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