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Buddy Messinger

Actor

Buddy Messinger

Born October 26, 1907 in San Francisco, California, USADied October 25, 196571 films

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.

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Modern Times posterFirst watchModern Times19368.3as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Citizen Kane poster8.0Citizen Kane1941Libeled Lady poster7.3Libeled Lady1936Devil's Doorway poster6.9Devil's Doorway1950Wild Boys of the Road poster6.8Wild Boys of the Road1933Hold Back the Dawn poster6.7Hold Back the Dawn1941

Filmography

71 films as actor
  1. 1950Devil's DoorwayBarfly (uncredited)
  2. 1944Crime by NightBellboy (uncredited)
  3. 1942The Affairs of MarthaButcher Boy (uncredited)
  4. 1942Brooklyn OrchidBellhop with Flowers
  5. 1941The Mexican Spitfire's BabyReporter
  6. 1941Hold Back the DawnHospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
  7. 1941Citizen KaneMan at Boat Dock (uncredited)
  8. 1940Keeping CompanyBasketball Ticket Boy
  9. 1940Love Thy NeighborElevator Boy
  10. 1940HullabalooThird Page
  11. 1940Andy Hardy Meets DebutanteElevator Boy (uncredited)
  12. 1940TurnaboutElevator Boy (uncredited)
  13. 1939The Housekeeper's DaughterReporter
  14. 1939Fast and FuriousFirst Elevator Boy (uncredited)
  15. 1939Sergeant MaddenHospital Clerk
  16. 1939The Lone Ranger Rides AgainRance
  17. 1939Fast and LooseClerk (uncredited)
  18. 1939Four Girls in WhiteMessenger
  19. 1939Idiot's DelightUsher
  20. 1938The Shining HourElevator Operator (uncredited)
  21. 1938Too Hot to HandleCycle Messenger (uncredited)
  22. 1938Hold That KissTheatre Usher
  23. 1937Midnight MadonnaMessenger
  24. 1937Wings Over HonoluluBoy
  25. 1936College HolidayDancer
  26. 1936Libeled LadyElevator Operator (uncredited)
  27. 1936The Devil Is a SissyElevator Operator
  28. 1936Three of a KindBellhop
  29. 1936Modern TimesCigar Counterman (uncredited)
  30. 1936An All American Toothache(uncredited)
  31. 1933Wild Boys of the RoadBoy (uncredited)
  32. 1933Stage MotherFellow in Third Row (uncredited)
  33. 1933Keyhole Katie
  34. 1930Cheer Up and SmileDonald
  35. 1929Hot StuffTuffy
  36. 1928A Lady of ChanceHank
  37. 1928UndressedBobby Arnold
  38. 1927Dumb-Belles
  39. 1927A Sorority Mixup
  40. 1926Monkeys Prefer Blondes
  41. 1924What an EyeBuddy - the Office Boy
  42. 1924Young IdeasBob Lowden
  43. 1924The Racing KidBuddy
  44. 1924The Whispered NameThe Office Boy
  45. 1923Penrod and SamRodney Bitts
  46. 1923Trifling with HonorJimmy Hunt
  47. 1923Abysmal BruteBuddy Sangster
  48. 1923A Howling Success
  49. 1922A Front Page StoryTommy
  50. 1922The FlirtHedrick Madison
  51. 1922When Love ComesColeridge Twin
  52. 1922Shadows'Mr. Bad Boy'
  53. 1921The Old NestJim at 10
  54. 1921Edgar, the DetectiveFreddie Littlefield
  55. 1921Edgar's Feast Day
  56. 1921Edgar's Country CousinFreddie Littlefield
  57. 1920Edgar's Little SawFreddie Littlefield
  58. 1920Edgar Camps OutFreddie Littlefield
  59. 1920Edgar Takes the CakeFreddy Littlefield
  60. 1920Edgar's Jonah DayFreddy Littlefield
  61. 1920Edgar's HamletFreddy Littlefield
  62. 1920Edgar's Sunday CourtshipFreddy Littlefield
  63. 1920Edgar and the Teacher's PetFreddy Littlefield
  64. 1919JinxOrphan
  65. 1919The HoodlumDish Lowry
  66. 1918Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesKasim Baba
  67. 1918Fan FanHead Collector
  68. 1917The Babes in the Woods
  69. 1917Treasure IslandCaptain Smolett
  70. 1917Aladdin and the Wonderful LampOmar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
  71. 1917Jack and the Beanstalk