Buddy Messinger

from San Francisco, California, USA

Artwork for Citizen KaneImage of Buddy Messinger

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.

Timeline

1950Aged 43

  • Poster for Devil's Doorway

    Barfly (uncredited)

1944Aged 37

  • Poster for Crime by Night

    Bellboy (uncredited)

1942Aged 35

  • Poster for Brooklyn Orchid

    Bellhop with Flowers

  • Poster for The Affairs of Martha

    Butcher Boy (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Gay Sisters

    Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1941Aged 34

  • Poster for Citizen Kane

    Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)

  • Poster for Hold Back the Dawn

    Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

    Reporter

1940Aged 33

  • Poster for Turnabout

    Elevator Boy (uncredited)

  • Poster for Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

    Elevator Boy (uncredited)

  • Poster for Hullabaloo

    Third Page

  • Poster for Keeping Company

    Basketball Ticket Boy

  • Poster for Love Thy Neighbor

    Elevator Boy

1939Aged 32

  • Poster for Idiot's Delight

    Usher

  • Poster for Four Girls in White

    Messenger

  • Poster for Fast and Loose

    Clerk (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Lone Ranger Rides Again

    Rance

  • Poster for Sergeant Madden

    Hospital Clerk

  • Poster for Fast and Furious

    First Elevator Boy (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Housekeeper's Daughter

    Reporter

1938Aged 31

  • Poster for Hold That Kiss

    Theatre Usher

  • Poster for Too Hot to Handle

    Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Shining Hour

    Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1937Aged 30

  • Poster for Wings Over Honolulu

    Boy

  • Poster for Midnight Madonna

    Messenger

1936Aged 29

  • An All American Toothache

    (uncredited)

  • Poster for Modern Times

    Cigar Counterman (uncredited)

  • Poster for Three of a Kind

    Bellhop

  • Poster for The Devil Is a Sissy

    Elevator Operator

  • Poster for Libeled Lady

    Elevator Operator (uncredited)

  • Poster for College Holiday

    Dancer

1933Aged 26

  • Poster for Keyhole Katie

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Stage Mother

    Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)

  • Poster for Wild Boys of the Road

    Boy (uncredited)

1930Aged 23

  • Poster for Cheer Up and Smile

    Donald

1929Aged 22

  • Poster for Hot Stuff

    Tuffy

1928Aged 21

1927Aged 20

1926Aged 19

  • Poster for Monkeys Prefer Blondes

    (Unknown)

1924Aged 17

1923Aged 16

1922Aged 15

  • Poster for Shadows

    'Mr. Bad Boy'

  • Poster for When Love Comes

    Coleridge Twin

  • Poster for The Flirt

    Hedrick Madison

  • Poster for A Front Page Story

    Tommy

1921Aged 14

1920Aged 13

  • Poster for Edgar and the Teacher's Pet

    Freddy Littlefield

  • Poster for Edgar's Hamlet

    Freddy Littlefield

  • Poster for Edgar's Sunday Courtship

    Freddy Littlefield

  • Poster for Edgar's Jonah Day

    Freddy Littlefield

  • Poster for Edgar Takes the Cake

    Freddy Littlefield

  • Poster for Edgar Camps Out

    Freddie Littlefield

  • Poster for Edgar's Little Saw

    Freddie Littlefield

1919Aged 12

  • Poster for The Hoodlum

    Dish Lowry

  • Poster for Jinx

    Orphan

1918Aged 11

  • Poster for Fan Fan

    Head Collector

  • Poster for Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

    Kasim Baba

1917Aged 10

  • Poster for Jack and the Beanstalk

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

    Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit

  • Treasure Island

    Captain Smolett

  • Poster for The Babes in the Woods

    (Unknown)