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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Citizen Kane (1941) — Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
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Modern Times (1936) — Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
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Libeled Lady (1936) — Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Wild Boys of the Road (1933) — Boy (uncredited)
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Hold Back the Dawn (1941) — Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Devil's Doorway (1950) — Barfly (uncredited)
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The Shining Hour (1938) — Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Too Hot to Handle (1938) — Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
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Shadows (1922) — 'Mr. Bad Boy'
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Idiot's Delight (1939) — Usher
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The Hoodlum (1919) — Dish Lowry
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Turnabout (1940) — Elevator Boy (uncredited)
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Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917) — Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
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The Devil Is a Sissy (1936) — Elevator Operator
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940) — Elevator Boy (uncredited)
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Fast and Furious (1939) — First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941) — Reporter
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Three of a Kind (1936) — Bellhop
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Fast and Loose (1939) — Clerk (uncredited)
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Crime by Night (1944) — Bellboy (uncredited)
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The Affairs of Martha (1942) — Butcher Boy (uncredited)
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A Lady of Chance (1928) — Hank
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College Holiday (1936) — Dancer
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The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939) — Reporter
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Wings Over Honolulu (1937) — Boy
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Keeping Company (1940) — Basketball Ticket Boy
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Four Girls in White (1939) — Messenger
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Hold That Kiss (1938) — Theatre Usher
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The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939) — Rance
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Stage Mother (1933) — Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
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Love Thy Neighbor (1940) — Elevator Boy
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Brooklyn Orchid (1942) — Bellhop with Flowers
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Penrod and Sam (1923) — Rodney Bitts
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Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)
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Sergeant Madden (1939) — Hospital Clerk
- Dumb-Belles (1927)
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Hullabaloo (1940) — Third Page
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Jinx (1919) — Orphan
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When Love Comes (1922) — Coleridge Twin
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Cheer Up and Smile (1930) — Donald