Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 26, 1907
Died
Oct 25, 1965
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Credits
71 titles
Buddy Messinger
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
Filmography
Devil's Doorway
Barfly (uncredited)
Crime by Night
Bellboy (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
Butcher Boy (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
Bellhop with Flowers
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Reporter
Hold Back the Dawn
Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Keeping Company
Basketball Ticket Boy
Love Thy Neighbor
Elevator Boy
Hullabaloo
Third Page
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Turnabout
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Reporter
Fast and Furious
First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
Hospital Clerk
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Rance
Fast and Loose
Clerk (uncredited)
Idiot's Delight
Usher
Four Girls in White
Messenger
The Shining Hour
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
Hold That Kiss
Theatre Usher
Midnight Madonna
Messenger
Wings Over Honolulu
Boy
College Holiday
Dancer
Libeled Lady
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
The Devil Is a Sissy
Elevator Operator
Three of a Kind
Bellhop
Modern Times
Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
(uncredited)
Wild Boys of the Road
Boy (uncredited)
Stage Mother
Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
Keyhole Katie
Cheer Up and Smile
Donald
Hot Stuff
Tuffy
A Lady of Chance
Hank
Undressed
Bobby Arnold
Dumb-Belles
A Sorority Mixup
Monkeys Prefer Blondes
What an Eye
Buddy - the Office Boy
Young Ideas
Bob Lowden
The Racing Kid
Buddy
The Whispered Name
The Office Boy
Penrod and Sam
Rodney Bitts
Trifling with Honor
Jimmy Hunt
Abysmal Brute
Buddy Sangster
A Howling Success
A Front Page Story
Tommy
The Flirt
Hedrick Madison