Reginald Gardiner
Acting • Born 1903-02-27 – Died 1980-07-07
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).
Filmography
90 credits
The Great Dictator
Movie • 1940
Commander Schultz
The Flying Deuces
Movie • 1939
Francois
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Movie • 1941
Beverly Carlton
Captains of the Clouds
Movie • 1942
Scrounger Harris
Christmas in Connecticut
Movie • 1945
John Sloan
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Movie • 1962
Reggie McHugh
The Story of Mankind
Movie • 1957
William Shakespeare
Everybody Sing
Movie • 1938
Jerrold Hope
Forever and a Day
Movie • 1943
Assistant Hotel Manager
Marie Antoinette
Movie • 1938
Comte d'Artois
Born to Dance
Movie • 1936
Policeman
Black Widow
Movie • 1954
Brian Mullen
Do Not Disturb
Movie • 1965
Simmons
Halls of Montezuma
Movie • 1951
Sgt. Randolph Johnson
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Movie • 1945
Composer / Archie Dexter
A Damsel in Distress
Movie • 1937
Keggs
A Yank in the R.A.F.
Movie • 1941
Roger Pillby
My Life with Caroline
Movie • 1941
Paul Martindale
Cluny Brown
Movie • 1946
Hilary Ames
That Lady in Ermine
Movie • 1948
Alberto
Sergeant Deadhead
Movie • 1965
Lt. Comm. Talbott
Sundown
Movie • 1941
Lieutenant Roddy Turner
Do You Love Me
Movie • 1946
Herbert Benham
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Movie • 1940
John Pierce
Wabash Avenue
Movie • 1950
English Eddie
That Wonderful Urge
Movie • 1948
Count André de Guyon
Fury at Furnace Creek
Movie • 1948
Capt. Grover A. Walsh
The Birds and the Bees
Movie • 1956
Gerald
Dulcy
Movie • 1940
Schuyler Van Dyke
A Little Bit of Bluff
Movie • 1935
Hugh Rigby
Claudia
Movie • 1943
Jerry Seymour
The Girl Downstairs
Movie • 1938
Willie
Elopement
Movie • 1951
Roger Evans
Rock-a-Bye Baby
Movie • 1958
Harold Hermann
Back Street
Movie • 1961
Dalian
What a Way to Go!
Movie • 1964
Painter
Androcles and the Lion
Movie • 1952
Lentulus
Ain't Misbehavin'
Movie • 1955
Anatole Piermont Rogers
No Time at All
Movie • 1958
Felix Allardyce
Immortal Sergeant
Movie • 1943
Tom Benedict
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Movie • 1943
Charles, Duke of Trippenham
Leave It to Smith
Movie • 1933
Lord Redwood
Molly and Me
Movie • 1945
Harry Phillips / Peabody, the Butler
My Old China
Movie • 1931
Radio Parade
Movie • 1933
Bull Rushes
Movie • 1931
Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 1955
White Knight
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Movie • 1927
Dancer at Ball (uncredited)
The Dolly Sisters
Movie • 1945
Tony, Duke of Breck
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Movie • 1947
Will Hough
One More Tomorrow
Movie • 1946
James 'Jim' Aloysius Fisk
Aroma of the South Seas
Movie • 1931
The Man
Flat No. 9
Movie • 1932
Peter Merridew
The Perfect Lady
Movie • 1931
Lord Tony Carderay
Hollywood Goes to Town
Movie • 1938
Self
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Movie • 1942
Sweethearts
Movie • 1938
Norman Trumpett
The Night of Nights
Movie • 1939
J. Neville Prime
Breakdowns of 1942
Movie • 1942
Self
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Piggott
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Lord Faversham
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Albert Charity
Bewitched
TV • 1964
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
White Knight
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Major Cook-Finch
The Monkees
TV • 1966
Butler
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Waldo Francis Turner
Adventures in Paradise
TV • 1959
Chester Hobart
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Mr. Lynn Belvedere
The Pruitts of Southampton
TV • 1966
Ned Pruitt
ABC Stage 67
TV • 1966
Uncle Andrew
Behind Closed Doors
TV • 1958
Ernest Farrington
77 Sunset Strip
TV • 1958
Mr. Maudlin
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Gaylord Martindale
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Pepperill Twill
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Putzi Voltran
Batman
TV • 1966
Bernie Park
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Panelist
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Felix Allardyce
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Sir Geoffrey
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Lord Clive Montdrako
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Prince Fredrick
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Hazel
TV • 1961
Mr. Montague
Hazel
TV • 1961
Mr. Gilbert
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV • 1957
Self
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Ed Wynn Show
TV • 1949
Self