After decades in the business, Reginald Gardiner is the kind of actor who has outlasted trends, studios and formats. The first screen credit dates from 1927. More of the credits fall under comedy than under anything else. The count stands at 67 titles, and the range inside it is wide. Ask a viewer to place Reginald Gardiner and the answer usually comes back 'The Great Dictator'. 'Christmas in Connecticut' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography.
Reginald Gardiner
Actor · Since 1939
77 years (Feb 27, 1903 – Jul 7, 1980)London, UKLondon, England, UK
48 Movies · 19 Series
After decades in the business, Reginald Gardiner is the kind of actor who has outlasted trends, studios and formats. The first screen credit dates from 1927. More of the credits fall under comedy than under anything else. The count stands at 67 titles, and the range inside it is wide. Ask a viewer to place Reginald Gardiner and the answer usually comes back 'The Great Dictator'. 'Christmas in Connecticut' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography.
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).