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