Basil Radford
Acting
Born: 1897-06-25 · Chester, England, UK
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.
🎬 Movies (20)
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
1943
Kenneth
Millions Like Us
1943
Charters
London Scrapbook
1942
Himself
Unpublished Story
1942
Lamb