Buddy Messinger

Buddy Messinger

Acting
🎂 1907-10-26 (57 years old at death)
✝️ 1965-10-25
📍 San Francisco, California, USA
👤 Male
🎬 61 Movies
🔗 IMDb
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 (61 movies)

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