1936Winner
Best Performance
Modern Times
Buddy Messinger
Actor
San Francisco, California, USA
October 26, 1907
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1941Winner
Best Performance
Citizen Kane
1936Nominee
Best Performance
Libeled Lady
Career Highlights
1939Highlight
Best Performance
Idiot's Delight
1941Highlight
Best Performance
Hold Back the Dawn
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Modern Times
Citizen Kane
Libeled Lady