Reginald Gardiner

Reginald Gardiner

1903-02-27 London, England, UK 59 Credits

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 lea...

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Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb

1965

as Simmons

5.6
Acting

American Mike Harper, sent to do business in England, moves there with his wife, Janet. But she soon becomes convinced that Mike is carrying on with h...

Sergeant Deadhead

Sergeant Deadhead

1965

as Lt. Comm. Talbott

4.0
Acting

An astronaut goes into space with a chimpanzee. When they return to Earth after their orbit, it is discovered that the chimp has the brains of the ast...

What a Way to Go!

What a Way to Go!

1964

as Painter

7.1
Acting

A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be ...

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

1962

as Reggie McHugh

6.4
Acting

Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns...

Back Street

Back Street

1961

as Dalian

5.8
Acting

Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on ...

Rock-a-Bye Baby

Rock-a-Bye Baby

1958

as Harold Hermann

6.8
Acting

An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not su...

No Time at All

No Time at All

1958

as Felix Allardyce

Acting

An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from radar. We see how its disappearance affects people ...

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind

1957

as William Shakespeare

4.5
Acting

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

The Birds and the Bees

The Birds and the Bees

1956

as Gerald

6.8
Acting

On an ocean voyage, a card shark and her father cheat a naive man out of his money. Things take a twist when the girl falls in love with the man she's...

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1955

as White Knight

4.5
Acting

A young girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy land of strange characters and ideas.

Ain't Misbehavin'

Ain't Misbehavin'

1955

as Anatole Piermont Rogers

5.0
Acting

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

Black Widow

Black Widow

1954

as Brian Mullen

6.4
Acting

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

Androcles and the Lion

Androcles and the Lion

1952

as Lentulus

5.8
Acting

George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared...

Elopement

Elopement

1951

as Roger Evans

5.0
Acting

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

Halls of Montezuma

Halls of Montezuma

1951

as Sgt. Randolph Johnson

5.9
Acting

Richard Widmark leads an all star cast of marine leathernecks including Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone and Jack Webb into bat...

Wabash Avenue

Wabash Avenue

1950

as English Eddie

4.7
Acting

Andy Clark discovers he was cheated out of a half interest in partner Mike's business, now a thriving dance hall in 1892 Chicago. Unable to win it bac...

That Wonderful Urge

That Wonderful Urge

1948

as Count André de Guyon

6.5
Acting

When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely cla...

That Lady in Ermine

That Lady in Ermine

1948

as Alberto

5.8
Acting

Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, w...

Fury at Furnace Creek

Fury at Furnace Creek

1948

as Capt. Grover A. Walsh

6.0
Acting

The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory, he...

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

1947

as Will Hough

5.0
Acting

A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. Howard wrote the title song, Goodbye,...

Cluny Brown

Cluny Brown

1946

as Hilary Ames

7.1
Acting

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

One More Tomorrow

One More Tomorrow

1946

as James 'Jim' Aloysius Fisk

5.5
Acting

Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party — until he meets photographer Christie Sage. Through Christie, Tom takes over the owne...

Do You Love Me

Do You Love Me

1946

as Herbert Benham

4.8
Acting

Katharine Hilliard, mousy dean of a stuffy music school, meets and is insulted by swing band leader Barry Clayton on a train. To "show" him she takes ...

The Dolly Sisters

The Dolly Sisters

1945

as Tony, Duke of Breck

5.5
Acting

Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.

Christmas in Connecticut

Christmas in Connecticut

1945

as John Sloan

6.9
Acting

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse...

Molly and Me

Molly and Me

1945

as Harry Phillips / Peabody, the Butler

6.2
Acting

A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.

The Horn Blows at Midnight

The Horn Blows at Midnight

1945

as Composer / Archie Dexter

5.8
Acting

A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactl...

Claudia

Claudia

1943

as Jerry Seymour

6.5
Acting

Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afra...

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

1943

as Charles, Duke of Trippenham

6.0
Acting

An American singer becomes engaged to an English duke, but is continuously pestered over her past as a burlesque dancer by a reporter from her hometow...

Immortal Sergeant

Immortal Sergeant

1943

as Tom Benedict

5.6
Acting

During WWII, a corporal in the desert reminisces about the love he left behind and faces uncertainty about his strength as a leader.

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

1943

as Assistant Hotel Manager

7.4
Acting

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, ...

Breakdowns of 1942

Breakdowns of 1942

1942

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

1942

6.0
Acting

Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."

Captains of the Clouds

Captains of the Clouds

1942

as Scrounger Harris (bush pilot)

6.4
Acting

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

as Beverly Carlton

6.9
Acting

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

Sundown

Sundown

1941

as Lieutenant Roddy Turner

5.4
Acting

Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.

A Yank in the R.A.F.

A Yank in the R.A.F.

1941

as Roger Pillby

5.6
Acting

An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.

My Life with Caroline

My Life with Caroline

1941

as Paul Martindale

5.7
Acting

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

The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator

1940

as Commander Schultz

8.3
Acting

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Dulcy

Dulcy

1940

as Schuyler Van Dyke

5.8
Acting

A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's f...

The Doctor Takes a Wife

The Doctor Takes a Wife

1940

as John Pierce

6.4
Acting

A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.

The Night of Nights

The Night of Nights

1939

as J. Neville Prime

Acting

A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left him, and when his daughter triumphs in the revival o...

The Flying Deuces

The Flying Deuces

1939

as Francois

6.4
Acting

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the ...

Sweethearts

Sweethearts

1938

as Norman Trumpett

5.7
Acting

The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.

The Girl Downstairs

The Girl Downstairs

1938

as Willie

4.5
Acting

A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn't count on the maid falli...

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

1938

as Comte d'Artois

6.6
Acting

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the riv...

Hollywood Goes to Town

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938

as Self

7.0
Acting

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which h...

Everybody Sing

Everybody Sing

1938

as Jerrold Hope

4.7
Acting

Boisterous teen Judy Bellaire is expelled from her all-female boarding school for convincing her fellow school chorus members to sing a classical piec...

A Damsel in Distress

A Damsel in Distress

1937

as Keggs

6.4
Acting

Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on 'Mr. X'. Af...

Born to Dance

Born to Dance

1936

as Policeman

6.1
Acting

On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broad...

A Little Bit of Bluff

1935

as Hugh Rigby

Acting

The boyfriend of an admiral's daughter poses as a detective in order to hunt missing emerald.

Radio Parade

Radio Parade

1933

Acting

Radio Parade (1933) is a variety film featuring such stars of the time as Clapham and Dwyer, Gert and Daisy, Reginald Gardiner, Florence Desmond, and ...

Leave It to Smith

1933

as Lord Redwood

Acting

A pair of con men in Monte Carlo attach themselves to a nouveau rich American snob with a weakness for titles...

Flat No. 9

1932

as Peter Merridew

Acting

A comedy film directed by Frank Richardson

The Perfect Lady

The Perfect Lady

1931

as Lord Tony Carderay

Acting

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

My Old China

1931

Acting

'Newsreel cameramen wrest secret papers from Chinese bandit.' (British Film Catalogue)

Bull Rushes

1931

Acting

'Spain. English tourist gets drunk and fights bull.' (British Film Catalogue)

Aroma of the South Seas

1931

as The Man

Acting

'Shipwrecked valet saves affianced master from native girl.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

1927

as Dancer at Ball (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who cl...