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