Reginald Gardiner
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).
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
1962
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
The Birds and the Bees
1956
The Great Dictator
1940
Sweethearts
1938
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927
Born to Dance
1936
No Time at All
1958
A Damsel in Distress
1937
Elopement
1951
The Story of Mankind
1957
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
My Life with Caroline
1941
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938
The Flying Deuces
1939
Immortal Sergeant
1943
Molly and Me
1945
Back Street
1961
That Lady in Ermine
1948
Halls of Montezuma
1951
Marie Antoinette
1938
Cluny Brown
1946
The Girl Downstairs
1938
What a Way to Go!
1964
Captains of the Clouds
1942
Breakdowns of 1942
1942
Androcles and the Lion
1952
Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
Do Not Disturb
1965
Forever and a Day
1943
Black Widow
1954
That Wonderful Urge
1948
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
Sundown
1941
One More Tomorrow
1946
A Yank in the R.A.F.
1941
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942