Buddy Messinger

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-10-26 (58 years old)

Deathday

1965-10-25

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Acting

1919

Jinx

as Orphan

1922

Shadows

as 'Mr. Bad Boy'

1922

When Love Comes

as Coleridge Twin

1928

1936

Three of a Kind

as Bellhop

1930

1921

The Old Nest

as Jim at 10

1917

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit

1936

1938

Hold That Kiss

as Theatre Usher

1936

1936

The Devil Is a Sissy

as Elevator Operator

1939

1923

Abysmal Brute

as Buddy Sangster

1933

Stage Mother

as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)

1939

1939

Fast and Loose

as Clerk (uncredited)

1939

Sergeant Madden

as Hospital Clerk

1939

Fast and Furious

as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)

1924

What an Eye

as Buddy - the Office Boy

1936

Modern Times

as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)

1936

Libeled Lady

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1941

Hold Back the Dawn

as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1944

Crime by Night

as Bellboy (uncredited)

1940

Turnabout

as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

1940

Hullabaloo

as Third Page

1940

Keeping Company

as Basketball Ticket Boy

1940

Love Thy Neighbor

as Elevator Boy

1920

Edgar and the Teacher's Pet

as Freddy Littlefield

1941

Citizen Kane

as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)

1920

Edgar's Hamlet

as Freddy Littlefield

1920

Edgar Takes the Cake

as Freddy Littlefield

1920

Edgar's Sunday Courtship

as Freddy Littlefield

1920

Edgar's Jonah Day

as Freddy Littlefield

1919

The Hoodlum

as Dish Lowry

1929

Hot Stuff

as Tuffy

1940

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

1942

The Affairs of Martha

as Butcher Boy (uncredited)

1942

Brooklyn Orchid

as Bellhop with Flowers

1937

Midnight Madonna

as Messenger

1924

The Whispered Name

as The Office Boy

1923

Penrod and Sam

as Rodney Bitts

1924

Young Ideas

as Bob Lowden

1938

The Shining Hour

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1922

The Flirt

as Hedrick Madison

1917

Treasure Island

as Captain Smolett

1920

Edgar's Little Saw

as Freddie Littlefield

1920

Edgar Camps Out

as Freddie Littlefield

1921

Edgar, the Detective

as Freddie Littlefield

1921

Edgar's Country Cousin

as Freddie Littlefield

1950

Devil's Doorway

as Barfly (uncredited)

1918

Fan Fan

as Head Collector

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