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