Person
Buddy Messinger
Acting · 1907–1965 · 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
Citizen Kane
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Modern Times
Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
Usher
Three of a Kind
Bellhop
Wild Boys of the Road
Boy (uncredited)
College Holiday
Dancer
Shadows
'Mr. Bad Boy'
The Shining Hour
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Fan Fan
Head Collector
Filmography
- 1950Devil's DoorwayBarfly (uncredited)
- 1944Crime by NightBellboy (uncredited)
- 1942The Affairs of MarthaButcher Boy (uncredited)
- 1942Brooklyn OrchidBellhop with Flowers
- 1941The Mexican Spitfire's BabyReporter
- 1941Hold Back the DawnHospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1941Citizen KaneMan at Boat Dock (uncredited)
- 1940Keeping CompanyBasketball Ticket Boy
- 1940Love Thy NeighborElevator Boy
- 1940HullabalooThird Page
- 1940Andy Hardy Meets DebutanteElevator Boy (uncredited)
- 1940TurnaboutElevator Boy (uncredited)
- 1939The Housekeeper's DaughterReporter
- 1939Fast and FuriousFirst Elevator Boy (uncredited)
- 1939Sergeant MaddenHospital Clerk
- 1939The Lone Ranger Rides AgainRance
- 1939Fast and LooseClerk (uncredited)
- 1939Four Girls in WhiteMessenger
- 1939Idiot's DelightUsher
- 1938The Shining HourElevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1938Too Hot to HandleCycle Messenger (uncredited)
- 1938Hold That KissTheatre Usher
- 1937Midnight MadonnaMessenger
- 1937Wings Over HonoluluBoy
- 1936College HolidayDancer
- 1936Libeled LadyElevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1936The Devil Is a SissyElevator Operator
- 1936Three of a KindBellhop
- 1936Modern TimesCigar Counterman (uncredited)
- 1936An All American Toothache(uncredited)
- 1933Wild Boys of the RoadBoy (uncredited)
- 1933Stage MotherFellow in Third Row (uncredited)
- 1933Keyhole Katie
- 1930Cheer Up and SmileDonald
- 1929Hot StuffTuffy
- 1928A Lady of ChanceHank
- 1928UndressedBobby Arnold
- 1927Dumb-Belles
- 1927A Sorority Mixup
- 1926Monkeys Prefer Blondes
- 1924What an EyeBuddy - the Office Boy
- 1924Young IdeasBob Lowden
- 1924The Racing Kid
- 1924The Whispered NameThe Office Boy
- 1923Penrod and SamRodney Bitts
- 1923Trifling with HonorJimmy Hunt
- 1923Abysmal BruteBuddy Sangster
- 1923A Howling Success
- 1922A Front Page StoryTommy
- 1922The FlirtHedrick Madison
- 1922When Love ComesColeridge Twin
- 1922Shadows'Mr. Bad Boy'
- 1921The Old NestJim at 10
- 1921Edgar, the DetectiveFreddie Littlefield
- 1921Edgar's Feast Day
- 1921Edgar's Country CousinFreddie Littlefield
- 1920Edgar's Little SawFreddie Littlefield
- 1920Edgar Camps OutFreddie Littlefield
- 1920Edgar Takes the CakeFreddy Littlefield
- 1920Edgar's Jonah DayFreddy Littlefield
- 1920Edgar's HamletFreddy Littlefield
- 1920Edgar's Sunday CourtshipFreddy Littlefield
- 1920Edgar and the Teacher's PetFreddy Littlefield
- 1919JinxOrphan
- 1919The HoodlumDish Lowry
- 1918Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesKasim Baba
- 1918Fan FanHead Collector
- 1917The Babes in the Woods
- 1917Treasure IslandCaptain Smolett
- 1917Aladdin and the Wonderful LampOmar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
- 1917Jack and the Beanstalk
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