Acting · San Francisco, California, USA · Born October 26, 1907
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.
MovieDevil's Doorway
1950
as Barfly (uncredited)
MovieCrime by Night
1944
as Bellboy (uncredited)
MovieThe Affairs of Martha
1942
as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
MovieBrooklyn Orchid
1942
as Bellhop with Flowers
MovieThe Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
as Reporter
MovieHold Back the Dawn
1941
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
MovieCitizen Kane
1941
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
MovieKeeping Company
1940
as Basketball Ticket Boy
MovieLove Thy Neighbor
1940
as Elevator Boy
MovieHullabaloo
1940
as Third Page
MovieAndy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
MovieTurnabout
1940
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
MovieThe Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
as Reporter
MovieFast and Furious
1939
as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
MovieSergeant Madden
1939
as Hospital Clerk
MovieThe Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
as Rance
MovieFast and Loose
1939
as Clerk (uncredited)
MovieFour Girls in White
1939
as Messenger
MovieIdiot's Delight
1939
as Usher
MovieThe Shining Hour
1938
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
MovieToo Hot to Handle
1938
as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
MovieHold That Kiss
1938
as Theatre Usher
MovieMidnight Madonna
1937
as Messenger
MovieWings Over Honolulu
1937
as Boy
MovieCollege Holiday
1936
as Dancer
MovieLibeled Lady
1936
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
MovieThe Devil Is a Sissy
1936
as Elevator Operator
MovieThree of a Kind
1936
as Bellhop
MovieModern Times
1936
as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
1936
as (uncredited)
MovieWild Boys of the Road
1933
as Boy (uncredited)
MovieStage Mother
1933
as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
MovieKeyhole Katie
1933
MovieCheer Up and Smile
1930
as Donald
MovieHot Stuff
1929
as Tuffy
MovieA Lady of Chance
1928
as Hank
Undressed
1928
as Bobby Arnold
Dumb-Belles
1927
A Sorority Mixup
1927
MovieMonkeys Prefer Blondes
1926
What an Eye
1924
as Buddy - the Office Boy
MovieYoung Ideas
1924
as Bob Lowden
The Racing Kid
1924
MovieThe Whispered Name
1924
as The Office Boy
MoviePenrod and Sam
1923
as Rodney Bitts
MovieTrifling with Honor
1923
as Jimmy Hunt
MovieAbysmal Brute
1923
as Buddy Sangster
A Howling Success
1923
MovieA Front Page Story
1922
as Tommy
MovieThe Flirt
1922
as Hedrick Madison
MovieWhen Love Comes
1922
as Coleridge Twin
MovieShadows
1922
as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
MovieThe Old Nest
1921
as Jim at 10
MovieEdgar, the Detective
1921
as Freddie Littlefield
Edgar's Feast Day
1921
MovieEdgar's Country Cousin
1921
as Freddie Littlefield
MovieEdgar's Little Saw
1920
as Freddie Littlefield
MovieEdgar Camps Out
1920
as Freddie Littlefield
MovieEdgar Takes the Cake
1920
as Freddy Littlefield
MovieEdgar's Jonah Day
1920
as Freddy Littlefield
MovieEdgar's Hamlet
1920
as Freddy Littlefield
MovieEdgar's Sunday Courtship
1920
as Freddy Littlefield
MovieEdgar and the Teacher's Pet
1920
as Freddy Littlefield
MovieJinx
1919
as Orphan
MovieThe Hoodlum
1919
as Dish Lowry
MovieAli Baba and the Forty Thieves
1918
as Kasim Baba
MovieFan Fan
1918
as Head Collector
MovieThe Babes in the Woods
1917
Treasure Island
1917
as Captain Smolett
MovieAladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917
as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
MovieJack and the Beanstalk
1917
