Acting
Reginald Gardiner
EN cinema · 60 credits
Born
27 February 1903
Died
7 July 1980 (aged 77)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Also known as William Reginald Gardiner
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
Filmography
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
1990
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
as Self (archive footage)
Do Not Disturb
as Simmons
Sergeant Deadhead
as Lt. Comm. Talbott
What a Way to Go!
as Painter
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
as Reggie McHugh
Back Street
as Dalian
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Harold Hermann
No Time at All
as Felix Allardyce
The Story of Mankind
as William Shakespeare
The Birds and the Bees
as Gerald
Ain't Misbehavin'
as Anatole Piermont Rogers
Alice in Wonderland
as White Knight
Black Widow
as Brian Mullen
Androcles and the Lion
as Lentulus
Halls of Montezuma
as Sgt. Randolph Johnson
Elopement
as Roger Evans
Wabash Avenue
as English Eddie
That Lady in Ermine
as Alberto
That Wonderful Urge
as Count André de Guyon
Fury at Furnace Creek
as Capt. Grover A. Walsh
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Will Hough
Cluny Brown
as Hilary Ames
Do You Love Me
as Herbert Benham
One More Tomorrow
as James 'Jim' Aloysius Fisk
Christmas in Connecticut
as John Sloan
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Composer / Archie Dexter
Molly and Me
as Harry Phillips / Peabody, the Butler
Forever and a Day
as Assistant Hotel Manager
Claudia
as Jerry Seymour
Immortal Sergeant
as Tom Benedict
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Charles, Duke of Trippenham
Captains of the Clouds
as Scrounger Harris
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Beverly Carlton
A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Roger Pillby
My Life with Caroline
as Paul Martindale
Sundown
as Lieutenant Roddy Turner
The Great Dictator
as Commander Schultz
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as John Pierce
Dulcy
as Schuyler Van Dyke
The Flying Deuces
as Francois
The Night of Nights
as J. Neville Prime
Everybody Sing
as Jerrold Hope
Marie Antoinette
as Comte d'Artois
The Girl Downstairs
as Willie
Sweethearts
as Norman Trumpett
A Damsel in Distress
as Keggs
Born to Dance
as Policeman
Just Smith
1933
Leave It to Smith
as Lord Redwood
Flat No. 9
1932
Flat No. 9
as Peter Merridew
The Perfect Lady
as Lord Tony Carderay
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
as Dancer at Ball (uncredited)