Buddy Messinger
Department: Acting
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
Jinx
1919
Shadows
1922
Monkeys Prefer Blondes
1926
When Love Comes
1922
A Lady of Chance
1928
Three of a Kind
1936
Cheer Up and Smile
1930
The Old Nest
1921
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917
Keyhole Katie
1933
An All American Toothache
1936
Hold That Kiss
1938
College Holiday
1936
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
Four Girls in White
1939
Abysmal Brute
1923
Stage Mother
1933
Idiot's Delight
1939
Fast and Loose
1939
Sergeant Madden
1939
Fast and Furious
1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
A Sorority Mixup
1927
What an Eye
1924
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
Modern Times
1936
Libeled Lady
1936
Hold Back the Dawn
1941
Crime by Night
1944
Dumb-Belles
1927
Turnabout
1940
Hullabaloo
1940
Keeping Company
1940
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
1920
Citizen Kane
1941
A Howling Success
1923
Edgar's Hamlet
1920
Edgar Takes the Cake
1920
Edgar's Sunday Courtship
1920
Edgar's Jonah Day
1920
Edgar's Feast Day
1921
The Hoodlum
1919
Hot Stuff
1929
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
The Affairs of Martha
1942
Brooklyn Orchid
1942
Midnight Madonna
1937
The Whispered Name
1924
Penrod and Sam
1923
Young Ideas
1924
The Shining Hour
1938
The Flirt
1922
Treasure Island
1917
Edgar's Little Saw
1920
Edgar Camps Out
1920
Edgar, the Detective
1921
Edgar's Country Cousin
1921
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1918
Devil's Doorway
1950
The Babes in the Woods
1917
Fan Fan
1918
Jack and the Beanstalk
1917
Wild Boys of the Road
1933
Too Hot to Handle
1938
Trifling with Honor
1923
A Front Page Story
1922
The Racing Kid
1924
Undressed
1928