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Buddy Messinger

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1907-10-26

Deathday: 1965-10-25 (58 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 67

Movies 67

Bellboy (uncredited)

Buddy Messinger

Biography

Filmography

all 67

Movies 67

Crime by Night (1944)

The Affairs of Martha (1942)

Brooklyn Orchid (1942)

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Keeping Company (1940)

Love Thy Neighbor (1940)

Hullabaloo (1940)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

Turnabout (1940)

The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)

Fast and Furious (1939)

Sergeant Madden (1939)

The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)

Fast and Loose (1939)

Four Girls in White (1939)

Idiot's Delight (1939)

The Shining Hour (1938)

Hold That Kiss (1938)

Midnight Madonna (1937)

Wings Over Honolulu (1937)

College Holiday (1936)

Libeled Lady (1936)

The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)

Three of a Kind (1936)

Modern Times (1936)

An All American Toothache (1936)

Stage Mother (1933)

Keyhole Katie (1933)

Cheer Up and Smile (1930)

Hot Stuff (1929)

A Lady of Chance (1928)

Dumb-Belles (1927)

A Sorority Mixup (1927)

Monkeys Prefer Blondes (1926)

What an Eye (1924)

Young Ideas (1924)

The Whispered Name (1924)

Penrod and Sam (1923)

Trifling with Honor (1923)

Abysmal Brute (1923)

A Howling Success (1923)

The Flirt (1922)

When Love Comes (1922)

Shadows (1922)

The Old Nest (1921)

Edgar, the Detective (1921)

Edgar's Feast Day (1921)

Edgar's Country Cousin (1921)

Edgar's Little Saw (1920)

Edgar Camps Out (1920)

Edgar Takes the Cake (1920)

Edgar's Jonah Day (1920)

Edgar's Hamlet (1920)

Edgar and the Teacher's Pet (1920)

The Luck of the Irish (1920)

Jinx (1919)

The Hoodlum (1919)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918)

The Babes in the Woods (1917)

Treasure Island (1917)

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917)

Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)

Gloriana (1916)

Fan Fan

Edgar's Sunday Courtship

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Information

Known ForActing

GenderMale

Birthday1907-10-26

Deathday1965-10-25 (58 years old)

Birth NameMelvin Joseph Messinger

Birth PlaceSan Francisco, United States

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1907-10-26

Deathday
1965-10-25 (58 years old)

Birth Name
Melvin Joseph Messinger

Birth Place
San Francisco, United States

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Buddy Messinger, Bud Messinger, Buddie Messinger, Buddie Messenger , Melvin Joseph Messinger , Buddy Messenger , Melvin Joseph "Buddy" Messinger