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Reginald Gardiner

Born
February 27, 1903
Died
July 7, 1980
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
The Great Dictator
(1940)
Commander Schultz
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
(1927)
Dancer at Ball (uncredited)
A Damsel in Distress
(1937)
Keggs
Christmas in Connecticut
(1945)
John Sloan
Marie Antoinette
(1938)
Comte d'Artois
What a Way to Go!
(1964)
Painter
Sergeant Deadhead
(1965)
Lt. Comm. Talbott
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
(1962)
Reggie McHugh
Born to Dance
(1936)
Policeman
The Flying Deuces
(1939)
Francois
Cluny Brown
(1946)
Hilary Ames
Black Widow
(1954)
Brian Mullen
Full Filmography
Acting
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
(1927)
Dancer at Ball (uncredited)
The Perfect Lady
(1931)
Lord Tony Carderay
My Old China
(1931)
Bull Rushes
(1931)
Aroma of the South Seas
(1931)
The Man
Flat No. 9
(1932)
Peter Merridew
Leave It to Smith
(1933)
Lord Redwood
Radio Parade
(1933)
A Little Bit of Bluff
(1935)
Hugh Rigby
Born to Dance
(1936)
Policeman
A Damsel in Distress
(1937)
Keggs
Everybody Sing
(1938)
Jerrold Hope
Sweethearts
(1938)
Norman Trumpett
Marie Antoinette
(1938)
Comte d'Artois
The Girl Downstairs
(1938)
Willie
Hollywood Goes to Town
(1938)
Self
The Flying Deuces
(1939)
Francois
The Night of Nights
(1939)
J. Neville Prime
Dulcy
(1940)
Schuyler Van Dyke
The Great Dictator
(1940)
Commander Schultz
The Doctor Takes a Wife
(1940)
John R. Pierce
My Life with Caroline
(1941)
Paul Martindale
Sundown
(1941)
Lieutenant Roddy Turner
A Yank in the R.A.F.
(1941)
Roger Pillby
The Man Who Came to Dinner
(1941)
Beverly Carlton
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
(1942)
Breakdowns of 1942
(1942)
Self
Captains of the Clouds
(1942)
Scrounger Harris (bush pilot)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
(1943)
Charles, Duke of Trippenham
Immortal Sergeant
(1943)
Tom Benedict
Forever and a Day
(1943)
Assistant Hotel Manager
Claudia
(1943)
Jerry Seymour
Molly and Me
(1945)
Harry Phillips / Peabody, the Butler
The Horn Blows at Midnight
(1945)
Composer / Archie Dexter
Christmas in Connecticut
(1945)
John Sloan
The Dolly Sisters
(1945)
Tony, Duke of Breck
Do You Love Me
(1946)
Herbert Benham
Cluny Brown
(1946)
Hilary Ames
One More Tomorrow
(1946)
James 'Jim' Aloysius Fisk
Fury at Furnace Creek
(1948)
Capt. Grover A. Walsh
That Lady in Ermine
(1948)
Alberto
That Wonderful Urge
(1948)
Count André de Guyon
Wabash Avenue
(1950)
English Eddie
Elopement
(1951)
Roger Evans
Halls of Montezuma
(1951)
Sgt. Randolph Johnson
Androcles and the Lion
(1952)
Lentulus
Black Widow
(1954)
Brian Mullen
Ain't Misbehavin'
(1955)
Anatole Piermont Rogers
Alice in Wonderland
(1955)
White Knight
The Birds and the Bees
(1956)
Gerald
The Story of Mankind
(1957)
William Shakespeare
Rock-a-Bye Baby
(1958)
Harold Hermann
No Time at All
(1958)
Felix Allardyce
Back Street
(1961)
Dalian
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
(1962)
Reggie McHugh
What a Way to Go!
(1964)
Painter
Sergeant Deadhead
(1965)
Lt. Comm. Talbott
Do Not Disturb
(1965)
Simmons
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