Reginald Gardiner

Reginald Gardiner

Nascimento : 1903-02-27, London, England, UK

Morte : 1980-07-07

História

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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Reginald Gardiner

Filmes

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Simmons
O casal americano Mike Harper (Rod Taylor) e Janet Harper (Doris Day) se mudam para a Inglaterra por conta do trabalho de Mike em sua empresa de roupas e tecidos de lã. Apesar de Mike preferir viver em um apartamento no coração de Londres, Janet, que não é uma menina de cidade grande, aluga uma casa 30 milhas fora de Londres, em Kent. Por isso que Mike muitas vezes por conveniência dorme em um dos apartamentos da empresa em Londres. E aí Janet começa a achar que Mike arrumou uma amante, a secretária, e o Mike acha que Janet está apaixonada pelo decorador. E começa a confusão.
Sergeant Deadhead
Lt. Comm. Talbott
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 astronaut, and the astronaut has the brains of the chimp. Complications ensue.
A Senhora e Seus Maridos
Painter
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 rich.
Hollywood Without Make-Up
Self
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.
As Férias do Papai
Reggie McHugh
Sr. Hobbs é um empresário com excesso de trabalho que sai para férias à beira-mar com sua esposa Peggy e sua família, inclusive suas filhas casadas, genros e netos. Os problemas quando ao chegar encontra uma casa de praia em ruínas, seu filho adolescente Danny só quer ver televisão, sua filha mais nova Katey, envergonhado por causa do aparelho de dentes, se recusa a deixar a casa, o casamento das filhas não parece nada bem e seus netos não gostam dele. Além disso, Sr. Hobbs deve entreter um empregador em potencial do seu genro em um entediante passeio para observar aves, arrumar um jeito de entrosar a filha envergonhada, conquistar os netos e fazer com que Danny se interesse por algo além da TV.
Back Street
Dalian
Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II. There's a definite spark between them but circumstances intervene and he leaves town without her. Later she learns he's married. Determined to make it as a fashion designer, Rae moves to New York and becomes a great success. One day she happens to meet Paul again and again there's that spark but he's still married so, as a form of escape, Rae moves to Rome to set up shop. Once again she meets Paul and finally they begin an actual affair since Paul's shrewish, drunken wife, Liz, won't give him a divorce. Time passes, the affair continues whenever time and place permit, but then, Paul's young son finds out about Rae and Rae's back-street world begins to crumble.
Bancando a Ama-Seca
Harold Hermann
Clayton Poole (Jerry Lewis) mora em uma pequena cidade chamada Midvale e ainda é apaixonado por Carla Naples (Marilyn Maxwell), uma moça da cidade que se tornou uma grande estrela do cinema. Quando Carla engravida, seu empresário lhe diz que um filho pode arruinar sua carreira. Com medo das consequências e responsabilidades da maternidade, a atriz pede ajuda a Clayton e ele, ingenuamente, acaba aceitando cuidar dos trigêmeos de Carla. Clayton será obrigado fazer alguns sacrifícios se quiser ficar com a guarda das crianças. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
The Story of Mankind
William Shakespeare
The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.
The Birds and the Bees
Gerald
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 just fleeced.
Alice in Wonderland
White Knight
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'
Anatole Piermont Rogers
Rowdy young girl crashes high society when wealthy older man falls for her.
A Viúva Negra
Brian Mullen
A young stage hopeful is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer.
Androcles and the Lion
Lentulus
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 from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
Elopement
Roger Evans
Two sets of parents frantically race to stop their eloping children's wedding.
Até o Último Homem
Sgt. Randolph Johnson
Richard Widmark encabeça um elenco de primeira linha que conta com Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Richard Boone e Jack Webb, rumo à batalha em uma ilha fortemente fortificada pelo inimigo. O objetivo da missão é descobrir de onde são lançados os foguetes japoneses no interior da ilha. Avançando em meio à selva infestada de inimigos, eles estão sempre em constante alerta. Nesse processo, o oficial sênior (Widmark) transforma-se de ex-professor em líder empedernido e seu heterogêneo esquadrão se funde em uma coesa unidade de luta. Até o Último Homem foi dirigido por Lewis Milestone, vencedor de um Oscar (Melhor Diretor, 1930) por "Sem Novidade no Front".
Wabash Avenue
English Eddie
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 back, Andy schemes to make Mike's position untenable. He also hopes to turn Ruby Summers, Mike's motor-mouthed burlesque queen, into a classier entertainer, and incidentally to make her his own. But at the last minute, Andy's revenge comes unravelled.
Esse Impulso Maravilhoso
Count André de Guyon
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 claiming they're married.
