Buddy Messinger
Birthday: 1907-10-26
Deathday: 1965-10-25
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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1950-08-18 | Devil's Doorway | Barfly (uncredited) |
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1944-09-09 | Crime by Night | Bellboy (uncredited) |
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1942-06-21 | The Affairs of Martha | Butcher Boy (uncredited) |
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1942-01-31 | Brooklyn Orchid | Bellhop with Flowers |
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1941-11-28 | The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | Reporter |
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1941-09-26 | Hold Back the Dawn | Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
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1941-04-17 | Citizen Kane | Man at Boat Dock (uncredited) |
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1940-12-27 | Keeping Company | Basketball Ticket Boy |
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1940-12-27 | Love Thy Neighbor | Elevator Boy |
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1940-10-25 | Hullabaloo | Third Page |
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1940-07-05 | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | Elevator Boy (uncredited) |
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1940-05-17 | Turnabout | Elevator Boy (uncredited) |
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1939-10-26 | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Reporter |
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1939-10-06 | Fast and Furious | First Elevator Boy (uncredited) |
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1939-03-24 | Sergeant Madden | Hospital Clerk |
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1939-02-25 | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Rance |
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1939-02-17 | Fast and Loose | Clerk (uncredited) |
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1939-01-27 | Four Girls in White | Messenger |
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1939-01-27 | Idiot's Delight | Usher |
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1938-11-18 | The Shining Hour | Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
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1938-09-16 | Too Hot to Handle | Cycle Messenger (uncredited) |
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1938-05-13 | Hold That Kiss | Theatre Usher |
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1937-07-01 | Midnight Madonna | Messenger |
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1937-05-16 | Wings Over Honolulu | Boy |
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1936-12-19 | College Holiday | Dancer |
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1936-10-09 | Libeled Lady | Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
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1936-09-18 | The Devil Is a Sissy | Elevator Operator |
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1936-05-19 | Three of a Kind | Bellhop |
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1936-02-05 | Modern Times | Cigar Counterman (uncredited) |
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1936-01-25 | An All American Toothache | (uncredited) |
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1933-10-07 | Wild Boys of the Road | Boy (uncredited) |
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1933-09-29 | Stage Mother | Fellow in Third Row (uncredited) |
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1933-01-15 | Keyhole Katie | |
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1930-06-22 | Cheer Up and Smile | Donald |
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1929-05-05 | Hot Stuff | Tuffy |
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1928-12-01 | A Lady of Chance | Hank |
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1927-06-10 | Dumb-Belles | |
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1927-03-10 | A Sorority Mixup | |
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1926-09-11 | Monkeys Prefer Blondes | |
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1924-10-08 | What an Eye | Buddy - the Office Boy |
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1924-07-07 | Young Ideas | Bob Lowden |
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1924-04-16 | The Racing Kid | |
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1924-01-21 | The Whispered Name | The Office Boy |
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1923-06-18 | Penrod and Sam | Rodney Bitts |
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1923-05-28 | Trifling with Honor | Jimmy Hunt |
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1923-04-15 | Abysmal Brute | Buddy Sangster |
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1923-02-18 | A Howling Success | |
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1922-12-25 | A Front Page Story | Tommy |
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1922-12-24 | The Flirt | Hedrick Madison |
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1922-12-10 | When Love Comes | Coleridge Twin |
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1922-11-10 | Shadows | 'Mr. Bad Boy' |
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1921-06-28 | The Old Nest | Jim at 10 |
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1921-04-01 | Edgar, the Detective | Freddie Littlefield |
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1921-02-01 | Edgar's Feast Day | |
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1921-01-01 | Edgar's Country Cousin | Freddie Littlefield |
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1920-10-01 | Edgar's Little Saw | Freddie Littlefield |
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1920-09-01 | Edgar Camps Out | Freddie Littlefield |
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1920-07-09 | Edgar Takes the Cake | Freddy Littlefield |
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1920-05-08 | Edgar's Jonah Day | Freddy Littlefield |
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1920-04-18 | Edgar's Hamlet | Freddy Littlefield |
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1920-04-18 | Edgar's Sunday Courtship | Freddy Littlefield |
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1920-03-27 | Edgar and the Teacher's Pet | Freddy Littlefield |
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1919-12-13 | Jinx | Orphan |
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1919-08-31 | The Hoodlum | Dish Lowry |
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1918-11-24 | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Kasim Baba |
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1918-11-17 | Fan Fan | Head Collector |
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1917-12-02 | The Babes in the Woods | |
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1917-11-18 | Treasure Island | Captain Smolett |
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1917-10-11 | Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit |
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1917-07-30 | Jack and the Beanstalk |