Basil Radford
Biography
Arthur Basil Radford (25 June 1897 – 20 October 1952) was an English character actor who featured in many British films of the 1930s and 1940s. He is probably best remembered for his appearances alongside Naunton Wayne as one half of Charters and Caldicott, two cricket-obsessed Englishmen who appeared in several films from 1938 to 1949, most famously in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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Acting History
1951
The Galloping Major as Major Arthur Hill
1951White Corridors as Retired Civil Servant
1950Ha'penny Breeze as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
1950Chance of a Lifetime as Dickinson
1949Passport to Pimlico as Gregg
1949Helter Skelter as Maj. Bright (uncredited)
1949Whisky Galore! as Captain Paul Waggett
1949Stop Press Girl as The Mechanical Type
1949It's Not Cricket as Maj. Bright
1948Quartet as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
1948The Winslow Boy as Desmond Curry
1946A Girl in a Million as Prendergast
1946The Captive Heart as Major Ossy Dalrymple
1945Dead of Night as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
1945The Way to the Stars as 'Tiny' Williams
1945Twilight Hour as Lord Chetwood
1943Dear Octopus as Kenneth
1943Millions Like Us as Charters
1942London Scrapbook as Himself
1942Unpublished Story as Lamb
1942The Next of Kin as Careless Talker on Train
1942Flying Fortress as Captain Wilkinson
1940Room for Two as Robert Spencer
1940The Flying Squad as Sederman
1940Crook's Tour as Hawtrey Charters
1940Night Train to Munich as Charters
1940Girl in the News as Doctor Threadgrove
1940Just William as Mr. Sidway
1940The Girl Who Forgot as Mr. Barradine
1939Secret Journey as John Richardson
1939The Four Just Men as (uncredited)
1939Jamaica Inn as Lord George
1939She Couldn't Say No as Lord Pilton
1939Spies of the Air as Bill Madison
1939Let's Be Famous as Watson
1939Trouble Brewing as Guest at Madame Berdi's
1938Climbing High as Reggie Baird
1938The Lady Vanishes as Charters
1938Convict 99 as Deputy Governor
1937Captain's Orders as Murdoch
1937Young and Innocent as Erica's Uncle Basil
1937Jump for Glory as Defending Counsel
1936Dishonour Bright as Henry Crane
1936Broken Blossoms as Mr. Reed
1935Foreign Affaires as Basil Mallory (uncredited)
1934A Southern Maid as Tom
1933Leave It to Smith as Sir John Moynton
1932There Goes the Bride as Rudolph (uncredited)
1930Seven Days Leave as Corporal
1929Barnum Was Right as Standish