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.

Known For

Modern Times

Citizen Kane

Libeled Lady

Hold Back the Dawn

Devil's Doorway

Fast and Furious

Wild Boys of the Road

The Affairs of Martha

All Movies (71)

• Devil's Doorway1950 · as Barfly (uncredited)
• Crime by Night1944 · as Bellboy (uncredited)
• The Affairs of Martha1942 · as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
• Brooklyn Orchid1942 · as Bellhop with Flowers
• The Mexican Spitfire's Baby1941 · as Reporter
• Hold Back the Dawn1941 · as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• Citizen Kane1941 · as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
• Keeping Company1940 · as Basketball Ticket Boy
• Love Thy Neighbor1940 · as Elevator Boy
• Hullabaloo1940 · as Third Page
• Andy Hardy Meets Debutante1940 · as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
• Turnabout1940 · as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
• The Housekeeper's Daughter1939 · as Reporter
• Fast and Furious1939 · as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
• Sergeant Madden1939 · as Hospital Clerk
• The Lone Ranger Rides Again1939 · as Rance
• Fast and Loose1939 · as Clerk (uncredited)
• Four Girls in White1939 · as Messenger
• Idiot's Delight1939 · as Usher
• The Shining Hour1938 · as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• Too Hot to Handle1938 · as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
• Hold That Kiss1938 · as Theatre Usher
• Midnight Madonna1937 · as Messenger
• Wings Over Honolulu1937 · as Boy
• College Holiday1936 · as Dancer
• Libeled Lady1936 · as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• The Devil Is a Sissy1936 · as Elevator Operator
• Three of a Kind1936 · as Bellhop
• Modern Times1936 · as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
• An All American Toothache1936 · as (uncredited)
• Wild Boys of the Road1933 · as Boy (uncredited)
• Stage Mother1933 · as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
• Keyhole Katie1933
• Cheer Up and Smile1930 · as Donald
• Hot Stuff1929 · as Tuffy
• A Lady of Chance1928 · as Hank
• Undressed1928 · as Bobby Arnold
• Dumb-Belles1927
• A Sorority Mixup1927
• Monkeys Prefer Blondes1926
• What an Eye1924 · as Buddy - the Office Boy
• Young Ideas1924 · as Bob Lowden
• The Racing Kid1924
• The Whispered Name1924 · as The Office Boy
• Penrod and Sam1923 · as Rodney Bitts
• Trifling with Honor1923 · as Jimmy Hunt
• Abysmal Brute1923 · as Buddy Sangster
• A Howling Success1923
• A Front Page Story1922 · as Tommy
• The Flirt1922 · as Hedrick Madison
• When Love Comes1922 · as Coleridge Twin
• Shadows1922 · as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
• The Old Nest1921 · as Jim at 10
• Edgar, the Detective1921 · as Freddie Littlefield
• Edgar's Feast Day1921
• Edgar's Country Cousin1921 · as Freddie Littlefield
• Edgar's Little Saw1920 · as Freddie Littlefield
• Edgar Camps Out1920 · as Freddie Littlefield
• Edgar Takes the Cake1920 · as Freddy Littlefield
• Edgar's Jonah Day1920 · as Freddy Littlefield
• Edgar's Hamlet1920 · as Freddy Littlefield
• Edgar's Sunday Courtship1920 · as Freddy Littlefield
• Edgar and the Teacher's Pet1920 · as Freddy Littlefield
• Jinx1919 · as Orphan
• The Hoodlum1919 · as Dish Lowry
• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves1918 · as Kasim Baba
• Fan Fan1918 · as Head Collector
• The Babes in the Woods1917
• Treasure Island1917 · as Captain Smolett
• Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp1917 · as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
• Jack and the Beanstalk1917