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