American actor
Buddy Messinger
Messinger in 1922
Born Melvin Joseph Messinger
(1907-10-26 ) October 26, 1907Died October 25, 1965(1965-10-25) (aged 57) Nationality American Occupation Actor Spouse(s) Marjorie Montgomery Relatives Gertrude Messinger (sister)
Still of Mary Alden and Messinger in The Old Nest Advert for The Flirt (1922) 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] 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 RoleJack and the Beanstalk Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp The Babes in the Woods Treasure Island Six Shooter Andy [ 3] Fan Fan Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves The Hoodlum Jinx Luck of the Irish Edgar's Sunday Courtship The Old Nest Shadows When Love Comes The Flirt A Front Page Story Boyhood Days The Abysmal Brute All Over Twist (1923)Trifling with Honkr Penrod and Sam [ 6] Don't Get Fresh The Whispered Name Young Ideas [ 3] What an Eye (1924, a haunted house comedy for Universal Pictures)[ 4] Don't Fall Jack and the Beanstalk Taming the East Monkeys Prefer Blondes [citation needed Sorority Mixup Swell Clothes Two Arabian Sites Undressed The Godless Girl A Lady of Chance Hot Stuff Cheer Up and Smile [ 7] The Age of Consent Bondage Stage Mother [ 8] Wild Boys of the Road College Coach This Side of Heaven The Most Precious Thing in Life Let 'Em Have It The Public Menace Thanks a Million Ah, Wilderness! Modern Times The Three Wise Guys Three of a Kind Kelly the Second Our Relations The Devil Is a Sissy Libeled Lady College Holiday A Star Is Born Wings Over Honolulu Midnight Madonna Super-Sleuth Blonde Trouble Atlantic Flight Test Pilot Hold That Kiss Yellow Jack The Shopworn Angel Too Hot to Handle The Shining Hour Four Girls in White Idiot's Delight Fast and Loose The Lone Ranger Rides Again Sergeant Madden Fast and Furious The Housekeeper's Daughter Turnabout Andy Hardy Meets Debutante Hullabaloo Love Thy Neighbor Keeping Company Citizen Kane The Big Store Hold Back the Dawn The Mexican Spitfire's Baby Brooklyn Orchid The Affairs of Martha The Gay Sisters Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour The Story of Dr. Wassell Crime by Night Devil's Doorway
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 ISBN 9780520209695 ^ "ThreeStooges.net : Cast Member : Buddy Messinger" . www.threestooges.net .
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