Buddy Messinger

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.

Born

Oct 26, 1907

San Francisco, California, USA

Died

Oct 25, 1965

Known For

Acting

Movies

71 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.1

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Known For

Modern Times

1936

as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)

Citizen Kane

1941

as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)

Libeled Lady

1936

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Modern Times

1936 • as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)

★ 8.3

Citizen Kane

1941 • as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)

★ 8.0

Libeled Lady

1936 • as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

★ 7.3

Wild Boys of the Road

1933 • as Boy (uncredited)

★ 6.8

Devil's Doorway

1950 • as Barfly (uncredited)

★ 6.9

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

1940 • as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

★ 5.5

Idiot's Delight

1939 • as Usher

★ 5.9

Hold Back the Dawn

1941 • as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)

★ 6.7

Stage Mother

1933 • as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)

★ 5.0

Sergeant Madden

1939 • as Hospital Clerk

★ 6.0

Love Thy Neighbor

1940 • as Elevator Boy

★ 6.5

The Shining Hour

1938 • as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Hold That Kiss

1938 • as Theatre Usher

★ 6.5

Four Girls in White

1939 • as Messenger

★ 6.3

Turnabout

1940 • as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

★ 5.8

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1939 • as Rance

★ 6.0

Keeping Company

1940 • as Basketball Ticket Boy

★ 6.4

Too Hot to Handle

1938 • as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

★ 5.8

The Housekeeper's Daughter

1939 • as Reporter

★ 3.5

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

1941 • as Reporter

★ 4.1

Penrod and Sam

1923 • as Rodney Bitts

★ 6.2

Fast and Furious

1939 • as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)

★ 4.7

College Holiday

1936 • as Dancer

★ 5.2

The Affairs of Martha

1942 • as Butcher Boy (uncredited)

★ 6.2

The Devil Is a Sissy

1936 • as Elevator Operator

★ 6.9

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Midnight Madonna

1937 • as Messenger

Three of a Kind

1936 • as Bellhop

★ 5.2

Shadows

1922 • as 'Mr. Bad Boy'

★ 6.2

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Treasure Island

1917 • as Captain Smolett

★ 6.0

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

1917 • as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit

★ 4.8

The Hoodlum

1919 • as Dish Lowry

★ 5.8

The Flirt

1922 • as Hedrick Madison

Crime by Night

1944 • as Bellboy (uncredited)

★ 6.0

Hullabaloo

1940 • as Third Page

★ 4.0

Edgar and the Teacher's Pet

1920 • as Freddy Littlefield

Wings Over Honolulu

1937 • as Boy

★ 5.5

Abysmal Brute

1923 • as Buddy Sangster

Brooklyn Orchid

1942 • as Bellhop with Flowers

★ 6.0

Cheer Up and Smile

1930 • as Donald

Edgar's Little Saw

1920 • as Freddie Littlefield

Edgar, the Detective

1921 • as Freddie Littlefield

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An All American Toothache

1936 • as (uncredited)

The Old Nest

1921 • as Jim at 10

Edgar's Sunday Courtship

1920 • as Freddy Littlefield

Fast and Loose

1939 • as Clerk (uncredited)

★ 5.6

A Lady of Chance

1928 • as Hank

★ 6.3

The Babes in the Woods

1917

★ 6.0

The Whispered Name

1924 • as The Office Boy

Young Ideas

1924 • as Bob Lowden

Jack and the Beanstalk

1917

★ 5.0

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

1918 • as Kasim Baba

Fan Fan

1918 • as Head Collector

Jinx

1919 • as Orphan

Edgar's Jonah Day

1920 • as Freddy Littlefield

Hot Stuff

1929 • as Tuffy

When Love Comes

1922 • as Coleridge Twin

Edgar Camps Out

1920 • as Freddie Littlefield

Edgar's Country Cousin

1921 • as Freddie Littlefield

Edgar's Hamlet

1920 • as Freddy Littlefield

Edgar Takes the Cake

1920 • as Freddy Littlefield

A Front Page Story

1922 • as Tommy

Keyhole Katie

1933

movie

Edgar's Feast Day

1921

movie

Dumb-Belles

1927

★ 6.0

movie

Undressed

1928 • as Bobby Arnold

movie

What an Eye

1924 • as Buddy - the Office Boy

Trifling with Honor

1923 • as Jimmy Hunt

movie

A Howling Success

1923

Monkeys Prefer Blondes

1926

movie

The Racing Kid

1924

movie

A Sorority Mixup

1927