Reginald Gardiner

Born: 1903-02-27

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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The Great Dictator

as Commander Schultz
Released: 1940-10-15

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid...

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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

as Dancer at Ball (uncredited)
Released: 1927-02-14

London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the...

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Christmas in Connecticut

as John Sloan
Released: 1945-07-27

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a...

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Marie Antoinette

as Comte d'Artois
Released: 1938-08-26

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of...

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A Damsel in Distress

as Keggs
Released: 1937-11-19

Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who...

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The Flying Deuces

as Francois
Released: 1939-11-03

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully...

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What a Way to Go!

as Painter
Released: 1964-10-12

A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly...

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Cluny Brown

as Hilary Ames
Released: 1946-06-02

Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English...

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The Man Who Came to Dinner

as Beverly Carlton
Released: 1941-12-24

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a...

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Halls of Montezuma

as Sgt. Randolph Johnson
Released: 1951-01-04

Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert...

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Sundown

as Lieutenant Roddy Turner
Released: 1941-10-31

Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives...

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Rock-a-Bye Baby

as Harold Hermann
Released: 1958-07-23

An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown...

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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

as Reggie McHugh
Released: 1962-06-15

Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a...

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A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Roger Pillby
Released: 1941-09-26

An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to...

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The Story of Mankind

as William Shakespeare
Released: 1957-11-08

The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

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Sweethearts

as Norman Trumpett
Released: 1938-12-30

Bickering husband-and-wife stage stars are manipulated into a break-up for publicity purposes.

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Do Not Disturb

as Simmons
Released: 1965-12-22

American Mike Harper, sent to do business in England, moves there with his wife, Janet. But she...

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Forever and a Day

as Assistant Hotel Manager
Released: 1943-01-21

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the...

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Sergeant Deadhead

as Lt. Comm. Talbott
Released: 1965-08-18

An astronaut goes into space with a chimpanzee. When they return to Earth after their orbit, it...

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Born to Dance

as Policeman
Released: 1936-11-27

On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but...

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Androcles and the Lion

as Lentulus
Released: 1952-12-01

George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian...

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Black Widow

as Brian Mullen
Released: 1954-10-28

A young stage hopeful is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer.

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Everybody Sing

as Jerrold Hope
Released: 1938-01-01

Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her...

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Captains of the Clouds

as Scrounger Harris (bush pilot)
Released: 1942-02-12

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean...

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Hollywood Goes to Town

as Self
Released: 1938-07-07

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The...

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Fury at Furnace Creek

as Capt. Grover A. Walsh
Released: 1948-04-30

The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who...

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My Life with Caroline

as Paul Martindale
Released: 1941-08-01

A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.

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The Horn Blows at Midnight

as Composer / Archie Dexter
Released: 1945-04-28

A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael,...

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Do You Love Me

as Herbert Benham
Released: 1946-05-17

Katharine Hilliard, mousy dean of a stuffy music school, meets and is insulted by swing band...

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Immortal Sergeant

as Tom Benedict
Released: 1943-04-29

During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces...

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Wabash Avenue

as English Eddie
Released: 1950-03-31

Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike's business, now a...

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No Time at All

as Felix Allardyce
Released: 1958-02-13

An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears...

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That Lady in Ermine

as Alberto
Released: 1948-08-24

Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a...

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Breakdowns of 1942

as Self
Released: 1942-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.

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Dulcy

as Schuyler Van Dyke
Released: 1940-10-04

A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with...

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Back Street

as Dalian
Released: 1961-10-11

Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department...

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That Wonderful Urge

as Count André de Guyon
Released: 1948-11-20

When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an...

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The Night of Nights

as J. Neville Prime
Released: 1939-12-01

A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having...

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The Doctor Takes a Wife

as John R. Pierce
Released: 1940-04-25

A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual...

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One More Tomorrow

as James 'Jim' Aloysius Fisk
Released: 1946-05-24

Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party — until he meets photographer...

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Elopement

as Roger Evans
Released: 1951-11-23

Two sets of parents frantically race to stop their eloping children's wedding.

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The Girl Downstairs

as Willie
Released: 1938-12-23

A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with...

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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

as uncredited
Released: 1942-10-05

Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at...

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The Dolly Sisters

as Tony, Duke of Breck
Released: 1945-11-14

Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography...

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Claudia

as Jerry Seymour
Released: 1943-11-04

Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't...

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Alice in Wonderland

as White Knight
Released: 1955-10-22

A young girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy...

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The Birds and the Bees

as Gerald
Released: 1956-05-11

On an ocean voyage, a card shark and her father cheat a naive man out of his money. Things take...

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Radio Parade

as uncredited
Released: 1933-10-01

Radio Parade (1933) is a variety film featuring such stars of the time as Clapham and Dwyer,...

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Ain't Misbehavin'

as Anatole Piermont Rogers
Released: 1955-06-30

Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.

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Sweet Rosie O'Grady

as Charles, Duke of Trippenham
Released: 1943-10-01

An American singer becomes engaged to an English duke, but is continuously pestered over her...

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Molly and Me

as Harry Phillips / Peabody, the Butler
Released: 1945-05-25

A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and...

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The Perfect Lady

as Lord Tony Carderay
Released: 1931-11-12

'Girl poses as maid of French actress who stole her fiancé.' (British Film Catalogue)

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Bewitched

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-17

Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine...

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Perry Mason

as Albert Charity
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Batman

as Bernie Park
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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Burke's Law

as Piggott
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Burke's Law

as Pepperill Twill
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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Burke's Law

as Putzi Voltran
First aired: 1963-09-20

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...

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77 Sunset Strip

as Mr. Maudlin
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Adventures in Paradise

as Chester Hobart
First aired: 1959-10-05

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on...

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Petticoat Junction

as Lord Faversham
First aired: 1963-09-24

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...

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Petticoat Junction

as Gaylord Martindale
First aired: 1963-09-24

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Major Cook-Finch
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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ABC Stage 67

as Uncle Andrew
First aired: 1966-09-14

ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety...

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Behind Closed Doors

as Ernest Farrington
First aired: 1958-10-02

Behind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and...

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The Monkees

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling...

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Green Acres

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-15

Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as White Knight
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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The Millionaire

as Waldo Francis Turner
First aired: 1955-01-19

An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...

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The Pruitts of Southampton

as Uncle Ned Pruitt
First aired: 1966-09-06

The Pruitts of Southampton is a situation comedy that aired during the 1966-67 season on the ABC...

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