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Reginald Gardiner

Reginald Gardiner

Born: 1903-02-27 • 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).

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