Acting

Buddy Messinger

Born 1907-10-26 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died 1965-10-25

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.

Credits

Newest first

Devil's Doorway
as Barfly (uncredited)
1950
Crime by Night
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1944
The Affairs of Martha
as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
1942
Brooklyn Orchid
as Bellhop with Flowers
1942
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Reporter
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1941
Citizen Kane
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
1941
Keeping Company
as Basketball Ticket Boy
1940
Love Thy Neighbor
as Elevator Boy
1940
Hullabaloo
as Third Page
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1940
Turnabout
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1940
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Reporter
1939
Fast and Furious
as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1939
Sergeant Madden
as Hospital Clerk
1939
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Rance
1939
Fast and Loose
as Clerk (uncredited)
1939
Four Girls in White
as Messenger
1939
Idiot's Delight
as Usher
1939
The Shining Hour
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1938
Too Hot to Handle
as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
1938
Hold That Kiss
as Theatre Usher
1938
Midnight Madonna
as Messenger
1937
Wings Over Honolulu
as Boy
1937
College Holiday
as Dancer
1936
Libeled Lady
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Elevator Operator
1936
Three of a Kind
as Bellhop
1936
Modern Times
as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
1936
An All American Toothache
as (uncredited)
1936
Wild Boys of the Road
as Boy (uncredited)
1933
Stage Mother
as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
1933
Keyhole Katie
1933
Cheer Up and Smile
as Donald
1930
Hot Stuff
as Tuffy
1929
A Lady of Chance
as Hank
1928
Undressed
as Bobby Arnold
1928
Two Arabian Sights
1927
Dumb-Belles
1927
A Sorority Mixup
1927
Monkeys Prefer Blondes
1926
What an Eye
as Buddy - the Office Boy
1924
Young Ideas
as Bob Lowden
1924
The Racing Kid
as Buddy
1924
The Whispered Name
as The Office Boy
1924
Penrod and Sam
as Rodney Bitts
1923
Trifling with Honor
as Jimmy Hunt
1923
Abysmal Brute
as Buddy Sangster
1923
A Howling Success
1923
A Front Page Story
as Tommy
1922
The Flirt
as Hedrick Madison
1922
When Love Comes
as Coleridge Twin
1922
Shadows
as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
1922
The Old Nest
as Jim at 10
1921
Edgar, the Detective
as Freddie Littlefield
1921
Edgar's Feast Day
1921
Edgar's Country Cousin
as Freddie Littlefield
1921
Edgar's Little Saw
as Freddie Littlefield
1920
Edgar Camps Out
as Freddie Littlefield
1920
Edgar Takes the Cake
as Freddy Littlefield
1920
Edgar's Jonah Day
as Freddy Littlefield
1920
Edgar's Hamlet
as Freddy Littlefield
1920
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
as Freddy Littlefield
1920
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
as Freddy Littlefield
1920
Jinx
as Orphan
1919
The Hoodlum
as Dish Lowry
1919
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Kasim Baba
1918
Fan Fan
as Head Collector
1918
The Babes in the Woods
1917
Treasure Island
as Captain Smolett
1917
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
1917
Jack and the Beanstalk
1917