Basil Radford
Acting
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.
Filmography 50
Movies (50)
The Galloping Major1951Major Arthur Hill
White Corridors1951Retired Civil Servant
Ha'penny Breeze1950Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Chance of a Lifetime1950Dickinson
Passport to Pimlico1949Gregg
Helter Skelter1949Maj. Bright (uncredited)
Whisky Galore!1949Captain Paul Waggett
Stop Press Girl1949The Mechanical Type
It's Not Cricket1949Maj. Bright
Quartet1948Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
The Winslow Boy1948Desmond Curry
A Girl in a Million1946Prendergast
The Captive Heart1946Major Ossy Dalrymple
Dead of Night1945George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
The Way to the Stars1945'Tiny' Williams
Twilight Hour1945Lord Chetwood- Dear Octopus1943Kenneth
Millions Like Us1943Charters- London Scrapbook1942Himself
Unpublished Story1942Lamb
The Next of Kin1942Careless Talker on Train
Flying Fortress1942Captain Wilkinson
Room for Two1940Robert Spencer
The Flying Squad1940Sederman
Crook's Tour1940Hawtrey Charters
Night Train to Munich1940Charters
Girl in the News1940Doctor Threadgrove- Just William1940Mr. Sidway
- The Girl Who Forgot1940Mr. Barradine
- Secret Journey1939John Richardson