Buddy Messinger

Personal Info

Birthday

October 26, 1907

Day of Death

1965-10-25

(57 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As

Buddy Messinger

Bud Messinger

Buddie Messinger

Buddie Messenger

Melvin Joseph Messinger

Buddy Messenger

Melvin Joseph "Buddy" Messinger

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

Citizen Kane

Modern Times

Libeled Lady

Idiot's Delight

Devil's Doorway

The Shining Hour

College Holiday

Hold Back the Dawn

Filmography

1950
Devil's Doorway
as Barfly (uncredited)
1944
Crime by Night
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1942
The Affairs of Martha
as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
as Bellhop with Flowers
1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Reporter
Hold Back the Dawn
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
1940
Love Thy Neighbor
as Elevator Boy
Keeping Company
as Basketball Ticket Boy
Hullabaloo
as Third Page
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Turnabout
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1939
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)
Idiot's Delight
as Usher
Four Girls in White
as Messenger
1938
The Shining Hour
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
as Theatre Usher
1937
Midnight Madonna
as Messenger
Wings Over Honolulu
as Boy
1936
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)
1933
Wild Boys of the Road
as Boy (uncredited)
Stage Mother
as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
1930
Cheer Up and Smile
as Donald
1929
Hot Stuff
as Tuffy
1928
A Lady of Chance
as Hank
1924
What an Eye
as Buddy - the Office Boy
Young Ideas
as Bob Lowden
The Whispered Name
as The Office Boy
1923
Penrod and Sam
as Rodney Bitts
Abysmal Brute
as Buddy Sangster
1922
The Flirt
as Hedrick Madison
When Love Comes
as Coleridge Twin
Shadows
as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
1921
The Old Nest
as Jim at 10
Edgar, the Detective
as Freddie Littlefield
Edgar's Country Cousin
as Freddie Littlefield
1920
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
1919
Jinx
as Orphan
The Hoodlum
as Dish Lowry
1918
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Kasim Baba
Fan Fan
as Head Collector
1917
Treasure Island
as Captain Smolett
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit