Buddy Messinger

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.

Actor

1917

[ ] Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit)
[ ] Treasure Island (Captain Smolett)
[ ] The Babes in the Woods (????)
[ ] Jack and the Beanstalk (????)

1918

[ ] Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Kasim Baba)
[ ] Fan Fan (Head Collector)

1919

[ ] Jinx (Orphan)
[ ] The Hoodlum (Dish Lowry)

1920

[ ] Edgar and the Teacher's Pet (Freddy Littlefield)
[ ] Edgar's Hamlet (Freddy Littlefield)
[ ] Edgar Takes the Cake (Freddy Littlefield)
[ ] Edgar's Sunday Courtship (Freddy Littlefield)
[ ] Edgar's Jonah Day (Freddy Littlefield)
[ ] Edgar's Little Saw (Freddie Littlefield)
[ ] Edgar Camps Out (Freddie Littlefield)

1921

[ ] The Old Nest (Jim at 10)
[ ] Edgar's Feast Day (????)
[ ] Edgar, the Detective (Freddie Littlefield)
[ ] Edgar's Country Cousin (Freddie Littlefield)

1922

[ ] Shadows ('Mr. Bad Boy')
[ ] When Love Comes (Coleridge Twin)
[ ] The Flirt (Hedrick Madison)
[ ] A Front Page Story (Tommy)

1923

[ ] Abysmal Brute (Buddy Sangster)
[ ] A Howling Success (????)
[ ] Penrod and Sam (Rodney Bitts)
[ ] Trifling with Honor (Jimmy Hunt)

1924

[ ] What an Eye (Buddy - the Office Boy)
[ ] The Whispered Name (The Office Boy)
[ ] Young Ideas (Bob Lowden)

1929

[ ] Hot Stuff (Tuffy)

1930

[ ] Cheer Up and Smile (Donald)

1933

[ ] Keyhole Katie (????)
[ ] Stage Mother (Fellow in Third Row (uncredited))
[ ] Wild Boys of the Road (Boy (uncredited))

1936

[ ] Three of a Kind (Bellhop)
[ ] An All American Toothache ((uncredited))
[ ] College Holiday (Dancer)
[ ] The Devil Is a Sissy (Elevator Operator)
[ ] Modern Times (Cigar Counterman (uncredited))
[ ] Libeled Lady (Elevator Operator (uncredited))

1937

[ ] Wings Over Honolulu (Boy)
[ ] Midnight Madonna (Messenger)

1938

[ ] Hold That Kiss (Theatre Usher)
[ ] The Shining Hour (Elevator Operator (uncredited))
[ ] Too Hot to Handle (Cycle Messenger (uncredited))

1939

[ ] The Lone Ranger Rides Again (Rance)
[ ] Four Girls in White (Messenger)
[ ] Idiot's Delight (Usher)
[ ] Fast and Loose (Clerk (uncredited))
[ ] Sergeant Madden (Hospital Clerk)
[ W ] Fast and Furious (First Elevator Boy (uncredited))
[ ] The Housekeeper's Daughter (Reporter)

1940

[ ] Turnabout (Elevator Boy (uncredited))
[ ] Hullabaloo (Third Page)
[ ] Keeping Company (Basketball Ticket Boy)
[ ] Love Thy Neighbor (Elevator Boy)
[ ] Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (Elevator Boy (uncredited))

1941

[ ] Hold Back the Dawn (Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited))
[ ] Citizen Kane (Man at Boat Dock (uncredited))
[ ] The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (Reporter)

1942

[ ] The Affairs of Martha (Butcher Boy (uncredited))
[ ] Brooklyn Orchid (Bellhop with Flowers)

1944

[ ] Crime by Night (Bellboy (uncredited))

1950

[ ] Devil's Doorway (Barfly (uncredited))