927Movie
Monkeys Prefer Blondes
1926Movie
What an Eye
1924Movie
Buddy - the Office Boy
Young Ideas
1924Movie
Bob Lowden
The Racing Kid
1924Movie
Buddy
The Whispered Name
1924Movie
The Office Boy
Penrod and Sam
1923Movie
Rodney Bitts
Trifling with Honor
1923Movie
Jimmy Hunt
Abysmal Brute
1923Movie
Buddy Sangster
A Howling Success
1923Movie
A Front Page Story
1922Movie
Tommy
The Flirt
1922Movie
Hedrick Madison
When Love Comes
1922Movie
Coleridge Twin
Shadows
1922Movie
'Mr. Bad Boy'
The Old Nest
1921Movie
Jim at 10
Edgar, the Detective
1921Movie
Freddie Littlefield
Edgar's Feast Day
1921Movie
Edgar's Country Cousin
1921Movie
Freddie Littlefield
Edgar's Little Saw
1920Movie
Freddie Littlefield
Edgar Camps Out
1920Movie
Freddie Littlefield
Edgar Takes the Cake
1920Movie
Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Jonah Day
1920Movie
Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Hamlet
1920Movie
Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
1920Movie
Freddy Littlefield
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
1920Movie
Freddy Littlefield
Jinx
1919Movie
Orphan
The Hoodlum
1919Movie
Dish Lowry
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1918Movie
Kasim Baba
Fan Fan
1918Movie
Head Collector
The Babes in the Woods
1917Movie
Treasure Island
1917Movie
Captain Smolett
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917Movie
Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
Jack and the Beanstalk
1917Movie