02/27/1903
London, England, UK:
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).
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The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence (1990) as Self (archive footage) |
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Do Not Disturb (1965) as Simmons |
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Sergeant Deadhead (1965) as Lt. Comm. Talbott |
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What a Way to Go! (1964) as Painter |
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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) as Reggie McHugh |
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Back Street (1961) as Dalian |
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Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958) as Harold Hermann |
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No Time at All (1958) as Felix Allardyce |
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The Story of Mankind (1957) as William Shakespeare |
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The Birds and the Bees (1956) as Gerald |
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Alice in Wonderland (1955) as White Knight |
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Ain't Misbehavin' (1955) as Anatole Piermont Rogers |
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Black Widow (1954) as Brian Mullen |
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Androcles and the Lion (1952) as Lentulus |
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Elopement (1951) as Roger Evans |
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Halls of Montezuma (1951) as Sgt. Randolph Johnson |
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Wabash Avenue (1950) as English Eddie |
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That Wonderful Urge (1948) as Count André de Guyon |
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That Lady in Ermine (1948) as Alberto |
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Fury at Furnace Creek (1948) as Capt. Grover A. Walsh |
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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947) as Will Hough |
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Cluny Brown (1946) as Hilary Ames |
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One More Tomorrow (1946) as James 'Jim' Aloysius Fisk |
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Do You Love Me (1946) as Herbert Benham |
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The Dolly Sisters (1945) as Tony, Duke of Breck |
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Christmas in Connecticut (1945) as John Sloan |
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Molly and Me (1945) as Harry Phillips / Peabody, the Butler |
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The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) as Composer / Archie Dexter |
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Claudia (1943) as Jerry Seymour |
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Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) as Charles, Duke of Trippenham |
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Immortal Sergeant (1943) as Tom Benedict |
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Forever and a Day (1943) as Assistant Hotel Manager |
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Breakdowns of 1942 (1942) as Self |
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (1942) as |
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Captains of the Clouds (1942) as Scrounger Harris |
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The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) as Beverly Carlton |
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Sundown (1941) as Lieutenant Roddy Turner |
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A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) as Roger Pillby |
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My Life with Caroline (1941) as Paul Martindale |
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The Great Dictator (1940) as Commander Schultz |
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Dulcy (1940) as Schuyler Van Dyke |
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The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940) as John Pierce |
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The Night of Nights (1939) as J. Neville Prime |
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The Flying Deuces (1939) as Francois |
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Sweethearts (1938) as Norman Trumpett |
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The Girl Downstairs (1938) as Willie |
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Marie Antoinette (1938) as Comte d'Artois |
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Hollywood Goes to Town (1938) as Self |
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Everybody Sing (1938) as Jerrold Hope |
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A Damsel in Distress (1937) as Keggs |
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Born to Dance (1936) as Policeman |
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A Little Bit of Bluff (1935) as Hugh Rigby |
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Radio Parade (1933) as |
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Just Smith (1933) as Lord Redwood |
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Flat No. 9 (1932) as Peter Merridew |
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The Perfect Lady (1931) as Lord Tony Carderay |
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My Old China (1931) as |
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Bull Rushes (1931) as |
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Aroma of the South Seas (1931) as The Man |
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) as Dancer at Ball (uncredited) |