Reginald Gardiner
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-02-27
Day of Death
1980-07-07 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Reginald Gardiner
Biography
Reginald Gardiner (27 February 1903 - 7 July 1980) was an English-born actor in film and television and a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in Britain. He made his film debut in 1926 in the silent film The Lodger, by Alfred Hitchcock. Moving to Hollywood, he was cast in numerous roles, often as a British butler. One of his most famous roles was that of Schultz in Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. Toward the end of his career, Gardiner made increasing guest appearances on the leading television sitcoms of the 1960s, including Fess Parker's ABC series, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as the lead guest in the episode "Citizen Bellows". His last major role was alongside Phyllis Diller in her short-lived ABC sitcom The Pruitts of Southampton (1966-67).
Known For
Acting
(1985)
Cocoon
as Character in film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1965)
Do Not Disturb
as Simmons
(1965)
Sergeant Deadhead
as Lt. Comm. Talbott
(1964)
What a Way to Go!
as Painter
(1962)
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Reggie McHugh
(1961)
Back Street
as Dalian
(1958)
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Harold Hermann
(1958)
No Time at All
as Felix Allardyce
(1957)
The Story of Mankind
as William Shakespeare
(1956)
The Birds and the Bees
as Gerald
(1955)
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
(1955)
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Anatole Piermont Rogers
(1954)
Black Widow
as Brian Mullen
(1952)
Androcles and the Lion
as Lentulus
(1951)
Halls of Montezuma
as Sgt. Randolph Johnson
(1951)
Elopement
as Roger Evans
(1950)
Wabash Avenue
as English Eddie
(1948)
Fury at Furnace Creek
as Capt. Grover A. Walsh
(1948)
That Lady in Ermine
as Alberto
(1948)
That Wonderful Urge
as Count André de Guyon
(1947)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Will Hough
(1946)
Cluny Brown
as Hilary Ames
(1946)
Do You Love Me
as Herbert Benham
(1946)
One More Tomorrow
as James 'Jim' Aloysius Fisk
(1945)
Christmas in Connecticut
as John Sloan
(1945)
Molly and Me
as Harry Phillips / Peabody, the Butler
(1945)
The Dolly Sisters
as Tony, Duke of Breck
(1945)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Composer / Archie Dexter
(1943)
Immortal Sergeant
as Tom Benedict
(1943)
Forever and a Day
as Assistant Hotel Manager
(1943)
Claudia
as Jerry Seymour
(1943)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Charles, Duke of Trippenham
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1942)
(1942)
Captains of the Clouds
as Scrounger Harris (bush pilot)
(1941)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Beverly Carlton
(1941)
Sundown
as Lieutenant Roddy Turner
(1941)
A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Roger Pillby
(1941)
My Life with Caroline
as Paul Martindale
(1940)
The Great Dictator
as Commander Schultz
(1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as John Pierce
(1940)
Dulcy
as Schuyler Van Dyke
(1939)
The Flying Deuces
as Francois
(1939)
The Night of Nights
as J. Neville Prime
(1938)
Sweethearts
as Norman Trumpett
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Comte d'Artois
(1938)
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(1938)
Everybody Sing
as Jerrold Hope
(1938)
The Girl Downstairs
as Willie
(1937)
A Damsel in Distress
as Keggs
(1936)
Born to Dance
as Policeman
(1935)
A Little Bit of Bluff
as Hugh Rigby
(1933)
Leave It to Smith
as Lord Redwood
(1933)
(1932)
Flat No. 9
as Peter Merridew
(1931)
The Perfect Lady
as Lord Tony Carderay
(1931)
(1931)
Aroma of the South Seas
as The Man
(1931)
(1927)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
as Dancer at Ball (uncredited)