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- Unpublished Story as Lamb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