Buddy Messinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Buddy Messinger

American actor and assistant director (1907–1965)

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1907

Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States

Date of Death: 25-Oct-1965

Profession: actor, assistant director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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.His sister Gertrude Messinger was also a child actor.
They appeared in several Fox fairytale movies for children.
She transitioned to speaking roles in 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.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.In the 1950s and 1960s he also worked as an assistant director.He married Marjorie Montgomery in 1932.
After his death in 1965, she married actor David Sharpe.