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