Buddy Messinger

Known for: Acting

Born: 1907-10-26 – 1965-10-25 (aged 57)

From: 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.

Filmography (71)

MOVIE★ 6.9
Devil's Doorway
1950
as Barfly (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Crime by Night
1944
as Bellboy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Affairs of Martha
1942
as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
as Bellhop with Flowers
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
as Reporter
MOVIE★ 6.7
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Citizen Kane
1941
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Keeping Company
1940
as Basketball Ticket Boy
MOVIE★ 7.3
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
as Elevator Boy
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hullabaloo
1940
as Third Page
MOVIE★ 5.7
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Turnabout
1940
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
as Reporter
MOVIE★ 5.2
Fast and Furious
1939
as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Hospital Clerk
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
as Rance
MOVIE★ 5.9
Fast and Loose
1939
as Clerk (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Four Girls in White
1939
as Messenger
MOVIE★ 6.1
Idiot's Delight
1939
as Usher
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Shining Hour
1938
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Too Hot to Handle
1938
as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hold That Kiss
1938
as Theatre Usher
MOVIE★ 8.0
Midnight Madonna
1937
as Messenger
MOVIE★ 6.4
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
as Boy
MOVIE★ 5.7
College Holiday
1936
as Dancer
MOVIE★ 7.3
Libeled Lady
1936
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
as Elevator Operator
MOVIE★ 5.8
Three of a Kind
1936
as Bellhop
MOVIE★ 8.3
Modern Times
1936
as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
An All American Toothache
1936
as (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
as Boy (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Stage Mother
1933
as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
MOVIE
Keyhole Katie
1933
MOVIE★ 10.0
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
as Donald
MOVIE★ 10.0
Hot Stuff
1929
as Tuffy
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Lady of Chance
1928
as Hank
MOVIE★ 7.0
Undressed
1928
as Bobby Arnold
MOVIE★ 6.5
Dumb-Belles
1927
MOVIE
A Sorority Mixup
1927
MOVIE
Monkeys Prefer Blondes
1926
MOVIE★ 7.0
What an Eye
1924
as Buddy - the Office Boy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Young Ideas
1924
as Bob Lowden
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Racing Kid
1924
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Whispered Name
1924
as The Office Boy
MOVIE★ 7.5
Penrod and Sam
1923
as Rodney Bitts
MOVIE★ 7.0
Trifling with Honor
1923
as Jimmy Hunt
MOVIE★ 9.0
Abysmal Brute
1923
as Buddy Sangster
MOVIE★ 9.0
A Howling Success
1923
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Front Page Story
1922
as Tommy
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Flirt
1922
as Hedrick Madison
MOVIE★ 8.0
When Love Comes
1922
as Coleridge Twin
MOVIE★ 6.2
Shadows
1922
as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Old Nest
1921
as Jim at 10
MOVIE★ 9.0
Edgar, the Detective
1921
as Freddie Littlefield
MOVIE★ 10.0
Edgar's Feast Day
1921
MOVIE★ 7.0
Edgar's Country Cousin
1921
as Freddie Littlefield
MOVIE★ 10.0
Edgar's Little Saw
1920
as Freddie Littlefield
MOVIE★ 9.0
Edgar Camps Out
1920
as Freddie Littlefield
MOVIE★ 9.0
Edgar Takes the Cake
1920
as Freddy Littlefield
MOVIE★ 8.0
Edgar's Jonah Day
1920
as Freddy Littlefield
MOVIE★ 10.0
Edgar's Hamlet
1920
as Freddy Littlefield
MOVIE★ 9.0
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
1920
as Freddy Littlefield
MOVIE★ 8.0
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
1920
as Freddy Littlefield
MOVIE★ 10.0
Jinx
1919
as Orphan
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Hoodlum
1919
as Dish Lowry
MOVIE
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1918
as Kasim Baba
MOVIE
Fan Fan
1918
as Head Collector
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Babes in the Woods
1917
MOVIE★ 6.0
Treasure Island
1917
as Captain Smolett
MOVIE★ 4.8
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917
as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
MOVIE★ 5.0
Jack and the Beanstalk
1917