Buddy Messinger
Acting
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.
Best Performances
Highest rated appearances
Filmography
Crime by Night
as Bellboy (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
as Bellhop with Flowers
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Reporter
Hold Back the Dawn
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Keeping Company
as Basketball Ticket Boy
Love Thy Neighbor
as Elevator Boy
Hullabaloo
as Third Page
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Turnabout
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Reporter
Fast and Furious
as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
as Hospital Clerk
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Rance
Fast and Loose
as Clerk (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
as Messenger
Idiot's Delight
as Usher
The Shining Hour
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
as Theatre Usher
Midnight Madonna
as Messenger
Wings Over Honolulu
as Boy
College Holiday
as Dancer
Libeled Lady
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Elevator Operator
Three of a Kind
as Bellhop
Modern Times
as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
as (uncredited)
Wild Boys of the Road
as Boy (uncredited)
Stage Mother
as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
Keyhole Katie
Cheer Up and Smile
as Donald
Hot Stuff
as Tuffy
A Lady of Chance
as Hank
Undressed
as Bobby Arnold
Dumb-Belles
A Sorority Mixup
Monkeys Prefer Blondes
What an Eye
as Buddy - the Office Boy
Young Ideas
as Bob Lowden
The Racing Kid
as Buddy
The Whispered Name
as The Office Boy
Penrod and Sam
as Rodney Bitts
Trifling with Honor
as Jimmy Hunt
Abysmal Brute
as Buddy Sangster
A Howling Success
A Front Page Story
as Tommy
The Flirt
as Hedrick Madison
When Love Comes
as Coleridge Twin
Shadows
as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
The Old Nest
as Jim at 10
Edgar, the Detective
as Freddie Littlefield
Edgar's Feast Day
Edgar's Country Cousin
as Freddie Littlefield
Edgar's Little Saw
as Freddie Littlefield
Edgar Camps Out
as Freddie Littlefield
Edgar Takes the Cake
as Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Jonah Day
as Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Hamlet
as Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
as Freddy Littlefield
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
as Freddy Littlefield
