Buddy Messinger
San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

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

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