That Lady in Ermine
Alberto
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, who saved a similar situation 300 years before, comes to life from a portrait to help her descendant. Complicating factor: the newlywed countess feels strangely drawn to the handsome invader...
Fury at Furnace Creek
Capt. Grover A. Walsh
The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who is escorting a wagon-train through Apache territory, heading for the fort at Furnace Creek, that he should cancel the escort and rush to another town. Apache leader "Little Dog" is leading the attack on the wagon-train and massacring everyone at the poorly manned fort. As a result the treaty is broken with the Indians and the white settlers take over the territory with the help of the cavalry, as the Apaches are wiped out and only "Little Dog" remains at large. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell is court-martial-led for treason.
One More Tomorrow
James 'Jim' Aloysius Fisk
Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party--until he meets photographer Christie Sage. Through Christie, Tom takes over the ownership of The Bantam, a liberal magazine which opposes everything his family represents. As Tom and Christie's relationship deepens, love blooms and he proposes to her. Realizing that she could never fit in with Tom's social circle, Christie says no, a decision she later regrets. But Tom isn't left alone for long--scheming gold-digger Cecelia Henry wastes no time in catching Tom on the rebound and forcing him into a disastrous marriage. A remake of 1932's The Animal Kingdom.
Do You Love Me
Herbert Benham
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 a friend's advice, removes her glasses, and puts on a designer gown. Naturally, she becomes gorgeous. Soon, both Barry and crooner Jimmy Hale are after her, and she finds herself in the midst of triangles and misunderstandings.
O Pecado de Cluny Brown
Hilary Ames
Uma jovem menina Inglesa, com aspirações de se tornar uma encanadora, vem ajudar um jovem cuja pia fica entupida enquanto ele está dando uma festa. Ela conhece um escritor checo, e lhe são dados vários cocktails. Quando seu tio, o encanador, chega, ele fica horrorizado, e dá um jeito para ela ir num serviço em uma casa rica. Lá, ela conhece o escritor tcheco novamente.
The Dolly Sisters
Tony, Duke of Breck
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
Indiscrição
John Sloan
Uma colunista de comida que mentiu sobre ser uma "dona de casa perfeita" precisa esconder sua real condição quando seu chefe e um recém chegado herói de guerra se convidam para sua casa para uma Ceia de Natal tradicional em família.
Molly and Me
Harry Phillips / Peabody, the Butler
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
Composer / Archie Dexter
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 exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Claudia
Jerry Seymour
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 afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera singer so they'll have to move back to the city near her mother, and she tries to make her husband jealous by flirting with a neighbor. Eventually, Claudia has to learn to grow when she discovers that she's about to become a mother and that her own mother is gravely ill.
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Charles, Duke of Trippenham
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 hometown.
Immortal Sergeant
Tom Benedict
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
Assistant Hotel Manager
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, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at Pickfair, "The White House of Hollywood."
Corsários das Nuvens
Scrounger Harris (bush pilot)
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
This is a collection of bloopers and film manipulation by The Warner Studio Club for an annual dinner for the staff at Warner Brothers.
Satã Janta Conosco
Beverly Carlton
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.
Quando Morre o Dia
Lieutenant Roddy Turner
Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.
Um Yankee na RAF
Roger Pillby
Tyrone Power é um piloto de pilotos, um professor, mas não acredita em nada além de suas próprias habilidades. Ele fica em apuros por voar um novo caça diretamente para o Canadá, em vez de pousar no estado de Nova York e deixá-lo ser rebocada pela fronteira como a lei exige. Mas lhe é oferecido um novo trabalho: Transportar bombardeiros para a guerra na Inglaterra. Então em uma das viagens ele encontra Betty Grable, uma antiga paixão, que juntou-se à RAF como uma WREN (Women of the Royal Naval Services) numa tentativa de lutar pela democracia. Tyrone volta a cortejá-la e, no curso de suas várias missões começa a desenvolver uma compreensão do porque eles estão lutando.
Minha Vida com Caroline
Paul Martindale
A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.
O Grande Ditador
Commander Schultz
Um barbeiro judeu passa anos em um hospital do exército se recuperando de suas feridas após ter servido na guerra, sem saber do crescimento de poder do ditador fascista Adenóide Hynkel e suas políticas antissemitas. Quando o barbeiro retorna ao seu bairro tranquilo, ele fica atordoado com as mudanças brutais e, de forma imprudente, se une a uma menina bonita e seus vizinhos para se rebelar.
