Portrait of Buddy Messinger

Acting

Buddy Messinger

Career

Active from 1917 to 1929, busiest in 1920 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Lady of Chance
A Lady of Chance
GoodWatch score67/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Buddy Messinger Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.3, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.1, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    63
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1950s

    1 title ยท average score 83
    Devil's Doorway
    Devil's Doorway (1950)
    GoodWatch score 83

    as Barfly (uncredited)

    1940s

    11 titles ยท average score 63
    Crime by Night
    Crime by Night (1944)
    GoodWatch score 58

    as Bellboy (uncredited)

    The Affairs of Martha
    The Affairs of Martha (1942)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as Butcher Boy (uncredited)

    Brooklyn Orchid
    Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Bellhop with Flowers

    Citizen Kane
    Citizen Kane (1941)
    GoodWatch score 91

    as Man at Boat Dock (uncredited)

    Hold Back the Dawn
    Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
    GoodWatch score 79

    as Hospital Elevator Operator (uncredited)

    The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
    The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)
    GoodWatch score 52

    as Reporter

    Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
    Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
    GoodWatch score 70

    as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

    Keeping Company
    Keeping Company (1940)
    GoodWatch score 63

    as Basketball Ticket Boy

    Turnabout
    Turnabout (1940)
    GoodWatch score 32

    as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

    Hullabaloo
    Hullabaloo (1940)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Third Page

    Love Thy Neighbor
    Love Thy Neighbor (1940)

    as Elevator Boy

    1930s

    21 titles ยท average score 61
    Idiot's Delight
    Idiot's Delight (1939)
    GoodWatch score 45

    as Usher

    Four Girls in White
    Four Girls in White (1939)
    GoodWatch score 66

    as Messenger

    The Housekeeper's Daughter
    The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)
    GoodWatch score 54

    as Reporter

    Fast and Loose
    Fast and Loose (1939)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Clerk (uncredited)

    Fast and Furious
    Fast and Furious (1939)
    GoodWatch score 65

    as First Elevator Boy (uncredited)

    Too Hot to Handle
    Too Hot to Handle (1938)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

    The Shining Hour
    The Shining Hour (1938)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

    Modern Times
    Modern Times (1936)
    GoodWatch score 91

    as Cigar Counterman (uncredited)

    Libeled Lady
    Libeled Lady (1936)
    GoodWatch score 79

    as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

    Three of a Kind
    Three of a Kind (1936)

    as Bellhop

    The Devil Is a Sissy
    The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
    GoodWatch score 57

    as Elevator Operator

    Wild Boys of the Road
    Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
    GoodWatch score 79

    as Boy (uncredited)

    1920s

    24 titles ยท average score 64
    Hot Stuff
    Hot Stuff (1929)

    as Tuffy

    A Lady of Chance
    A Lady of Chance (1928)
    GoodWatch score 67

    as Hank

    What an Eye
    What an Eye (1924)

    as Buddy - the Office Boy

    Penrod and Sam
    Penrod and Sam (1923)

    as Rodney Bitts

    Trifling with Honor
    Trifling with Honor (1923)

    as Jimmy Hunt

    Shadows
    Shadows (1922)
    GoodWatch score 61

    as 'Mr. Bad Boy'

    Edgar, the Detective
    Edgar, the Detective (1921)

    as Freddie Littlefield

    Edgar's Country Cousin
    Edgar's Country Cousin (1921)

    as Freddie Littlefield

    Edgar's Little Saw
    Edgar's Little Saw (1920)

    as Freddie Littlefield

    Edgar Takes the Cake
    Edgar Takes the Cake (1920)

    as Freddy Littlefield

    Edgar's Jonah Day
    Edgar's Jonah Day (1920)

    as Freddy Littlefield

    Edgar's Hamlet
    Edgar's Hamlet (1920)

    as Freddy Littlefield

    1910s

    6 titles ยท average score 59
    The Hoodlum
    The Hoodlum (1919)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as Dish Lowry

    Jinx
    Jinx (1919)

    as Orphan

    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
    Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918)

    as Kasim Baba

    Fan Fan
    Fan Fan (1918)

    as Head Collector

    Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
    Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917)

    as Omar - Al-talib's Evil Spirit

    Treasure Island
    Treasure Island (1917)

    as Captain Smolett