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