Buddy Messinger
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 26, 1907 (118 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Known For
| 1950 | Devil's DoorwayBarfly (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Crime by NightBellboy (uncredited) | |
| 1942 | The Affairs of MarthaButcher Boy (uncredited) | |
| 1942 | Brooklyn OrchidBellhop with Flowers | |
| 1941 | Hold Back the DawnHospital Elevator Operator (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | Citizen KaneMan at Boat Dock (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | The Mexican Spitfire's BabyReporter | |
| 1940 | TurnaboutElevator Boy (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | HullabalooThird Page | |
| 1940 | Keeping CompanyBasketball Ticket Boy | |
| 1940 | Love Thy NeighborElevator Boy | |
| 1940 | Andy Hardy Meets DebutanteElevator Boy (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | The Lone Ranger Rides AgainRance | |
| 1939 | Four Girls in WhiteMessenger | |
| 1939 | Idiot's DelightUsher | |
| 1939 | Fast and LooseClerk (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Sergeant MaddenHospital Clerk | |
| 1939 | Fast and FuriousFirst Elevator Boy (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | The Housekeeper's DaughterReporter | |
| 1938 | Hold That KissTheatre Usher | |
| 1938 | The Shining HourElevator Operator (uncredited) | |
| 1938 | Too Hot to HandleCycle Messenger (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Wings Over HonoluluBoy | |
| 1937 | Midnight MadonnaMessenger | |
| 1936 | Three of a KindBellhop | |
| 1936 | An All American Toothache(uncredited) | |
| 1936 | College HolidayDancer | |
| 1936 | The Devil Is a SissyElevator Operator | |
| 1936 | Modern TimesCigar Counterman (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Libeled LadyElevator Operator (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Keyhole Katie | |
| 1933 | Stage MotherFellow in Third Row (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Wild Boys of the RoadBoy (uncredited) | |
| 1930 | Cheer Up and SmileDonald | |
| 1929 | Hot StuffTuffy | |
| 1928 | A Lady of ChanceHank | |
| 1928 | UndressedBobby Arnold | |
| 1927 | A Sorority Mixup | |
| 1927 | Dumb-Belles | |
| 1926 | Monkeys Prefer Blondes | |
| 1924 | What an EyeBuddy - the Office Boy | |
| 1924 | The Whispered NameThe Office Boy | |
| 1924 | Young IdeasBob Lowden | |
| 1924 | The Racing Kid | |
| 1923 | Abysmal BruteBuddy Sangster | |
| 1923 | A Howling Success | |
| 1923 | Penrod and SamRodney Bitts | |
| 1923 | Trifling with HonorJimmy Hunt | |
| 1922 | Shadows'Mr. Bad Boy' | |
| 1922 | When Love ComesColeridge Twin | |
| 1922 | The FlirtHedrick Madison | |
| 1922 | A Front Page StoryTommy | |
| 1921 | The Old NestJim at 10 | |
| 1921 | Edgar's Feast Day | |
| 1921 | Edgar, the DetectiveFreddie Littlefield | |
| 1921 | Edgar's Country CousinFreddie Littlefield | |
| 1920 | Edgar and the Teacher's PetFreddy Littlefield | |
| 1920 | Edgar's HamletFreddy Littlefield | |
| 1920 | Edgar Takes the CakeFreddy Littlefield | |
| 1920 | Edgar's Sunday CourtshipFreddy Littlefield | |
| 1920 | Edgar's Jonah DayFreddy Littlefield | |
| 1920 | Edgar's Little SawFreddie Littlefield | |
| 1920 | Edgar Camps OutFreddie Littlefield | |
| 1919 | JinxOrphan | |
| 1919 | The HoodlumDish Lowry | |
| 1918 | Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesKasim Baba | |
| 1918 | Fan FanHead Collector | |
| 1917 | Aladdin and the Wonderful LampOmar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit | |
| 1917 | Treasure IslandCaptain Smolett | |
| 1917 | The Babes in the Woods | |
| 1917 | Jack and the Beanstalk |