Buddy Messinger
ActingBuddy 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
Modern Times
Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Turnabout
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Devil's Doorway
Barfly (uncredited)
Wild Boys of the Road
Boy (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
Hospital Clerk
College Holiday
Dancer
Filmography — Acting
Modern Times
Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Turnabout
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Devil's Doorway
Barfly (uncredited)
Wild Boys of the Road
Boy (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
Hospital Clerk
College Holiday
Dancer
Idiot's Delight
Usher
Stage Mother
Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
The Affairs of Martha
Butcher Boy (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
Love Thy Neighbor
Elevator Boy
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Reporter
Fast and Furious
First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Rance
The Devil Is a Sissy
Elevator Operator
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Reporter
The Shining Hour
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Shadows
'Mr. Bad Boy'
Wings Over Honolulu
Boy
Cheer Up and Smile
Donald
Abysmal Brute
Buddy Sangster
Three of a Kind
Bellhop
Four Girls in White
Messenger
Midnight Madonna
Messenger
Fast and Loose
Clerk (uncredited)
The Old Nest
Jim at 10
Hullabaloo
Third Page
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
An All American Toothache
(uncredited)
A Lady of Chance
Hank
Brooklyn Orchid
Bellhop with Flowers
Jack and the Beanstalk
Hold That Kiss
Theatre Usher
Keeping Company
Basketball Ticket Boy
Fan Fan
Head Collector
When Love Comes
Coleridge Twin
The Hoodlum
Dish Lowry
Crime by Night
Bellboy (uncredited)
Treasure Island
Captain Smolett
Edgar's Hamlet
Freddy Littlefield
The Flirt
Hedrick Madison
Young Ideas
Bob Lowden
Penrod and Sam
Rodney Bitts
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
Freddy Littlefield
A Front Page Story
Tommy
The Babes in the Woods
Hot Stuff
Tuffy
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
Freddy Littlefield
The Whispered Name
The Office Boy
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Kasim Baba
Edgar Takes the Cake
Freddy Littlefield
Edgar's Little Saw
Freddie Littlefield
Edgar's Jonah Day
Freddy Littlefield
Jinx
Orphan
Edgar, the Detective
Freddie Littlefield
What an Eye
Buddy - the Office Boy
Edgar Camps Out
Freddie Littlefield
Edgar's Country Cousin
Freddie Littlefield
Keyhole Katie
Edgar's Feast Day
A Howling Success
Undressed
Bobby Arnold
The Racing Kid
Trifling with Honor
Jimmy Hunt
A Sorority Mixup
