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