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