Buddy Messinger
October 26, 1907 (117 years old) in San Francisco, California, USA
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
- 1944 · Crime by Night as Bellboy (uncredited)
- 1942 · The Affairs of Martha as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
- 1942 · Brooklyn Orchid as Bellhop with Flowers
- 1941 · The Mexican Spitfire's Baby as Reporter
- 1941 · Hold Back the Dawn as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1941 · Citizen Kane as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
- 1940 · Keeping Company as Basketball Ticket Boy
- 1940 · Love Thy Neighbor as Elevator Boy
- 1940 · Hullabaloo as Third Page
- 1940 · Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
- 1940 · Turnabout as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
- 1939 · The Housekeeper's Daughter as Reporter
- 1939 · Fast and Furious as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
- 1939 · Sergeant Madden as Hospital Clerk
- 1939 · The Lone Ranger Rides Again as Rance
- 1939 · Fast and Loose as Clerk
- 1939 · Idiot's Delight as Usher
- 1939 · Four Girls in White as Messenger
- 1938 · The Shining Hour as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1938 · Hold That Kiss as Theatre Usher
- 1937 · Midnight Madonna as Messenger
- 1937 · Wings Over Honolulu as Boy
- 1936 · College Holiday as Dancer
- 1936 · Libeled Lady as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1936 · The Devil Is a Sissy as Elevator Operator
- 1936 · Three of a Kind as Bellhop
- 1936 · Modern Times as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
- 1936 · An All American Toothache as (uncredited)
- 1933 · Stage Mother as Fellow in Third Row
- 1933 · Keyhole Katie as
- 1930 · Cheer Up and Smile as Donald
- 1929 · Hot Stuff as Tuffy
- 1928 · A Lady of Chance as Hank
- 1927 · Dumb-Belles as
- 1927 · A Sorority Mixup as
- 1926 · Monkeys Prefer Blondes as
- 1924 · What an Eye as Buddy - the Office Boy
- 1924 · Young Ideas as Bob Lowden
- 1924 · The Whispered Name as The Office Boy
- 1923 · Penrod and Sam as Rodney Bitts
- 1923 · Abysmal Brute as Buddy Sangster
- 1923 · A Howling Success as
- 1922 · The Flirt as Hedrick Madison
- 1922 · When Love Comes as Coleridge Twin
- 1922 · Shadows as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
- 1921 · The Old Nest as Jim at 10
- 1921 · Edgar, the Detective as Freddie Littlefield
- 1921 · Edgar's Feast Day as
- 1921 · Edgar's Country Cousin as Freddie Littlefield
- 1920 · Edgar's Little Saw as Freddie Littlefield
- 1920 · Edgar Camps Out as Freddie Littlefield
- 1920 · Edgar Takes the Cake as Freddy Littlefield
- 1920 · Edgar's Jonah Day as Freddy Littlefield
- 1920 · Edgar's Hamlet as Freddy Littlefield
- 1920 · Edgar and the Teacher's Pet as Freddy Littlefield
- 1919 · Jinx as Orphan
- 1919 · The Hoodlum as Dish Lowry
- 1917 · Treasure Island as Captain Smolett
- 1917 · Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
- Future · Edgar's Sunday Courtship as Freddy Littlefield