Buddy Messinger
View on IMDb ↗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
Cheer Up and Smile
Hot Stuff
Edgar's Hamlet
Edgar's Little Saw
Jinx
The Whispered Name
Abysmal Brute
Edgar, the Detective
Edgar Takes the Cake
Edgar's Sunday CourtshipFilmography (71)
- 1950
Devil's DoorwayBarfly (uncredited) - 1944
Crime by NightBellboy (uncredited) - 1942
Brooklyn OrchidBellhop with Flowers - 1942
The Affairs of MarthaButcher Boy (uncredited) - 1941
Citizen KaneMan at Boat Dock (uncredited) - 1941
Hold Back the DawnHospital Elevator Operator (uncredited) - 1941
The Mexican Spitfire's BabyReporter - 1940
Love Thy NeighborElevator Boy - 1940
Keeping CompanyBasketball Ticket Boy - 1940
HullabalooThird Page - 1940
TurnaboutElevator Boy (uncredited) - 1940
Andy Hardy Meets DebutanteElevator Boy (uncredited) - 1939
Sergeant MaddenHospital Clerk - 1939
The Lone Ranger Rides AgainRance - 1939
Four Girls in WhiteMessenger - 1939
Idiot's DelightUsher - 1939
Fast and LooseClerk (uncredited) - 1939
Fast and FuriousFirst Elevator Boy (uncredited) - 1939
The Housekeeper's DaughterReporter - 1938
Hold That KissTheatre Usher - 1938
The Shining HourElevator Operator (uncredited) - 1938
Too Hot to HandleCycle Messenger (uncredited) - 1937
Midnight MadonnaMessenger - 1937
Wings Over HonoluluBoy - 1936
Modern TimesCigar Counterman (uncredited) - 1936An All American Toothache(uncredited)
- 1936
Libeled LadyElevator Operator (uncredited) - 1936
The Devil Is a SissyElevator Operator - 1936
Three of a KindBellhop - 1936
College HolidayDancer - 1933
Wild Boys of the RoadBoy (uncredited) - 1933
Stage MotherFellow in Third Row (uncredited) - 1933
Keyhole Katie - 1930
Cheer Up and SmileDonald - 1929
Hot StuffTuffy - 1928UndressedBobby Arnold
- 1928
A Lady of ChanceHank - 1927Dumb-Belles
- 1927A Sorority Mixup
- 1926
Monkeys Prefer Blondes - 1924The Racing KidBuddy
- 1924
The Whispered NameThe Office Boy - 1924What an EyeBuddy - the Office Boy
- 1924
Young IdeasBob Lowden - 1923
Abysmal BruteBuddy Sangster - 1923A Howling Success
- 1923
Penrod and SamRodney Bitts - 1923
Trifling with HonorJimmy Hunt - 1922
When Love ComesColeridge Twin - 1922
The FlirtHedrick Madison - 1922
A Front Page StoryTommy - 1922
Shadows'Mr. Bad Boy' - 1921Edgar's Feast Day
- 1921
Edgar, the DetectiveFreddie Littlefield - 1921
The Old NestJim at 10 - 1921
Edgar's Country CousinFreddie Littlefield - 1920
Edgar's HamletFreddy Littlefield - 1920
Edgar's Little SawFreddie Littlefield - 1920
Edgar Takes the CakeFreddy Littlefield - 1920
Edgar's Sunday CourtshipFreddy Littlefield - 1920
Edgar Camps OutFreddie Littlefield - 1920
Edgar and the Teacher's PetFreddy Littlefield - 1920
Edgar's Jonah DayFreddy Littlefield - 1919
JinxOrphan - 1919
The HoodlumDish Lowry - 1918
Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesKasim Baba - 1918
Fan FanHead Collector - 1917Treasure IslandCaptain Smolett
- 1917
The Babes in the Woods - 1917
Jack and the Beanstalk - 1917
Aladdin and the Wonderful LampOmar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit