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