
Born
October 26, 1907
Died
October 25, 1965
Place of Birth
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.

Devil's Doorway
1950

Crime by Night
1944

The Affairs of Martha
1942

Brooklyn Orchid
1942

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941

Hold Back the Dawn
1941

Citizen Kane
1941

Keeping Company
1940

Love Thy Neighbor
1940

Hullabaloo
1940

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940

Turnabout
1940

The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939

Fast and Furious
1939

Sergeant Madden
1939

The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939

Fast and Loose
1939

Four Girls in White
1939

Idiot's Delight
1939

The Shining Hour
1938

Too Hot to Handle
1938

Hold That Kiss
1938

Midnight Madonna
1937

Wings Over Honolulu
1937

College Holiday
1936

Libeled Lady
1936

The Devil Is a Sissy
1936

Three of a Kind
1936

Modern Times
1936
An All American Toothache
1936

Wild Boys of the Road
1933

Stage Mother
1933

Keyhole Katie
1933

Cheer Up and Smile
1930

Hot Stuff
1929

A Lady of Chance
1928
Undressed
1928
Dumb-Belles
1927
A Sorority Mixup
1927

Monkeys Prefer Blondes
1926
What an Eye
1924

Young Ideas
1924
The Racing Kid
1924

The Whispered Name
1924

Penrod and Sam
1923

Trifling with Honor
1923

Abysmal Brute
1923
A Howling Success
1923

A Front Page Story
1922

The Flirt
1922

When Love Comes
1922

Shadows
1922

The Old Nest
1921

Edgar, the Detective
1921
Edgar's Feast Day
1921

Edgar's Country Cousin
1921

Edgar's Little Saw
1920

Edgar Camps Out
1920

Edgar Takes the Cake
1920

Edgar's Jonah Day
1920

Edgar's Hamlet
1920

Edgar's Sunday Courtship
1920

Edgar and the Teacher's Pet
1920

Jinx
1919

The Hoodlum
1919

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1918

Fan Fan
1918

The Babes in the Woods
1917
Treasure Island
1917

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917

Jack and the Beanstalk
1917