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Buddy Messinger

Acting · Born October 26, 1907 · San Francisco, California, USA

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.

Buddy Messinger movies and shows

  • Citizen Kane1941
  • Modern Times1936
  • Libeled Lady1936
  • Wild Boys of the Road1933
  • Idiot's Delight1939
  • Too Hot to Handle1938
  • Hold Back the Dawn1941
  • The Devil Is a Sissy1936
  • A Front Page Story1922
  • Three of a Kind1936
  • The Lone Ranger Rides Again1939
  • Devil's Doorway1950
  • The Shining Hour1938
  • The Gay Sisters1942
  • The Housekeeper's Daughter1939
  • The Affairs of Martha1942
  • Four Girls in White1939
  • Turnabout1940
  • Crime by Night1944
  • The Mexican Spitfire's Baby1941
  • Jack and the Beanstalk1917
  • Andy Hardy Meets Debutante1940
  • Edgar's Little Saw1920
  • A Lady of Chance1928