Buddy Messinger
Acting1907San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
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
Citizen Kane
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Modern Times
Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Wild Boys of the Road
Boy (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Devil's Doorway
Barfly (uncredited)
The Shining Hour
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
Acting History
1950
Devil's Doorway
as Barfly (uncredited)
1944
Crime by Night
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1942
Brooklyn Orchid
as Bellhop with Flowers
Once Upon a Thursday
as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Reporter
Hold Back the Dawn
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Hullabaloo
as Third Page
Turnabout
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Love Thy Neighbor
as Elevator Boy
Keeping Company
as Basketball Ticket Boy
1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Reporter
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Rance
Idiot's Delight
as Usher
Fast and Furious
as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
as Messenger
Fast and Loose
as Clerk (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
as Hospital Clerk
1938
The Shining Hour
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
as Theatre Usher
Too Hot to Handle
as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
1937
Wings Over Honolulu
as Boy
Midnight Madonna
as Messenger
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Elevator Operator
Modern Times
as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
as (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Three of a Kind
as Bellhop
College Holiday
as Dancer
1933
Wild Boys of the Road
as Boy (uncredited)
Stage Mother
as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
1930
Cheer Up and Smile
as Donald
1929
Hot Stuff
as Tuffy
1928
A Lady of Chance
as Hank
1924
1923
1922
Shadows
as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
The Flirt
as Hedrick Madison
When Love Comes
as Coleridge Twin
A Front Page Story
as Tommy
1921
The Old Nest
as Jim at 10
Edgar, the Detective
as Freddie Littlefield
Edgar's Country Cousin
as Freddie Littlefield
1920
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
as Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Hamlet
as Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Jonah Day
as Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
as Freddy Littlefield
Edgar Takes the Cake
as Freddy Littlefield
Edgar Camps Out
as Freddie Littlefield
Edgar's Little Saw
as Freddie Littlefield
1919
The Hoodlum
as Dish Lowry
Jinx
as Orphan
1918
Fan Fan
as Head Collector
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Kasim Baba
1917
Treasure Island
as Captain Smolett
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit