Buddy

Buddy may refer to:

• A friend or a partner for a particular activity
• Buddy (dog), pet of former U.S. President Bill Clinton
• Buddy memory allocation, a dynamic memory allocation system for computers
• Buddy system, any system in which two people work together, especially for safety reasons

Brands and products

• Buddy (scooter), motorscooter
• Buddy (electric car), a Norwegian electric car
• Buddy L, American toy company

Entertainment and the arts

• Buddy (1997 film), 1997 film about a gorilla named Buddy
• Buddy (2003 film), Norwegian film
• Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, jukebox musical on the career of Buddy Holly
• Buddy (novel), 1982 novel by Nigel Hinton
• United Buddy Bears, international art exhibition
• Buddy (TV series), a 1986 BBC schools drama about a teenager named Buddy
• Buddy, a fictional T. Rex on the PBS Kids show Dinosaur Train

Music

• Buddy (band), a California indie pop band
• "Buddy" (song), a 1989 song by De La Soul
• B.U.D.D.Y., a 2007 single by Musiq Soulchild

People

• Buddy Bell (born 1951), American baseball player
• Buddy Blattner (1920–2009), American baseball player and sportscaster
• Charles F. Buddy (1887–1966), first Roman Catholic bishop of San Diego, California
• Buddy Cianci (nickname for Vincent Cianci), long-time mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
• Buddy Clark (1911-1949), American singer who had duets with Dinah Shore
• Buddy DeFranco (born 1923), American jazz clarinetist
• Buddy Dyer (born 1958), mayor of Orlando, Florida
• Buddy Ebsen (1908–2003), American actor best known for his role in The Beverly Hillbillies
• Lance "Buddy" Franklin (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
• Buddy Greco (born 1926), American jazz and pop singer and pianist
• Buddy Guy (born 1936), American guitarist
• Buddy Hackett (1924–2003), American actor and comedian
• Buddy Holly (1936–1959), pioneering American rock and roll musician
• Buddy Jewell (born 1961), American country musician
• Buddy Knox (1933–1999), oldies musician that sang "Party Doll" in 1957 with his group, The Rhythm Orchids
• Buddy Myer (1904–1974), American All-Star major league baseball player
• Buddy Rich (1917–1987), American jazz drummer and bandleader
• Buddy Roemer (born 1943), former American congressman and Louisiana governor, and Republican presidential candidate
• Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American actor and jazz musician
• "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, American professional wrestler

Characters

• Buddy Hobbes, the character played by Will Ferrell in the film Elf
• Buddy (Looney Tunes), an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes
• Buddy (The Short Circus), a member of The Short Circus on the American television series The Electric Company
• Buddy Lembeck, a character on the 1980s situation comedy Charles in Charge
• Buddy Bradley, the protagonist of Peter Bagge's comic book Hate!
• Buddy Pine, the alter ego of Syndrome, the supervillain from the 2004 film "The Incredibles"
• Little Buddy, The Skipper's pet name for Gilligan on the TV series Gilligan's Island
• Buddy Cole (fiction), recurring character from the Canadian sketch-comedy show The Kids In The Hall portrayed by Scott Thompson

See also

• All pages beginning with "Buddy"
• All pages with titles containing "Buddy"
• Bud (disambiguation)
• Buddies (disambiguation)