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