Buddy Messinger

Oct 26, 1907 - Oct 25, 1965 (57 years old) in San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Known For

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The Affairs of Martha

Butcher Boy (uncredited)

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Wings Over Honolulu

Boy

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Edgar and the Teacher's Pet

Freddy Littlefield

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Wild Boys of the Road

Boy (uncredited)

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Citizen Kane

Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)

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Love Thy Neighbor

Elevator Boy

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Penrod and Sam

Rodney Bitts

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Hold Back the Dawn

Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)

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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

Reporter

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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Credits

Devil's Doorway 1950

Barfly (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Crime by Night 1944

Bellboy (uncredited)

★ 6
The Affairs of Martha 1942

Butcher Boy (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Brooklyn Orchid 1942

Bellhop with Flowers

★ 6
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby 1941

Reporter

★ 4.1
Hold Back the Dawn 1941

Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Citizen Kane 1941

Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)

★ 8
Keeping Company 1940

Basketball Ticket Boy

★ 6.4
Love Thy Neighbor 1940

Elevator Boy

★ 6.5
Hullabaloo 1940

Third Page

★ 4
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante 1940

Elevator Boy (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Turnabout 1940

Elevator Boy (uncredited)

★ 5.8
The Housekeeper's Daughter 1939

Reporter

★ 3.5
Fast and Furious 1939

First Elevator Boy (uncredited)

★ 4.7
Sergeant Madden 1939

Hospital Clerk

★ 6
The Lone Ranger Rides Again 1939

Rance

★ 6
Fast and Loose 1939

Clerk (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Four Girls in White 1939

Messenger

★ 6.3
Idiot's Delight 1939

Usher

★ 6.1
The Shining Hour 1938

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Too Hot to Handle 1938

Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Hold That Kiss 1938

Theatre Usher

★ 6.5
Midnight Madonna 1937

Messenger

★ NR
Wings Over Honolulu 1937

Boy

★ 5.5
College Holiday 1936

Dancer

★ 5.2
Libeled Lady 1936

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

★ 7.3
The Devil Is a Sissy 1936

Elevator Operator

★ 6.9
Three of a Kind 1936

Bellhop

★ 5.2
Modern Times 1936

Cigar Counterman (uncredited)

★ 8.3
An All American Toothache 1936

(uncredited)

★ NR
Wild Boys of the Road 1933

Boy (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Stage Mother 1933

Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)

★ 5
Keyhole Katie 1933

★ NR
Cheer Up and Smile 1930

Donald

★ NR
Hot Stuff 1929

Tuffy

★ NR
A Lady of Chance 1928

Hank

★ 6.3
Dumb-Belles 1927

★ 6
A Sorority Mixup 1927

★ NR
Monkeys Prefer Blondes 1926

★ NR
What an Eye 1924

Buddy - the Office Boy

★ NR
Young Ideas 1924

Bob Lowden

★ NR
The Whispered Name 1924

The Office Boy

★ NR
Penrod and Sam 1923

Rodney Bitts

★ 6.3
Abysmal Brute 1923

Buddy Sangster

★ NR
A Howling Success 1923

★ NR
The Flirt 1922

Hedrick Madison

★ NR
When Love Comes 1922

Coleridge Twin

★ NR
Shadows 1922

'Mr. Bad Boy'

★ 6.2
The Old Nest 1921

Jim at 10

★ NR
Edgar, the Detective 1921

Freddie Littlefield

★ NR
Edgar's Feast Day 1921

★ NR
Edgar's Country Cousin 1921

Freddie Littlefield

★ NR
Edgar's Little Saw 1920

Freddie Littlefield

★ NR
Edgar Camps Out 1920

Freddie Littlefield

★ NR
Edgar Takes the Cake 1920

Freddy Littlefield

★ NR
Edgar's Jonah Day 1920

Freddy Littlefield

★ NR
Edgar's Hamlet 1920

Freddy Littlefield

★ NR
Edgar's Sunday Courtship 1920

Freddy Littlefield

★ NR
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet 1920

Freddy Littlefield

★ NR
Jinx 1919

Orphan

★ NR
The Hoodlum 1919

Dish Lowry

★ 5.8
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 1918

Kasim Baba

★ NR
Fan Fan 1918

Head Collector

★ NR
The Babes in the Woods 1917

★ 6
Treasure Island 1917

Captain Smolett

★ 6
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 1917

Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit

★ 4.8
Jack and the Beanstalk 1917

★ 5