Reginald Gardiner
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Birth Place
Wimbledon, England, GB
Born
February 27, 1903
Died
July 07, 1980
Biography
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English actor Reginald Gardiner had the rare privilege to work with Alfred Hitchcock when the director was still making silent films in Britain. In 1927 Gardiner made his big-screen debut in Hitchcock's "The Lodger," a silent film about the hunt for serial killer Jack the Ripper. In 1940 Gardiner had the opportunity to work with another British-born legend of the silver screen, Charlie C...
Biography
English actor Reginald Gardiner had the rare privilege to work with Alfred Hitchcock when the director was still making silent films in Britain. In 1927 Gardiner made his big-screen debut in Hitchcock's "The Lodger," a silent film about the hunt for serial killer Jack the Ripper. In 1940 Gardiner had the opportunity to work with another British-born legend of the silver screen, Charlie Chaplin. In Chaplin's war satire, "The Great Dictator," Gardiner played the traitorous military officer Commander Schultz in a role that would prove to be his most lasting. In his later career, Gardiner was often relegated to roles that utilized his pristine British accent and courtly demeanor. As a result, he was often cast as a butler. This was the case in 1956 when Gardiner starred as Lynn Belvedere in "The 20th Century Fox-Hour"'s television adaptation of the British novel "Belvedere." In the 1960s Gardiner made numerous guest appearances on popular American television shows, including "Perry Mason," "Green Acres," and "Bewitched." His last major role was on "The Phyllis Diller Show," a short-lived sitcom that lasted from 1966 to 1967 on ABC.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Do Not Disturb
(1965)
Simmons
Sergeant Deadhead
(1965)
Lieutenant Commander Talbott
What a Way To Go!
(1964)
Painter
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
(1962)
Reggie McHugh
Back Street
(1961)
Dalian
Rock-a-Bye Baby
(1958)
Harold Herman
The Story of Mankind
(1957)
William Shakespeare
The Birds and the Bees
(1956)
Gerald
Ain't Misbehavin'
(1955)
Piermont Rogers
Black Widow
(1954)
Brian Mullen
Androcles and the Lion
(1953)
Lentulus
Elopement
(1951)
Roger Evans
Halls of Montezuma
(1951)
Sgt. [Randolph] Johnson
Wabash Avenue
(1950)
Eddie
I'll Get By
(1950)
Himself
That Wonderful Urge
(1949)
Count Andre de Guyon
That Lady in Ermine
(1948)
Alberto
Fury at Furnace Creek
(1948)
Captain Walsh
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now?
(1947)
Will Hough
Cluny Brown
(1946)
Hilary Ames
One More Tomorrow
(1946)
Jim Fisk
Do You Love Me
(1946)
Herbert Benham
Molly and Me
(1945)
Peabody, previously known as Harry Phillips
Christmas in Connecticut
(1945)
John Sloan
The Horn Blows at Midnight
(1945)
Archie Dexter
The Dolly Sisters
(1945)
Tony, Duke of Breck
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
(1943)
Charles, Duke of Trippingham
Claudia
(1943)
Jerry Seymour
Forever and a Day
(1943)
Assistant. hotel manager
Immortal Sergeant
(1943)
Tom Benedict
The Man Who Came to Dinner
(1942)
Beverly Carlton
Captains of the Clouds
(1942)
Scrounger Harris
The Great Dictator
(1941)
Schultz
My Life with Caroline
(1941)
Paul [Martindale]
A Yank in the R.A.F.
(1941)
Roger Pillby
Sundown
(1941)
Lieutenant [Roddy] Turner
Dulcy
(1940)
[Horace Patterson, also known as] Schuyler Van Dyke
The Doctor Takes A Wife
(1940)
John Pierce
The Flying Deuces
(1939)
François
The Night of Nights
(1939)
Michael Fordkin, also known as J. Neville Prime
The Girl Downstairs
(1938)
Willie
Marie Antoinette
(1938)
Comte d'Artois
Sweethearts
(1938)
Norman Trumpett
Everybody Sing
(1938)
Jerrold Hope
A Damsel in Distress
(1937)
Keggs
Born to Dance
(1936)
Policeman
Just Smith
(1934)
Cast (Special)
The Wide Open Door
(1967)
Uncle Andrew
The Apartment House
(1964)
Hotel Resident
The Guardsman
(1955)
Critic
The Man Who Came to Dinner
(1954)
Cast (Short)
Hollywood Goes to Town
(1938)
Himself
Life Events
1935
Performed on Broadway in "At Home Abroad"
Photo Collections
4 Photos
The Man Who Came to Dinner - Scene Stills
Here are a few scene stills from The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), starring Bette Davis and Monty Woolley.
20 Photos
Sundown - Scene Stills
Here are several scene stills from Walter Wanger's Sundown (1941), starring Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, and George Sanders.
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Sundown - Lobby Cards
Here are some Lobby Cards from Walter Wanger's Sundown (1941), from the original 1941 release as well as a 1948 reissue. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
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Sundown - Pressbook
Here is the campaign book (pressbook) for the 1948 reissue of Walter Wanger's Sundown (1941). Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.
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