- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 26, 1907
- Place of Birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- October 25, 1965
Buddy Messinger
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.
Filmography
movieDevil's Doorway
1950 · Barfly (uncredited)
movieCrime by Night
1944 · Bellboy (uncredited)
movieThe Affairs of Martha
1942 · Butcher Boy (uncredited)
movieBrooklyn Orchid
1942 · Bellhop with Flowers
movieThe Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941 · Reporter
movieHold Back the Dawn
1941 · Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
movieCitizen Kane
1941 · Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
movieKeeping Company
1940 · Basketball Ticket Boy
movieLove Thy Neighbor
1940 · Elevator Boy
movieHullabaloo
1940 · Third Page
movieAndy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940 · Elevator Boy (uncredited)
movieTurnabout
1940 · Elevator Boy (uncredited)
movieThe Housekeeper's Daughter
1939 · Reporter
movieFast and Furious
1939 · First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
movieSergeant Madden
1939 · Hospital Clerk
movieThe Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939 · Rance
movieFast and Loose
1939 · Clerk (uncredited)
movieFour Girls in White
1939 · Messenger
movieIdiot's Delight
1939 · Usher
movieThe Shining Hour
1938 · Elevator Operator (uncredited)
movieToo Hot to Handle
1938 · Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
movieHold That Kiss
1938 · Theatre Usher
movieMidnight Madonna
1937 · Messenger
movieWings Over Honolulu
1937 · Boy
movieCollege Holiday
1936 · Dancer
movieLibeled Lady
1936 · Elevator Operator (uncredited)
movieThe Devil Is a Sissy
1936 · Elevator Operator
movieThree of a Kind
1936 · Bellhop
movieModern Times
1936 · Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
movieAn All American Toothache
1936 · (uncredited)
movieWild Boys of the Road
1933 · Boy (uncredited)
movieStage Mother
1933 · Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
movieKeyhole Katie
1933
movieCheer Up and Smile
1930 · Donald
movieHot Stuff
1929 · Tuffy
movieA Lady of Chance
1928 · Hank
Undressed
movieUndressed
1928 · Bobby Arnold
Dumb-Belles
movieDumb-Belles
1927
A Sorority Mixup
movieA Sorority Mixup
1927
movieMonkeys Prefer Blondes
1926
What an Eye
movieWhat an Eye
1924 · Buddy - the Office Boy
movieYoung Ideas
1924 · Bob Lowden
The Racing Kid
movieThe Racing Kid
1924
movieThe Whispered Name
1924 · The Office Boy
moviePenrod and Sam
1923 · Rodney Bitts
movieTrifling with Honor
1923 · Jimmy Hunt
movieAbysmal Brute
1923 · Buddy Sangster
A Howling Success
movieA Howling Success
1923
movieA Front Page Story
1922 · Tommy
movieThe Flirt
1922 · Hedrick Madison
movieWhen Love Comes
1922 · Coleridge Twin
movieShadows
1922 · 'Mr. Bad Boy'
movieThe Old Nest
1921 · Jim at 10
movieEdgar, the Detective
1921 · Freddie Littlefield
Edgar's Feast Day
movieEdgar's Feast Day
1921
movieEdgar's Country Cousin
1921 · Freddie Littlefield
movieEdgar's Little Saw
1920 · Freddie Littlefield
movieEdgar Camps Out
1920 · Freddie Littlefield
movieEdgar Takes the Cake
1920 · Freddy Littlefield
movieEdgar's Jonah Day
1920 · Freddy Littlefield
movieEdgar's Hamlet
1920 · Freddy Littlefield
movieEdgar's Sunday Courtship
1920 · Freddy Littlefield
movieEdgar and the Teacher's Pet
1920 · Freddy Littlefield
movieJinx
1919 · Orphan
movieThe Hoodlum
1919 · Dish Lowry
movieAli Baba and the Forty Thieves
1918 · Kasim Baba
movieFan Fan
1918 · Head Collector
movieThe Babes in the Woods
1917
Treasure Island
movieTreasure Island
1917 · Captain Smolett
movieAladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917 · Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
movieJack and the Beanstalk
1917