Reginald Gardiner
Actor

Reginald Gardiner Net Worth

Reginald Gardiner was a renowned English actor and musical star on the London stage in the 1930s. He made his first foray into the film business with Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927). After being encouraged by Beatrice Lillie to move to America in 1935, he starred in Born to Dance (1936) and was in constant demand to play upper-class English twits. He was well-known for his roles in A Damsel in Distress (1937), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), and Cluny Brown (1946). He also appeared in The Pruitts of Southampton (1966) and returned to the stage to play Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady (1964). He was celebrated for his classic monologue, 'Trains', which he performed for King George VI at Buckingham Palace.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Soundtrack
Birth Day February 27, 1903
Birth Place  London, England, United Kingdom
Age 117 YEARS OLD
Died On 7 July 1980(1980-07-07) (aged 77)\nWestwood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Pisces
Cause of death Heart attack
Occupation Actor
Years active 1927–1968
Spouse(s) Wyn Richmond (?–?) (divorced) Nadia Petrova (1942–80) (his death)
Children 1 child

💰 Net worth

Reginald Gardiner, a renowned actor and soundtrack artist from the United Kingdom, is projected to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million by 2024. Throughout his career, Gardiner has garnered immense fame and accolades for his exceptional performances in numerous films and contributions to the music industry. With his undeniable talent and contribution to the entertainment world, it's no wonder that his net worth is expected to grow steadily in the coming years.

Biography/Timeline

1926

Gardiner worked in almost 100 movies. He started film work in crowd scenes, making his big film break in 1926 in the silent film The Lodger, by Alfred Hitchcock.

1935

Gardiner started as a super on stage and eventually became well known on the West End stage. "He appeared in British revues, plays, and films before delighting Broadway audiences in 1935 with a wallpaper imitation act in At Home Abroad." His other Broadway credits include Little Glass Clock and An Evening with Beatrice Lillie.

1936

His Hollywood film debut came in 1936. During his career, 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. He also performed memorable turns as Beverly Carlton (a parody of Noel Coward) in The Man Who Came to Dinner, the spurned "almost-husband" in The Doctor Takes a Wife and Christmas in Connecticut.

1950

He also recorded a curious and eccentric classic called "Trains" which was regularly played on a 1950s British radio programme called Children's Favourites. This record, consisted of a tipsy-sounding Gardiner reciting a monologue, which he first introduced in the 1935 Broadway revue At Home Abroad, about steam railway engines (which he claimed were 'livid beasts') and impersonating both the engines themselves and the sound of trains running on the track. This latter he famously characterised as 'diddly-dee, diddly-dum' to mimic the sound pattern as the four pairs of bogie wheels ran over joins between the lengths of track. (A sound no longer heard since welded rail joins were introduced.) "Trains" was released as a 78 and 45 by English Decca Records (F 5278) which remained on catalogue into the 1970s. At the end of the record, Gardiner signs off with "Well folks, that's all: back to the asylum." He was summoned to Buckingham Palace to give a performance in person.

1956

On 4 October 1956, Gardiner appeared with Greer Garson as the first two guest stars in the series premiere of NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. In 1956, he was the guest star on "The Millionaire" on the episode "The Story Of Waldo Francis Turner". He made other guest appearances on television sitcoms of the 1960s, including Fess Parker's ABC series, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Stanley Holloway's Our Man Higgins. He also appeared in the 1964 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Ugly Duckling," as Business owner Albert Charity, and in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Banquo's Chair"). His last major role was alongside Phyllis Diller in her 1966-1967 ABC series, The Pruitts of Southampton. Also in 1967 he made a guest appearance on Petticoat Junction, in the episode "Uncle Joe and the Master Plan", as Gaylord Martindale.

1980

Gardiner died of a heart attack at his home in Westwood, California, on 7 July 1980. He was survived by his wife.

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