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
(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)
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Anatole Piermont Rogers
(1955)
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
(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)
That Wonderful Urge
as Count André de Guyon
(1948)
That Lady in Ermine
as Alberto
(1948)
Fury at Furnace Creek
as Capt. Grover A. Walsh
(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)
The Dolly Sisters
as Tony, Duke of Breck
(1945)
Molly and Me
as Harry Phillips / Peabody, the Butler
(1945)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Composer / Archie Dexter
(1943)
Forever and a Day
as Assistant Hotel Manager
(1943)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Charles, Duke of Trippenham
(1943)
Immortal Sergeant
as Tom Benedict
(1943)
Claudia
as Jerry Seymour
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1942)
Captains of the Clouds
as Scrounger Harris (bush pilot)
(1942)
(1941)
A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Roger Pillby
(1941)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Beverly Carlton
(1941)
Sundown
as Lieutenant Roddy Turner
(1941)
My Life with Caroline
as Paul Martindale
(1940)
The Great Dictator
as Commander Schultz
(1940)
Dulcy
as Schuyler Van Dyke
(1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as John Pierce
(1939)
The Flying Deuces
as Francois
(1939)
The Night of Nights
as J. Neville Prime
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Comte d'Artois
(1938)
The Girl Downstairs
as Willie
(1938)
Sweethearts
as Norman Trumpett
(1938)
Everybody Sing
as Jerrold Hope
(1938)
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
(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)
(1931)
The Perfect Lady
as Lord Tony Carderay
(1931)
Aroma of the South Seas
as The Man
(1931)
(1927)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
as Dancer at Ball (uncredited)