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Buddy Messinger

Actor / Assistant Director | * 10/26/1907 († 57, 10/25/1965) | San Francisco (United States of America (USA))
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. His sister Gertrude Messinger was also a child actor. They appeared in several Fox fairytale movies for children. She transitioned to speaking roles in B-movies during the 1930s continuing her career into the 1950s. He featured in a series of "Edgar" films including Edgar's Sunday Courtship, Edgar Camps Out, and Edgar's Little Saw in 1920 and 1921. He appeared in a series of comedy films for Century Film Corporation. He starred in a 22-minute haunted house comedy for Universal called What an Eye in 1924 with Hilliard Karr. In the 1950s and 1960s he also worked as an assistant director. He married Marjorie Montgomery in 1932. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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Movies with Buddy Messinger as Actor(41)

as Bellhop with Flowers1942 Brooklyn Orchid
as Butcher Boy1942 The Affairs of Martha
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)1941 Citizen Kane
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)1941 Hold Back the Dawn
as Elevator Boy1940 Turnabout
as Basketball Ticket Boy1940 Keeping Company
as Elevator Boy1940 Love Thy Neighbor
as Third Page1940 Hullabaloo
as Elevator Boy1940 Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Messenger1939 Four Girls in White
as First Elevator Boy1939 Fast and Furious
as Hospital Clerk1939 Sergeant Madden
as Clerk1939 Fast and Loose
as Usher1939 Idiot's Delight
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)1938 The Shining Hour
as Theatre Usher1938 Hold That Kiss
as Messenger1937 Midnight Madonna
as (uncredited)1936 An All American Toothache
as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)1936 Modern Times
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)1936 Libeled Lady
as Elevator Operator1936 The Devil Is a Sissy
as Dancer1936 College Holiday
as Bellhop1936 Three of a Kind
as Fellow in Third Row1933 Stage Mother
as Donald1930 Cheer Up and Smile
as Tuffy1929 Hot Stuff
as Buddy Sangster1923 Abysmal Brute
as Dish Lowry (as Buddie Messenger)1919 The Hoodlum

Born: Saturday, 10/26 1907 (October) in San Francisco (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 10/25 1965 (October) in Los Angeles (aged: 57)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Buddy Messinger (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Melvin Joseph Messinger"
Buddy Messinger frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (10x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (9x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (7x, Crew)
Charlie Chaplin (6x, Crew)
Ernie Alexander (6x, Actor)
Edmund Mortimer (5x, Actor)
Lester Dorr (5x, Actor)
Frank O'Connor (5x, Actor)
Sara Haden (5x, Actress)
Cyril Ring (5x, Actor)
Henry Roquemore (5x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:669032, Added: 10/26/2018, Last updated: 03/15/2024