Buddy Messinger
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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
Credits
Citizen Kane (1941)
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Modern Times (1936)
as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
Libeled Lady (1936)
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Three of a Kind (1936)
as Bellhop
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
Shadows (1922)
as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
Fan Fan (1918)
as Head Collector
Edgar Takes the Cake (1920)
as Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Country Cousin (1921)
as Freddie Littlefield
The Babes in the Woods (1917)
Actor
A Front Page Story (1922)
as Tommy
The Shining Hour (1938)
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Edgar's Little Saw (1920)
as Freddie Littlefield
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
as Boy (uncredited)
Edgar's Jonah Day (1920)
as Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Feast Day (1921)
Actor
Fast and Furious (1939)
as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Devil's Doorway (1950)
as Barfly (uncredited)
Edgar's Hamlet (1920)
as Freddy Littlefield
The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
as Rance
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Stage Mother (1933)
as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
Trifling with Honor (1923)
as Jimmy Hunt
Idiot's Delight (1939)
as Usher
The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
as Elevator Operator
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)
as Reporter
Edgar, the Detective (1921)
as Freddie Littlefield
The Racing Kid (1924)
as Buddy
The Affairs of Martha (1942)
as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917)
as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
The Flirt (1922)
as Hedrick Madison
Dumb-Belles (1927)
Actor
Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)
Actor
Hullabaloo (1940)
as Third Page
Keeping Company (1940)
as Basketball Ticket Boy
The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)
as Reporter
Four Girls in White (1939)
as Messenger
Undressed (1928)
as Bobby Arnold
Two Arabian Sights (1927)
Actor
Edgar's Sunday Courtship (1920)
as Freddy Littlefield
A Lady of Chance (1928)
as Hank
Hold That Kiss (1938)
as Theatre Usher
Sergeant Madden (1939)
as Hospital Clerk
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Elevator Boy
Crime by Night (1944)
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Cheer Up and Smile (1930)
as Donald
Fast and Loose (1939)
as Clerk (uncredited)
Abysmal Brute (1923)
as Buddy Sangster
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet (1920)
as Freddy Littlefield
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
as Bellhop with Flowers
Turnabout (1940)
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Penrod and Sam (1923)
as Rodney Bitts
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918)
as Kasim Baba
The Hoodlum (1919)
as Dish Lowry
Wings Over Honolulu (1937)
as Boy
An All American Toothache (1936)
as (uncredited)
Hot Stuff (1929)
as Tuffy
Edgar Camps Out (1920)
as Freddie Littlefield
College Holiday (1936)
as Dancer
When Love Comes (1922)
as Coleridge Twin
Midnight Madonna (1937)
as Messenger
What an Eye (1924)
as Buddy - the Office Boy
A Sorority Mixup (1927)
Actor
Treasure Island (1917)
as Captain Smolett
Young Ideas (1924)
as Bob Lowden
The Old Nest (1921)
as Jim at 10
The Whispered Name (1924)
as The Office Boy
Jinx (1919)
as Orphan
Monkeys Prefer Blondes (1926)
Actor
Keyhole Katie (1933)
Actor
A Howling Success (1923)
Actor