Buddy Messinger

DOB: 1907-10-26

DOD: 1965-10-25

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.

Starred In

1919
Movie

Jinx

1922
Movie

Shadows

1922
Movie

When Love Comes

1928
Movie

A Lady of Chance

1936
Movie

Three of a Kind

1930
Movie

Cheer Up and Smile

1921
Movie

The Old Nest

1933
Movie

Keyhole Katie

1938
Movie

Hold That Kiss

1936
Movie

College Holiday

1923
Movie

Abysmal Brute

1933
Movie

Stage Mother

1939
Movie

Idiot's Delight

1939
Movie

Fast and Loose

1939
Movie

Sergeant Madden

1939
Movie

Fast and Furious

1927
Movie

A Sorority Mixup

1924
Movie

What an Eye

1936
Movie

Modern Times

1936
Movie

Libeled Lady

1941
Movie

Hold Back the Dawn

1944
Movie

Crime by Night

1927
Movie

Dumb-Belles

1940
Movie

Turnabout

1940
Movie

Hullabaloo

1940
Movie

Keeping Company

1940
Movie

Love Thy Neighbor

1941
Movie

Citizen Kane

1923
Movie

A Howling Success

1920
Movie

Edgar's Hamlet

1920
Movie

Edgar's Jonah Day

1921
Movie

Edgar's Feast Day

1919
Movie

The Hoodlum

1929
Movie

Hot Stuff

1942
Movie

Brooklyn Orchid

1937
Movie

Midnight Madonna

1924
Movie

The Whispered Name

1923
Movie

Penrod and Sam

1924
Movie

Young Ideas

1938
Movie

The Shining Hour

1922
Movie

The Flirt

1917
Movie

Treasure Island

1920
Movie

Edgar's Little Saw

1920
Movie

Edgar Camps Out

1950
Movie

Devil's Doorway

1918
Movie

Fan Fan

1938
Movie

Too Hot to Handle

1922
Movie

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