Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 25, 1897
Died
Oct 20, 1952
Place of Birth
Chester, England, UK
Credits
50 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Galloping Major
Major Arthur Hill
White Corridors
Retired Civil Servant
Ha'penny Breeze
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Chance of a Lifetime
Dickinson
Passport to Pimlico
Gregg
Helter Skelter
Maj. Bright (uncredited)
Whisky Galore!
Captain Paul Waggett
Stop Press Girl
The Mechanical Type
It's Not Cricket
Maj. Bright
Quartet
Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
The Winslow Boy
Desmond Curry
A Girl in a Million
Prendergast
The Captive Heart
Major Ossy Dalrymple
Dead of Night
George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
The Way to the Stars
'Tiny' Williams
Twilight Hour
Lord Chetwood
Dear Octopus
Kenneth
Millions Like Us
Charters
London Scrapbook
Himself
Unpublished Story
Lamb
The Next of Kin
Careless Talker on Train
Flying Fortress
Captain Wilkinson
Room for Two
Robert Spencer
The Flying Squad
Sederman
Crook's Tour
Hawtrey Charters
Night Train to Munich
Charters
Girl in the News
Doctor Threadgrove
Just William
Mr. Sidway
The Girl Who Forgot
Mr. Barradine
Secret Journey
John Richardson
The Four Just Men
(uncredited)
Jamaica Inn
Lord George
She Couldn't Say No
Lord Pilton
Spies of the Air
Bill Madison
Let's Be Famous
Watson
Trouble Brewing
Guest at Madame Berdi's
Climbing High
Reggie Baird
The Lady Vanishes
Charters
Convict 99
Deputy Governor
Captain's Orders
Murdoch
Jump for Glory
Defending Counsel
Young and Innocent
Erica's Uncle Basil
Dishonour Bright
Henry Crane
Broken Blossoms
Mr. Reed
Foreign Affaires
Basil Mallory (uncredited)
A Southern Maid
Tom
Leave It to Smith
Sir John Moynton
There Goes the Bride
Rudolph (uncredited)
Seven Days Leave
Corporal
Barnum Was Right
Standish