Buddy Messinger
Acting
Born 1907-10-26
San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Known For
Popular credits
Citizen Kane
Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)
Modern Times
Cigar Counterman (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Wild Boys of the Road
Boy (uncredited)
Devil's Doorway
Barfly (uncredited)
The Shining Hour
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
Shadows
'Mr. Bad Boy'
Idiot's Delight
Usher
The Hoodlum
Dish Lowry
Turnabout
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit
The Devil Is a Sissy
Elevator Operator
Fast and Furious
First Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Reporter
Three of a Kind
Bellhop
Fast and Loose
Clerk (uncredited)
Crime by Night
Bellboy (uncredited)