Dulcy
Schuyler Van Dyke
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 future father-in-law. And Wacky stuff happens.
The Doctor Takes a Wife
John R. Pierce
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
J. Neville Prime
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 of the play he dies contented.
Paixonite Aguda
Francois
Oliver e Stanley passam uma temporada em Paris. Quando estão prestes a retornar à América, Oliver se vê apaixonado por uma francesa e decide ficar por lá, mas logo fica arrasado quando descobre que sua amada irá casar com outro. Para esquecê-la, junta-se à Legião Estrangeira, ao lado de seu inseparável amigo Stanley. Devido às suas trapalhadas, eles são acusados de deserção e condenados a um pelotão de fuzilamento. Mas a dupla consegue escapar em um avião roubado.
Namorados
Norman Trumpett
Bickering husband-and-wife stage stars are manipulated into a break-up for publicity purposes.
The Girl Downstairs
Willie
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 falling in love with him.
Maria Antonieta
Comte d'Artois
Maria Antonieta (Norma Shearer) é uma linda princesa austríaca com casamento marcado com o herdeiro do trono francês Luís Augusto (Robert Morley), casamento este arranjado por motivos políticos. Já no palácio francês, Maria encontra-se caída entre as intrigas da família real, principalmente entre o Rei Luís XV e seu maléfico primo, o Conde de Orleans (Joseph Schidkraut). Para alívio de Maria, Luís só poderia casar-se com ela caso ele se tornasse Rei. Certo dia, em um cassino, Maria conhece o Conde Axel de Fersen (Tyrone Power), e ambos se sentem atraídos imediatamente um pelo outro. Sentindo-se realizada com seu amante, Maria recebe uma notícia que não esperava tão logo, o Rei Luís XV havia morrido. Sabendo então que o Conde poderia manter um caso com a noiva do príncipe, mas não com a Rainha da França, Maria teria então que decidir entre seu coração e a realeza.
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to suggest a garden that might be seen in a French palace. This includes the placement of trees and other foliage, as well as large statues along the route. Grandstands are set up so fans can see their favorite stars as they arrive for the premiere. Finally, the proverbial "galaxy of stars" arrives in their limousines. Fanny Brice and Pete Smith make remarks at the microphone set up on the carpet outside the theatre.
Diabinho de Saias
Jerrold Hope
When boisterous Judy Bellaire (Judy Garland) encourages her fellow school chorus members to sing a classical piece with a modern swing beat, her scandalized teacher uses the musical mutiny as an excuse to expel her from the Colvin School for Girls. With the encouragement of Ricky Saboni (Allan Jones), her family's cook, Judy decides to follow her dream and audition for a stage musical. Meanwhile, Ricky struggles to gain the affection of Judy's sister, the lovely Sylvia (Lynne Carver).
Cativa e Cativante
Keggs
Jerry Halliday, compositor norte-americano de comédias musicais luta contra as convenções da alta sociedade londrina para conquistar o coração de Lady Alyce Marshmorton. Ao contrário do que Jerry pensa, ela ama outra pessoa, mas com a ajuda de seus amigos George e Gracie, ele acredita que sua vitória está garantida.
Born to Dance
Policeman
Ted meets and falls in love with Nora Paige, an aspiring Broadway dancer who tries out for a show starring Lucy James. After Ted rescues Lucy's pet dog during a public relations campaign on his submarine, Lucy falls for him. Ted is ordered to meet Lucy for a date at a night club, who later sees their picture in the newspaper and no longer wants anything to do with him.
A Little Bit of Bluff
Hugh Rigby
The boyfriend of an admiral's daughter poses as a detective in order to hunt missing emerald.
Radio Parade
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 Roy Fox.
Leave It to Smith
Lord Redwood
A pair of con men in Monte Carlo attach themselves to a nouveau rich American snob with a weakness for titles...
Flat No. 9
Peter Merridew
A comedy film directed by Frank Richardson
The Perfect Lady
Lord Tony Carderay
'Girl poses as maid of French actress who stole her fiancé.' (British Film Catalogue)
My Old China
'Newsreel cameramen wrest secret papers from Chinese bandit.' (British Film Catalogue)
Bull Rushes
'Spain. English tourist gets drunk and fights bull.' (British Film Catalogue)
Aroma of the South Seas
The Man
'Shipwrecked valet saves affianced master from native girl.' (British Film Catalogue)
O Inquilino
Dancer at Ball (uncredited)
Um serial killer inicia uma série de assassinatos em Londres, tendo como elemento comum o fato de suas vítimas serem todas mulheres loiras. Um novo hóspede, Jonathan Drew chega ao hotel do casal Bunting, em Bloomsbury, e aluga um quarto. O homem tem estranhos hábitos, como o de sair em noites nevoentas. Ele também guarda a foto de uma moça loira em seu quarto. A filha dos Bunting, Daisy, também loira, é modelo e está noiva de Joe Chandler, um detetive. Quando Joe encontra Jonathan, logo fica enciumado deste flertar com Daisy, e o prende, acusando-o de ser o temível Jack o Estripador.