Buddy Messinger
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.
Citizen Kane
as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a...
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Modern Times
as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again...
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Libeled Lady
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and...
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The Devil Is a Sissy
as Elevator OperatorA well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his...
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a...
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Crime by Night
as Bellboy (uncredited)A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.
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The Shining Hour
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
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Hold Back the Dawn
as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota...
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Turnabout
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha...
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Idiot's Delight
as UsherA group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are...
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Fast and Furious
as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York,...
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Fast and Loose
as ClerkThe Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.
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Sergeant Madden
as Hospital ClerkA dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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A Lady of Chance
as HankA con woman working the Atlantic City hotels targets a visiting businessman from Alabama.
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Four Girls in White
as MessengerYoung Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there....
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Stage Mother
as Fellow in Third RowKitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls...
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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as ReporterAn advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a...
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Three of a Kind
as BellhopA truck driver and a gold-digger meet at a swank hotel and both think the other is wealthy. A...
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Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
as Omar - Al-talib's Evil SpiritIn Bagdad, Princess Badr al-Budur, the daughter of the Sultan, falls in love with Aladdin, the...
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Brooklyn Orchid
as Bellhop with FlowersTwo taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
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The Affairs of Martha
as Butcher Boy (uncredited)Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their...
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Edgar Camps Out
as Freddie LittlefieldEdgar is about to lose the lady of his heart because the Bates boys have been given a complete...
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Keeping Company
as Basketball Ticket BoyWholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes...
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Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
as Freddy LittlefieldThe story of Edgar Pomeroy, the first in a series, in which the boy Edgar imagines himself the...
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Wings Over Honolulu
as BoyA Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.
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The Hoodlum
as Dish LowryA spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys,...
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Shadows
as 'Mr. Bad Boy'Yen Sin, a humble Chinese, is washed ashore after a storm and finds himself an outsider in the...
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Hold That Kiss
as Theatre UsherTwo young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely...
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Hullabaloo
as Third PageA radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.
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The Lone Ranger Rides Again
as RanceHomesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants...
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The Old Nest
as Jim at 10A mother raises her six children and one by one lets them go out into the world. Their failures...
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The Flirt
as Hedrick MadisonTreats of the average, smalltown, middle class family life. Flirtatious Cora Madison is engaged...
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Young Ideas
as Bob LowdenUniversal star Laura LaPlante stars in this lighthearted comedy based on Sophie Kerr's magazine...
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Abysmal Brute
as Buddy SangsterA young man is raised in the mountains by his prizefighter father. Although he possesses great...
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The Housekeeper's Daughter
as ReporterA mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
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College Holiday
as DancerCollege students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
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Cheer Up and Smile
as DonaldWhen a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college...
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Kasim BabaAli Baba, a poor Turkish wood chopper, discovers that a robbers' cave, concealed in the...
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Hot Stuff
as TuffyAn uptight society aunt sends her too sexy niece to college so she can land a man.
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Love Thy Neighbor
as Elevator BoyCapitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two...
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Jinx
as OrphanThe circus comes to town, and the town's orphans are treated to a day at the circus. The circus...
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Edgar's Jonah Day
as Freddy LittlefieldEdgar is called upon by his mother to execute a disagreeable errand, has to mind his troublesome...
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The Whispered Name
as The Office BoyAnne Gray (Ruth Clifford) runs off with Robert Gordon (William E. Lawrence), believing that he...
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Edgar Takes the Cake
as Freddy LittlefieldEdgar delivers a cake to his sister's ill friend. The cake arrives safely, but not sound, and...
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Edgar's Hamlet
as Freddy LittlefieldEdgar and his schoolmates put on a production of Shakespeare's Hamlet such as the townsfolk have...
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Edgar's Sunday Courtship
as Freddy LittlefieldOn the way to Sunday school, Edgar meets the lady of his heart--and his hated rival. The...
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When Love Comes
as Coleridge TwinJane Coleridge and Peter Jamison are a pair of small town sweethearts. She's an old-fashioned...
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Edgar's Little Saw
as Freddie LittlefieldAmong other Christmas gifts, Edgar receives a tool chest containing a little saw. While he is...
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Edgar, the Detective
as Freddie LittlefieldEdgar buys a badge and a book of instructions and starts to learn the detective business. When...
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Edgar's Country Cousin
as Freddie LittlefieldEdgar from the city goes to visit his country cousin and at once begins to impress him and his...
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