Basil Radford
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-06-25
Day of Death
1952-10-20 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Chester, England, UK
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
Acting
(1951)
White Corridors
as Retired Civil Servant
(1951)
The Galloping Major
as Major Arthur Hill
(1950)
Chance of a Lifetime
as Dickinson
(1950)
Ha'penny Breeze
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
(1949)
Passport to Pimlico
as Gregg
(1949)
Whisky Galore!
as Captain Paul Waggett
(1949)
Helter Skelter
as Maj. Bright
(1949)
Stop Press Girl
as The Mechanical Type
(1949)
It's Not Cricket
as Maj. Bright
(1948)
The Winslow Boy
as Desmond Curry
(1948)
Quartet
as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
(1946)
The Captive Heart
as Major Ossy Dalrymple
(1946)
A Girl in a Million
as Prendergast
(1945)
Dead of Night
as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
(1945)
The Way to the Stars
as 'Tiny' Williams
(1943)
Millions Like Us
as Charters
(1943)
Dear Octopus
as Kenneth
(1942)
The Next of Kin
as Careless Talker on Train
(1942)
Unpublished Story
as Lamb
(1942)
Flying Fortress
as Captain Wilkinson
(1942)
London Scrapbook
as Himself
(1940)
Night Train to Munich
as Charters
(1940)
Girl in the News
as Doctor Threadgrove
(1940)
Crook's Tour
as Hawtrey Charters
(1940)
The Girl Who Forgot
as Mr. Barradine
(1940)
The Flying Squad
as Sederman
(1940)
Just William
as Mr. Sidway
(1939)
Jamaica Inn
as Lord George
(1939)
Trouble Brewing
as Guest at Madame Berdi's
(1939)
Spies of the Air
as Bill Madison
(1939)
The Four Just Men
as (uncredited)
(1939)
She Couldn't Say No
as Lord Pilton
(1939)
Let's Be Famous
as Watson
(1938)
The Lady Vanishes
as Charters
(1938)
Convict 99
as Deputy Governor
(1938)
Climbing High
as Reggie Baird
(1937)
Young and Innocent
as Erica's Uncle Basil
(1937)
When Thief Meets Thief
as Defending Counsel
(1937)
Captain's Orders
as Murdoch
(1936)
Broken Blossoms
as Mr. Reed
(1936)
Dishonour Bright
as Henry Crane
(1935)
Foreign Affaires
as Basil Mallory
(1934)
A Southern Maid
as Tom
(1933)
Leave It to Smith
as Sir John Moynton
(1932)
There Goes the Bride
as Rudolph (uncredited)
(1930)
Seven Days Leave
as Corporal
(1929)
Barnum Was Right
as Standish
Crew
(1951)