Basil Radford

Actor

Born: June 25, 1897
Died: October 20, 1952 (age 55)
From: 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 (50)

The Galloping Major (1951)
Major Arthur Hill
White Corridors (1951)
Retired Civil Servant
Ha'penny Breeze (1950)
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Chance of a Lifetime (1950)
Dickinson
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Gregg
Helter Skelter (1949)
Maj. Bright (uncredited)
Whisky Galore! (1949)
Captain Paul Waggett
Stop Press Girl (1949)
The Mechanical Type
It's Not Cricket (1949)
Maj. Bright
Quartet (1948)
Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
The Winslow Boy (1948)
Desmond Curry
A Girl in a Million (1946)
Prendergast
The Captive Heart (1946)
Major Ossy Dalrymple
Dead of Night (1945)
George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
The Way to the Stars (1945)
'Tiny' Williams
Twilight Hour (1945)
Lord Chetwood
Dear Octopus
Dear Octopus (1943)
Kenneth
Millions Like Us (1943)
Charters
London Scrapbook
London Scrapbook (1942)
Himself
Unpublished Story (1942)
Lamb
The Next of Kin (1942)
Careless Talker on Train
Flying Fortress (1942)
Captain Wilkinson
Room for Two (1940)
Robert Spencer
The Flying Squad (1940)
Sederman
Crook's Tour (1940)
Hawtrey Charters
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Charters
Girl in the News (1940)
Doctor Threadgrove
Just William
Just William (1940)
Mr. Sidway
The Girl Who Forgot
The Girl Who Forgot (1940)
Mr. Barradine
Secret Journey
Secret Journey (1939)
John Richardson