Buddy Messinger

American actor

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)

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]

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)

References

^ T, Ian (December 21, 2016). "Forgotten Actors: Buddy Messinger".^{[self-published source]}
^ "Buddy Messinger". www.lordheath.com.^{[self-published source]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ankerich, Michael G. (5 December 2010). "Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels: The Lives, Careers, and Misfortunes of 14 Hard-Luck Girls of the Silent Screen". BearManor Media – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
^ "Buddy Messinger". BFI. Archived from the original on October 6, 2019.
^ "The Educational Screen". Educational Screen. October 10, 1923 – via Google Books.
^ Munden, Kenneth White; Institute, American Film (October 10, 1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209695 – via Google Books.
^ "ThreeStooges.net : Cast Member : Buddy Messinger". www.threestooges.net.