Buddy Messinger
Acting
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
1950
Crime by Night
1944
The Affairs of Martha
1942
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
Citizen Kane
1941
Keeping Company
1940
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
Hullabaloo
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
Turnabout
1940
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
Fast and Furious
1939
Sergeant Madden
1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
Fast and Loose
1939
Four Girls in White
1939
Idiot's Delight
1939
The Shining Hour
1938
Too Hot to Handle
1938
Hold That Kiss
1938
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
College Holiday
1936
Libeled Lady
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
Three of a Kind
1936
Modern Times
1936
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
Stage Mother
1933
Keyhole Katie
1933
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
Hot Stuff
1929
A Lady of Chance
1928
Monkeys Prefer Blondes
1926
Young Ideas
1924
The Whispered Name
1924
Penrod and Sam
1923
Trifling with Honor
1923
Abysmal Brute
1923
A Front Page Story
1922
The Flirt
1922
When Love Comes
1922
Shadows
1922
The Old Nest
1921
Edgar, the Detective
1921
Edgar's Country Cousin
1921
Edgar's Little Saw
1920
Edgar Camps Out
1920
Edgar Takes the Cake
1920
Edgar's Jonah Day
1920
Edgar's Hamlet
1920
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
1920
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
1920
Jinx
1919
The Hoodlum
1919
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1918
Fan Fan
1918
The Babes in the Woods
1917
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917
Jack and the Beanstalk
1917