Birthday:
Oct 26, 1907
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Buddy Messinger
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Jinx | Orphan | 1919 |
| Shadows | 'Mr. Bad Boy' | 1922 |
| Monkeys Prefer Blondes | 1926 | |
| When Love Comes | Coleridge Twin | 1922 |
| A Lady of Chance | Hank | 1928 |
| Three of a Kind | Bellhop | 1936 |
| Cheer Up and Smile | Donald | 1930 |
| The Old Nest | Jim at 10 | 1921 |
| Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit | 1917 |
| Keyhole Katie | 1933 | |
| An All American Toothache | (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Hold That Kiss | Theatre Usher | 1938 |
| College Holiday | Dancer | 1936 |
| The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Rance | 1939 |
| The Devil Is a Sissy | Elevator Operator | 1936 |
| Four Girls in White | Messenger | 1939 |
| Abysmal Brute | Buddy Sangster | 1923 |
| Stage Mother | Fellow in Third Row | 1933 |
| Idiot's Delight | Usher | 1939 |
| Fast and Loose | Clerk | 1939 |
| Sergeant Madden | Hospital Clerk | 1939 |
| Fast and Furious | First Elevator Boy (uncredited) | 1939 |
| The Housekeeper's Daughter | Reporter | 1939 |
| A Sorority Mixup | 1927 | |
| What an Eye | Buddy - the Office Boy | 1924 |
| Wings Over Honolulu | Boy | 1937 |
| Modern Times | Cigar Counterman (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Libeled Lady | Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 1936 |
| Hold Back the Dawn | Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 1941 |
| Crime by Night | Bellboy (uncredited) | 1944 |
| Dumb-Belles | 1927 | |
| Turnabout | Elevator Boy (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Hullabaloo | Third Page | 1940 |
| Keeping Company | Basketball Ticket Boy | 1940 |
| Love Thy Neighbor | Elevator Boy | 1940 |
| Edgar and the Teacher's Pet | Freddy Littlefield | 1920 |
| Citizen Kane | Man at Boat Dock (uncredited) | 1941 |
| A Howling Success | 1923 | |
| Edgar's Hamlet | Freddy Littlefield | 1920 |
| Edgar Takes the Cake | Freddy Littlefield | 1920 |
| Edgar's Sunday Courtship | Freddy Littlefield | 1970 |
| Edgar's Jonah Day | Freddy Littlefield | 1920 |
| Edgar's Feast Day | 1921 | |
| The Hoodlum | Dish Lowry | 1919 |
| Hot Stuff | Tuffy | 1929 |
| Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | Elevator Boy (uncredited) | 1940 |
| The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | Reporter | 1941 |
| The Affairs of Martha | Butcher Boy (uncredited) | 1942 |
| Brooklyn Orchid | Bellhop with Flowers | 1942 |
| Midnight Madonna | Messenger | 1937 |
| The Whispered Name | The Office Boy | 1924 |
| Penrod and Sam | Rodney Bitts | 1923 |
| Young Ideas | Bob Lowden | 1924 |
| The Shining Hour | Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 1938 |
| The Flirt | Hedrick Madison | 1922 |
| Treasure Island | Captain Smolett | 1917 |
| Edgar's Little Saw | Freddie Littlefield | 1920 |
| Edgar Camps Out | Freddie Littlefield | 1920 |
| Edgar, the Detective | Freddie Littlefield | 1921 |
| Edgar's Country Cousin | Freddie Littlefield | 1921 |
| Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Kasim Baba | 1918 | Series | Cast | Year |
