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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 26, 1907
Died
October 25, 1965
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
- Buddy Messinger
- Bud Messinger
- Buddie Messinger
- Buddie Messenger
- Melvin Joseph Messinger
- Buddy Messenger
- Melvin Joseph "Buddy" Messinger
Buddy Messinger
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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
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Barfly (uncredited)
Devil's Doorway
1950
5.8
Bellboy (uncredited)
Crime by Night
1944
5.8
Butcher Boy (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
1942
6.0
Bellhop with Flowers
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
4.3
Reporter
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
6.7
Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
8.0
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
1941
6.5
Elevator Boy
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
6.4
Basketball Ticket Boy
Keeping Company
1940
4.0
Third Page
Hullabaloo
1940
Credits
Devil's Doorway
as Barfly (uncredited)
1950
7.0
Crime by Night
as Bellboy (uncredited)
1944
5.8
The Affairs of Martha
as Butcher Boy (uncredited)
1942
5.8
Brooklyn Orchid
as Bellhop with Flowers
1942
6.0
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Reporter
1941
4.3
Hold Back the Dawn
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1941
6.7
Citizen Kane
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
1941
8.0
Love Thy Neighbor
as Elevator Boy
1940
6.5
Keeping Company
as Basketball Ticket Boy
1940
6.4
Hullabaloo
as Third Page
1940
4.0
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1940
5.2
Turnabout
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1940
6.0
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Reporter
1939
3.5
Fast and Furious
as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1939
5.1
Sergeant Madden
as Hospital Clerk
1939
6.0
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as Rance
1939
6.0
Fast and Loose
as Clerk (uncredited)
1939
5.6
Idiot's Delight
as Usher
1939
6.1
Four Girls in White
as Messenger
1939
6.3
The Shining Hour
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1938
6.6
Hold That Kiss
as Theatre Usher
1938
6.5
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Midnight Madonna
as Messenger
1937
0.0
Wings Over Honolulu
as Boy
1937
5.5
College Holiday
as Dancer
1936
5.2
Libeled Lady
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1936
7.3
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Elevator Operator
1936
6.9
Three of a Kind
as Bellhop
1936
5.2
Modern Times
as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
1936
8.3
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An All American Toothache
as (uncredited)
1936
0.0
Stage Mother
as Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
1933
5.0
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Keyhole Katie
1933
0.0
Cheer Up and Smile
as Donald
1930
0.0
Hot Stuff
as Tuffy
1929
0.0
A Lady of Chance
as Hank
1928
6.5
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Dumb-Belles
1927
6.0
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A Sorority Mixup
1927
0.0
Monkeys Prefer Blondes
1926
0.0
🎬
What an Eye
as Buddy - the Office Boy
1924
0.0
Young Ideas
as Bob Lowden
1924
0.0
The Whispered Name
as The Office Boy
1924
0.0
Penrod and Sam
as Rodney Bitts
1923
6.5
Abysmal Brute
as Buddy Sangster
1923
0.0
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A Howling Success
1923
0.0
The Flirt
as Hedrick Madison
1922
0.0
When Love Comes
as Coleridge Twin
1922
0.0
Shadows
as 'Mr. Bad Boy'
1922
6.1
The Old Nest
as Jim at 10
1921
0.0
Edgar, the Detective
as Freddie Littlefield
1921
0.0
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Edgar's Feast Day
1921
0.0
Edgar's Country Cousin
as Freddie Littlefield
1921
0.0
Edgar's Little Saw
as Freddie Littlefield
1920
0.0
Edgar Camps Out
as Freddie Littlefield
1920
0.0
Edgar Takes the Cake
as Freddy Littlefield
1920
0.0
Edgar's Jonah Day
as Freddy Littlefield
1920
0.0
Edgar's Hamlet
as Freddy Littlefield
1920
0.0
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
as Freddy Littlefield
1920
0.0
Jinx
as Orphan
1919
0.0
The Hoodlum
as Dish Lowry
1919
5.8
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Kasim Baba
1918
0.0
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Treasure Island
as Captain Smolett
1917
6.0
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
1917
4.8
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
as Freddy Littlefield
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