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