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