
Buddy Messinger
Acting • Born 1907-10-26 – Died 1965-10-25
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.
Filmography
70 credits
Jinx
Movie • 1919
Orphan

Shadows
Movie • 1922
'Mr. Bad Boy'

Monkeys Prefer Blondes
Movie • 1926

When Love Comes
Movie • 1922
Coleridge Twin

A Lady of Chance
Movie • 1928
Hank

Three of a Kind
Movie • 1936
Bellhop

Cheer Up and Smile
Movie • 1930
Donald

The Old Nest
Movie • 1921
Jim at 10

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Movie • 1917
Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit

Keyhole Katie
Movie • 1933

An All American Toothache
Movie • 1936
(uncredited)

Hold That Kiss
Movie • 1938
Theatre Usher

College Holiday
Movie • 1936
Dancer

The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Movie • 1939
Rance

The Devil Is a Sissy
Movie • 1936
Elevator Operator

Four Girls in White
Movie • 1939
Messenger

Abysmal Brute
Movie • 1923
Buddy Sangster

Stage Mother
Movie • 1933
Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)

Idiot's Delight
Movie • 1939
Usher

Fast and Loose
Movie • 1939
Clerk (uncredited)

Sergeant Madden
Movie • 1939
Hospital Clerk

Fast and Furious
Movie • 1939
First Elevator Boy (uncredited)

The Housekeeper's Daughter
Movie • 1939
Reporter

A Sorority Mixup
Movie • 1927

What an Eye
Movie • 1924
Buddy - the Office Boy

Wings Over Honolulu
Movie • 1937
Boy

Modern Times
Movie • 1936
Cigar Counterman (uncredited)

Libeled Lady
Movie • 1936
Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Hold Back the Dawn
Movie • 1941
Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Crime by Night
Movie • 1944
Bellboy (uncredited)

Dumb-Belles
Movie • 1927

Turnabout
Movie • 1940
Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Hullabaloo
Movie • 1940
Third Page

Keeping Company
Movie • 1940
Basketball Ticket Boy

Love Thy Neighbor
Movie • 1940
Elevator Boy

Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
Movie • 1920
Freddy Littlefield

Citizen Kane
Movie • 1941
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)

A Howling Success
Movie • 1923

Edgar's Hamlet
Movie • 1920
Freddy Littlefield

Edgar Takes the Cake
Movie • 1920
Freddy Littlefield

Edgar's Sunday Courtship
Movie • 1920
Freddy Littlefield

Edgar's Jonah Day
Movie • 1920
Freddy Littlefield

Edgar's Feast Day
Movie • 1921

The Hoodlum
Movie • 1919
Dish Lowry

Hot Stuff
Movie • 1929
Tuffy

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Movie • 1940
Elevator Boy (uncredited)

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Movie • 1941
Reporter

The Affairs of Martha
Movie • 1942
Butcher Boy (uncredited)

Brooklyn Orchid
Movie • 1942
Bellhop with Flowers

Midnight Madonna
Movie • 1937
Messenger

The Whispered Name
Movie • 1924
The Office Boy

Penrod and Sam
Movie • 1923
Rodney Bitts

Young Ideas
Movie • 1924
Bob Lowden

The Shining Hour
Movie • 1938
Elevator Operator (uncredited)

The Flirt
Movie • 1922
Hedrick Madison

Treasure Island
Movie • 1917
Captain Smolett

Edgar's Little Saw
Movie • 1920
Freddie Littlefield

Edgar Camps Out
Movie • 1920
Freddie Littlefield

Edgar, the Detective
Movie • 1921
Freddie Littlefield

Edgar's Country Cousin
Movie • 1921
Freddie Littlefield

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Movie • 1918
Kasim Baba

Devil's Doorway
Movie • 1950
Barfly (uncredited)

The Babes in the Woods
Movie • 1917

Fan Fan
Movie • 1918
Head Collector

Jack and the Beanstalk
Movie • 1917

Wild Boys of the Road
Movie • 1933
Boy (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle
Movie • 1938
Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

Trifling with Honor
Movie • 1923
Jimmy Hunt

A Front Page Story
Movie • 1922
Tommy

The Racing Kid
Movie • 1924