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