Buddy Messinger
Birthday
1907/10/26
Day of death
1965/10/25 (58 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also know as
Buddy Messinger, Bud Messinger, Buddie Messinger, Buddie Messenger , Melvin Joseph Messinger , Buddy Messenger , Melvin Joseph "Buddy" Messinger
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.
Acting
(1919) Jinx
as Orphan
(1922) Shadows
as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
(1926) Monkeys Prefer Blondes
as ---
(1922) When Love Comes
as Coleridge Twin
(1928) A Lady of Chance
as Hank
(1936) Three of a Kind
as Bellhop
(1930) Cheer Up and Smile
as Donald
(1921) The Old Nest
as Jim at 10
(1917) Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
(1933) Keyhole Katie
as ---
(1936) An All American Toothache
as (uncredited)
(1938) Hold That Kiss
as Theatre Usher
(1936) College Holiday
as Dancer
(1939) The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Rance
(1936) The Devil Is a Sissy
as Elevator Operator
(1939) Four Girls in White
as Messenger
(1923) Abysmal Brute
as Buddy Sangster
(1933) Stage Mother
as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
(1939) Idiot's Delight
as Usher
(1939) Fast and Loose
as Clerk (uncredited)
(1939) Sergeant Madden
as Hospital Clerk
(1939) Fast and Furious
as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1939) The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Reporter
(1927) A Sorority Mixup
as ---
(1924) What an Eye
as Buddy - the Office Boy
(1937) Wings Over Honolulu
as Boy
(1936) Modern Times
as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
(1936) Libeled Lady
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1941) Hold Back the Dawn
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1944) Crime by Night
as Bellboy (uncredited)
(1927) Dumb-Belles
as ---
(1940) Turnabout
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1940) Hullabaloo
as Third Page
(1940) Keeping Company
as Basketball Ticket Boy
(1940) Love Thy Neighbor
as Elevator Boy
(1920) Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
as Freddy Littlefield
(1941) Citizen Kane
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
(1923) A Howling Success
as ---
(1920) Edgar's Hamlet
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920) Edgar Takes the Cake
as Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
as Freddy Littlefield
(1920) Edgar's Jonah Day
as Freddy Littlefield
(1921) Edgar's Feast Day
as ---
(1919) The Hoodlum
as Dish Lowry
(1929) Hot Stuff
as Tuffy
(1940) Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
(1941) The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Reporter
(1942) The Affairs of Martha
as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
(1942) Brooklyn Orchid
as Bellhop with Flowers
(1937) Midnight Madonna
as Messenger
(1924) The Whispered Name
as The Office Boy
(1923) Penrod and Sam
as Rodney Bitts
(1924) Young Ideas
as Bob Lowden
(1938) The Shining Hour
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1922) The Flirt
as Hedrick Madison
(1917) Treasure Island
as Captain Smolett
(1920) Edgar's Little Saw
as Freddie Littlefield
(1920) Edgar Camps Out
as Freddie Littlefield
(1921) Edgar, the Detective
as Freddie Littlefield
(1921) Edgar's Country Cousin
as Freddie Littlefield
(1918) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Kasim Baba