Buddy Messinger

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.^[1][2]

Buddy Messinger
Messinger in 1922
Born	Melvin Joseph Messinger (1907-10-26)October 26, 1907
Died	October 25, 1965(1965-10-25) (aged 57)
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	Marjorie Montgomery (m.1932—1965; his death)
Relatives	Gertrude Messinger (sister)

Still of Mary Alden and Messinger in The Old Nest (1921)

Advert for The Flirt (1922)

His sister Gertrude Messinger was also a child actor. They appeared in several Fox fairytale movies for children.^[3] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

In the 1950s and 1960s he also worked as an assistant director.^[5]

He married Marjorie Montgomery in 1932.^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

• Gloriana (1916) - Minor Role
• Jack and the Beanstalk (1917) - Minor Role
• Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917) - Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
• The Babes in the Woods (1917)
• Treasure Island (1918) - Captain Smolett
• Six Shooter Andy (1918)^[3] - Susan's Brother (uncredited)
• Fan Fan (1918) - Head Collector
• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918) - Kasim Bara
• The Hoodlum (1919) - Dish Lowry
• Jinx (1919) - Orphan
• Luck of the Irish (1920)
• Edgar's Sunday Courtship (1920, Short) - Freddy Littlefield
• The Old Nest (1921) - Jim at 10
• Shadows (1922) - 'Mr. Bad Boy'
• When Love Comes (1922) - Coleridge Twin
• The Flirt (1922) - Hedrick Madison
• A Front Page Story (1922) - Tommy
• Boyhood Days (1923, Short)
• The Abysmal Brute (1923) - Buddy Sangster
• All Over Twist (1923)
• Trifling with Honkr (1923) - Jimmy Hunt
• Penrod and Sam (1923)^[6] - Rodney Bitts
• Don't Get Fresh (1923, Short)
• The Whispered Name (1924) - The Office Boy
• Young Ideas (1924)^[3] - Bob Lowden
• What an Eye (1924, a haunted house comedy for Universal Pictures)^[4] - Buddy - the Office Boy
• Don't Fall (1924, Short) - Buddy
• Jack and the Beanstalk (1924)
• Taming the East (1925, Short)
• Monkeys Prefer Blondes (1926, Short)^{[citation needed]}
• Sorority Mixup (1927, Short)
• Swell Clothes (1927, Short) - Billy Fox
• Two Arabian Sites (1927, Short)
• Undressed (1928) - Bobby Arnold
• The Godless Girl (1928) - Student (uncredited)
• A Lady of Chance (1928) - Hank Crandall
• Hot Stuff (1929) - Tuffy
• Cheer Up and Smile (1930)^[7] - Donald
• The Age of Consent (1932) - Junior - A Student (uncredited)
• Bondage (1933) - (uncredited)
• Stage Mother (1933)^[8] - Fellow in Third Row (uncredited)
• Wild Boys of the Road (1933) - Boy (uncredited)
• College Coach (1933) - Newsboy (uncredited)
• This Side of Heaven (1934) - Fraternity Brother (uncredited)
• The Most Precious Thing in Life (1934) - Fraternity Boy (uncredited)
• Let 'Em Have It (1935) - Bellboy (uncredited)
• The Public Menace (1935) - Office Boy (uncredited)
• Thanks a Million (1935) - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• Ah, Wilderness! (1935) - George Danforth (uncredited)
• Modern Times (1936) - Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
• The Three Wise Guys (1936) - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• Three of a Kind (1936) - Bellhop (uncredited)
• Kelly the Second (1936) - Flynn Handler (uncredited)
• Our Relations (1936) - Pirate's Club Customer (uncredited)
• The Devil Is a Sissy (1936) - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• Libeled Lady (1936) - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• College Holiday (1936) - Dancer (uncredited)
• A Star Is Born (1937) - Boy Delivering Fan Mail (uncredited)
• Wings Over Honolulu (1937) - Boy (uncredited)
• Midnight Madonna (1937) - Messenger
• Super-Sleuth (1937) - Suspect #2 (uncredited)
• Blonde Trouble (1937) - Friend of Fred (uncredited)
• Atlantic Flight (1937) - Reporter in Control Room (uncredited)
• Test Pilot (1938) - Field Mechanic (uncredited)
• Hold That Kiss (1938) - Theatre Usher (uncredited)
• Yellow Jack (1938) - Saluting Patient (uncredited)
• The Shopworn Angel (1938) - Third Boy in Montage Yelling 'It's War!' (uncredited)
• Too Hot to Handle (1938) - Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
• The Shining Hour (1938) - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• Four Girls in White (1939) - Messenger (uncredited)
• Idiot's Delight (1939) - Usher (uncredited)
• Fast and Loose (1939) - Clerk (uncredited)
• The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939, Serial) - Rance (uncredited)
• Sergeant Madden (1939) - Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
• Fast and Furious (1939) - First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
• The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939) - Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
• Turnabout (1940) - Elevator Boy (uncredited)
• Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940) - Elevator Boy (uncredited)
• Hullabaloo (1940) - Third Page (uncredited)
• Love Thy Neighbor (1940) - Elevator Boy (uncredited)
• Keeping Company (1940) - Basketball Ticket Boy (uncredited)
• Citizen Kane (1941) - Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
• The Big Store (1941) - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• Hold Back the Dawn (1941) - Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941) - Reporter (uncredited)
• Brooklyn Orchid (1942) - Bellhop with Flowers (uncredited)
• The Affairs of Martha (1942) - Butcher Boy (uncredited)
• The Gay Sisters (1942) - Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
• Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943) - Fred - Soda Jerk (uncredited)
• The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) - U.S. Sailor (uncredited)
• Crime by Night (1944) - Bellboy (uncredited)
• Devil's Doorway (1950) - Barfly (uncredited) (final film role)