Buddy Messinger

Buddy Messinger

Known for
Acting
Born
October 26, 1907
Died
October 25, 1965 (aged 57)
Birthplace
San Francisco, California, USA

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

1950
Devil's Doorway poster

Devil's Doorway

Movie · as Barfly (uncredited)

1944
Crime by Night poster

Crime by Night

Movie · as Bellboy (uncredited)

1942
The Affairs of Martha poster

The Affairs of Martha

Movie · as Butcher Boy (uncredited)

1942
Brooklyn Orchid poster

Brooklyn Orchid

Movie · as Bellhop with Flowers

1942
The Gay Sisters poster

The Gay Sisters

Movie · as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1941
Hold Back the Dawn poster

Hold Back the Dawn

Movie · as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1941
Citizen Kane poster

Citizen Kane

Movie · as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)

1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby poster

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

Movie · as Reporter

1940
Turnabout poster

Turnabout

Movie · as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

1940
Hullabaloo poster

Hullabaloo

Movie · as Third Page

1940
Keeping Company poster

Keeping Company

Movie · as Basketball Ticket Boy

1940
Love Thy Neighbor poster

Love Thy Neighbor

Movie · as Elevator Boy

1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante poster

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

Movie · as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again poster

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

Movie · as Rance

1939
Four Girls in White poster

Four Girls in White

Movie · as Messenger

1939
Idiot's Delight poster

Idiot's Delight

Movie · as Usher

1939
Fast and Loose poster

Fast and Loose

Movie · as Clerk (uncredited)

1939
Sergeant Madden poster

Sergeant Madden

Movie · as Hospital Clerk

1939
Fast and Furious poster

Fast and Furious

Movie · as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)

1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter poster

The Housekeeper's Daughter

Movie · as Reporter

1938
Hold That Kiss poster

Hold That Kiss

Movie · as Theatre Usher

1938
The Shining Hour poster

The Shining Hour

Movie · as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1938
Too Hot to Handle poster

Too Hot to Handle

Movie · as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

1937
Wings Over Honolulu poster

Wings Over Honolulu

Movie · as Boy

1937
Midnight Madonna poster

Midnight Madonna

Movie · as Messenger

1936
Three of a Kind poster

Three of a Kind

Movie · as Bellhop

1936
An All American Toothache

An All American Toothache

Movie · as (uncredited)

1936
College Holiday poster

College Holiday

Movie · as Dancer

1936
The Devil Is a Sissy poster

The Devil Is a Sissy

Movie · as Elevator Operator

1936
Modern Times poster

Modern Times

Movie · as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)

1936
Libeled Lady poster

Libeled Lady

Movie · as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1933
Keyhole Katie poster

Keyhole Katie

Movie

1933
Stage Mother poster

Stage Mother

Movie · as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)

1933
Wild Boys of the Road poster

Wild Boys of the Road

Movie · as Boy (uncredited)

1930
Cheer Up and Smile poster

Cheer Up and Smile

Movie · as Donald

1929
Hot Stuff poster

Hot Stuff

Movie · as Tuffy

1928
A Lady of Chance poster

A Lady of Chance

Movie · as Hank

1928
Undressed

Undressed

Movie · as Bobby Arnold

1927
A Sorority Mixup

A Sorority Mixup

Movie

1927
Dumb-Belles

Dumb-Belles

Movie

1927
Two Arabian Sights

Two Arabian Sights

Movie

1926
Monkeys Prefer Blondes poster

Monkeys Prefer Blondes

Movie

1924
What an Eye

What an Eye

Movie · as Buddy - the Office Boy

1924
The Whispered Name poster

The Whispered Name

Movie · as The Office Boy

1924
Young Ideas poster

Young Ideas

Movie · as Bob Lowden

1924
The Racing Kid

The Racing Kid

Movie · as Buddy

1923
Abysmal Brute poster

Abysmal Brute

Movie · as Buddy Sangster

1923
A Howling Success

A Howling Success

Movie

1923
Penrod and Sam poster

Penrod and Sam

Movie · as Rodney Bitts

1923
Trifling with Honor poster

Trifling with Honor

Movie · as Jimmy Hunt

1922
Shadows poster

Shadows

Movie · as 'Mr. Bad Boy'

1922
When Love Comes poster

When Love Comes

Movie · as Coleridge Twin

1922
The Flirt poster

The Flirt

Movie · as Hedrick Madison

1922
A Front Page Story poster

A Front Page Story

Movie · as Tommy

1921
The Old Nest poster

The Old Nest

Movie · as Jim at 10

1921
Edgar's Feast Day

Edgar's Feast Day

Movie

1921
Edgar, the Detective poster

Edgar, the Detective

Movie · as Freddie Littlefield

1921
Edgar's Country Cousin poster

Edgar's Country Cousin

Movie · as Freddie Littlefield

1920
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet poster

Edgar and the Teacher's Pet

Movie · as Freddy Littlefield

1920
Edgar's Hamlet poster

Edgar's Hamlet

Movie · as Freddy Littlefield

1920
Edgar Takes the Cake poster

Edgar Takes the Cake

Movie · as Freddy Littlefield

1920
Edgar's Sunday Courtship poster

Edgar's Sunday Courtship

Movie · as Freddy Littlefield

1920
Edgar's Jonah Day poster

Edgar's Jonah Day

Movie · as Freddy Littlefield

1920
Edgar's Little Saw poster

Edgar's Little Saw

Movie · as Freddie Littlefield

1920
Edgar Camps Out poster

Edgar Camps Out

Movie · as Freddie Littlefield

1919
Jinx poster

Jinx

Movie · as Orphan

1919
The Hoodlum poster

The Hoodlum

Movie · as Dish Lowry

1918
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves poster

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Movie · as Kasim Baba

1918
Fan Fan poster

Fan Fan

Movie · as Head Collector

1917
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp poster

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

Movie · as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit

1917
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

Movie · as Captain Smolett

1917
The Babes in the Woods poster

The Babes in the Woods

Movie

1917
Jack and the Beanstalk poster

Jack and the Beanstalk

Movie