# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buddy-messinger
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:35:00.681Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buddy-messinger"
name: "Buddy Messinger"
slug: "buddy-messinger"
description: "Buddy Messinger 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."
tagline: "American actor and assistant director (1907–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buddy_Messinger_-_Dec_1922_ETR.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1907-10-26"
deathDate: "1965-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.24
  momentum:             14
  historical:           6.803204
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0582209/"
    handle:    "nm0582209"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%88%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B1"
    title: "بڈی میسنجر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Messanger"
    title: "Buddy Messanger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8E%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%95%D8%B1"
    title: "بادی مێسینگەر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Messinger"
    title: "Buddy Messinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Messinger"
    title: "Buddy Messinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Messinger"
    title: "Buddy Messinger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%84%EB%94%94_%EB%AF%B8%EC%8B%B1%EC%96%B4"
    title: "버디 미싱어"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21482508"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1185359"
    title: "Buddy Messinger"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump