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name: "Reginald Gardiner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/reginald-gardiner"
fi1m_id: "reginald-gardiner"
imdb_id: "nm0306786"
tmdb_id: 14029
wikidata_id: "Q2448340"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 February 1903"
died: "7 July 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:13:10.851150+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Reginald Gardiner

## Identity

Reginald Gardiner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/reginald-gardiner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** reginald-gardiner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0306786
- **TMDB ID:** 14029
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2448340
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Gardiner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2448340, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0306786/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14029

Actor. Born 27 February 1903 in London, England, UK. Died 7 July 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 February 1903, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 7 July 1980
- **Also known as:** William Reginald Gardiner
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Gardiner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2448340, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0306786/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14029

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Great Dictator*](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md) (80)

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## Biography

Reginald Gardiner (also credited as William Reginald Gardiner) was an English actor who appeared in films and on television. Born in London in 1903, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his career on the London stage before moving to Hollywood in the mid-1930s.

He made his film debut in the 1927 silent *The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog* and went on to appear in nearly 100 films, often in roles as a British butler or upper-class Englishman. Among his best-known performances were as Commander Schultz in Charlie Chaplin's *The Great Dictator* (1940), Francois in *The Flying Deuces* (1939) and John Sloan in *Christmas in Connecticut* (1945).

In later years Gardiner made guest appearances on television series including *Bewitched* (1964), *Batman* (1966) and *Perry Mason* (1957). He died in 1980.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Great Dictator* (1940), Fi1m 80, as Commander Schultz — [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md)

## Complete filmography (76)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *ABC Stage 67* (1966), series, as Uncle Andrew
- *The Monkees* (1966), series, as Butler
- *The Pruitts of Southampton* (1966), series, as Ned Pruitt
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Bernie Park
- *Do Not Disturb* (1965), as Simmons
- *Green Acres* (1965), series, as Sir Geoffrey
- *Sergeant Deadhead* (1965), as Lt. Comm. Talbott
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Prince Fredrick
- *Bewitched* (1964), series, as Lord Clive Montdrako
- *What a Way to Go!* (1964), as Painter
- *Petticoat Junction* (1963), series, as Lord Faversham, Gaylord Martindale
- *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Piggott, Pepperill Twill, Putzi Voltran
- *Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation* (1962), as Reggie McHugh
- *Back Street* (1961), as Dalian
- *Hazel* (1961), series, as Mr. Montague, Mr. Gilbert
- *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Chester Hobart
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Mr. Maudlin
- *Behind Closed Doors* (1958), series, as Ernest Farrington
- *Rock-a-Bye Baby* (1958), as Harold Hermann
- *No Time at All* (1958), as Felix Allardyce
- *The Story of Mankind* (1957), as William Shakespeare
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Albert Charity
- *Playhouse 90* (1956), series, as Felix Allardyce
- *The Birds and the Bees* (1956), as Gerald
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1955), as White Knight
- *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, as Mr. Lynn Belvedere
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Major Cook-Finch
- *Ain't Misbehavin'* (1955), as Anatole Piermont Rogers
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Waldo Francis Turner
- *Black Widow* (1954), as Brian Mullen
- *Androcles and the Lion* (1952), as Lentulus
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as White Knight
- *Elopement* (1951), as Roger Evans
- *Halls of Montezuma* (1951), as Sgt. Randolph Johnson
- *Wabash Avenue* (1950), as English Eddie
- *That Wonderful Urge* (1948), as Count André de Guyon
- *That Lady in Ermine* (1948), as Alberto
- *Fury at Furnace Creek* (1948), as Capt. Grover A. Walsh
- *I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now* (1947), as Will Hough
- *Cluny Brown* (1946), as Hilary Ames
- *One More Tomorrow* (1946), as James 'Jim' Aloysius Fisk
- *Do You Love Me* (1946), as Herbert Benham
- *The Dolly Sisters* (1945), as Tony
- *Christmas in Connecticut* (1945), as John Sloan
- *Molly and Me* (1945), as Harry Phillips / Peabody, the Butler
- *The Horn Blows at Midnight* (1945), as Composer / Archie Dexter
- *Claudia* (1943), as Jerry Seymour
- *Sweet Rosie O'Grady* (1943), as Charles, Duke of Trippenham
- *Immortal Sergeant* (1943), as Tom Benedict
- *Forever and a Day* (1943), as Assistant Hotel Manager
- *Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6* (1942), Actor
- *Captains of the Clouds* (1942), as Scrounger Harris
- *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1941), as Beverly Carlton
- *Sundown* (1941), as Lieutenant Roddy Turner
- *A Yank in the R.A.F.* (1941), as Roger Pillby
- *My Life with Caroline* (1941), as Paul Martindale
- *The Great Dictator* (1940), as Commander Schultz — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-great-dictator.md)
- *Dulcy* (1940), as Schuyler Van Dyke
- *The Doctor Takes a Wife* (1940), as John Pierce
- *The Night of Nights* (1939), as J. Neville Prime
- *The Flying Deuces* (1939), as Francois
- *Sweethearts* (1938), as Norman Trumpett
- *The Girl Downstairs* (1938), as Willie
- *Marie Antoinette* (1938), as Comte d'Artois
- *Everybody Sing* (1938), as Jerrold Hope
- *A Damsel in Distress* (1937), as Keggs
- *Born to Dance* (1936), as Policeman
- *A Little Bit of Bluff* (1935), as Hugh Rigby
- *Radio Parade* (1933), Actor
- *Leave It to Smith* (1933), as Lord Redwood
- *Flat No. 9* (1932), as Peter Merridew
- *The Perfect Lady* (1931), as Lord Tony Carderay
- *My Old China* (1931), Actor
- *Bull Rushes* (1931), Actor
- *Aroma of the South Seas* (1931), as The Man
- *The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog* (1927), as Dancer at Ball (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Reginald Gardiner](https://film.one/media/person/102829/gallery-c07a730053b4.jpg) Reginald Gardiner — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Reginald_Gardiner_in_Sweethearts_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Reginald Gardiner](https://film.one/media/person/102829/gallery-ad784318ac00.jpg) Reginald Gardiner — Abbie Rowe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Photograph_of_First_Lady_Bess_Truman_and_Margaret_Truman_cutting_the_cake_at_the_Roosevelt_Birthday_Ball%2C_as_Margaret..._-_NARA_-_199253.jpg/1280px-Photograph_of_First_Lady_Bess_Truman_and_Margaret_Truman_cutting_the_cake_at_the_Roosevelt_Birthday_Ball%2C_as_Margaret..._-_NARA_-_199253.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Reginald Gardiner](https://film.one/media/person/102829/gallery-3463f65b6dbe.jpg) Reginald Gardiner — Abbie Rowe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Photograph_of_movie_stars_Charles_Coburn%2C_Reginald_Gardiner%2C_and_Cesar_Romero%2C_at_a_Roosevelt_Birthday_Ball_event_in..._-_NARA_-_199341.jpg/1280px-Photograph_of_movie_stars_Charles_Coburn%2C_Reginald_Gardiner%2C_and_Cesar_Romero%2C_at_a_Roosevelt_Birthday_Ball_event_in..._-_NARA_-_199341.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Reginald Gardiner](https://film.one/media/person/102829/gallery-3af931eb3cf3.jpg) Reginald Gardiner — Abbie Rowe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Photograph_of_movie_stars_arriving_in_Washington_to_participate_in_Roosevelt_Birthday_Ball_activities%2C_%28from_left_to..._-_NARA_-_199328.jpg/1280px-Photograph_of_movie_stars_arriving_in_Washington_to_participate_in_Roosevelt_Birthday_Ball_activities%2C_%28from_left_to..._-_NARA_-_199328.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Reginald Gardiner](https://film.one/media/person/102829/gallery-02272bf1ad0b.jpg) Reginald Gardiner — Image via TMDB
- ![Reginald Gardiner](https://film.one/media/person/102829/gallery-dfe252545e61.jpg) Reginald Gardiner — Image via TMDB
- ![Reginald Gardiner](https://film.one/media/person/102829/gallery-e62722fce9d2.jpg) Reginald Gardiner — Image via TMDB
- ![Reginald Gardiner](https://film.one/media/person/102829/gallery-c0af7c87e6d7.jpg) Reginald Gardiner — Abbie Rowe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Photograph_of_movie_stars_signing_autographs_upon_their_arrival_in_Washington_to_participate_in_Roosevelt_Birthday..._-_NARA_-_199314.jpg/1280px-Photograph_of_movie_stars_signing_autographs_upon_their_arrival_in_Washington_to_participate_in_Roosevelt_Birthday..._-_NARA_-_199314.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lobby card for the American musical romance film Sweethearts (1938).](https://film.one/media/person/102829/gallery-dfe08c85696f.jpg) Lobby card for the American musical romance film Sweethearts (1938). — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Sweethearts_lobby_card.JPG/1280px-Sweethearts_lobby_card.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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