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Basil Radford

Basil Radford

Born: 1897-06-25 • Chester, England, UK

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.

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Unpublished Story poster
Unpublished Story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