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