Basil Radford
Acting • Born 1897-06-25 – Died 1952-10-20
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 credits
The Lady Vanishes
Movie • 1938
Charters
Young and Innocent
Movie • 1937
Erica's Uncle Basil
Jamaica Inn
Movie • 1939
Lord George
Dead of Night
Movie • 1945
George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Night Train to Munich
Movie • 1940
Charters
A Southern Maid
Movie • 1934
Tom
Whisky Galore!
Movie • 1949
Captain Paul Waggett
Millions Like Us
Movie • 1943
Charters
Crook's Tour
Movie • 1940
Hawtrey Charters
Unpublished Story
Movie • 1942
Lamb
Convict 99
Movie • 1938
Deputy Governor
The Winslow Boy
Movie • 1948
Desmond Curry
Quartet
Movie • 1948
Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Girl in the News
Movie • 1940
Doctor Threadgrove
It's Not Cricket
Movie • 1949
Maj. Bright
The Galloping Major
Movie • 1951
Major Arthur Hill
Let's Be Famous
Movie • 1939
Watson
Stop Press Girl
Movie • 1949
The Mechanical Type
Chance of a Lifetime
Movie • 1950
Dickinson
A Girl in a Million
Movie • 1946
Prendergast
Jump for Glory
Movie • 1937
Defending Counsel
The Flying Squad
Movie • 1940
Sederman
Dishonour Bright
Movie • 1936
Henry Crane
Trouble Brewing
Movie • 1939
Guest at Madame Berdi's
The Four Just Men
Movie • 1939
(uncredited)
Just William
Movie • 1940
Mr. Sidway
Leave It to Smith
Movie • 1933
Sir John Moynton
Climbing High
Movie • 1938
Reggie Baird
Foreign Affaires
Movie • 1935
Basil Mallory (uncredited)
The Way to the Stars
Movie • 1945
'Tiny' Williams
She Couldn't Say No
Movie • 1939
Lord Pilton
Flying Fortress
Movie • 1942
Captain Wilkinson
Spies of the Air
Movie • 1939
Bill Madison
Seven Days Leave
Movie • 1930
Corporal
The Girl Who Forgot
Movie • 1940
Mr. Barradine
Dear Octopus
Movie • 1943
Kenneth
Passport to Pimlico
Movie • 1949
Gregg
Broken Blossoms
Movie • 1936
Mr. Reed
Barnum Was Right
Movie • 1929
Standish
London Scrapbook
Movie • 1942
Himself
Ha'penny Breeze
Movie • 1950
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Helter Skelter
Movie • 1949
Maj. Bright (uncredited)
The Next of Kin
Movie • 1942
Careless Talker on Train
There Goes the Bride
Movie • 1932
Rudolph (uncredited)
The Captive Heart
Movie • 1946
Major Ossy Dalrymple
Captain's Orders
Movie • 1937
Murdoch
White Corridors
Movie • 1951
Retired Civil Servant
Twilight Hour
Movie • 1945
Lord Chetwood
Secret Journey
Movie • 1939
John Richardson
Room for Two
Movie • 1940
Robert Spencer