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
- Ha'penny Breeze as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
- Chance of a Lifetime as Dickinson
1949
- Whisky Galore! as Captain Paul Waggett
- Passport to Pimlico as Gregg
- Helter Skelter as Maj. Bright (uncredited)
- Stop Press Girl as The Mechanical Type
- It's Not Cricket as Maj. Bright
1948
- Quartet as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
- The Winslow Boy as Desmond Curry
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
- Dear Octopus as Kenneth
- Millions Like Us as Charters
1942
- Flying Fortress as Captain Wilkinson
- Unpublished Story as Lamb
- London Scrapbook as Himself
- The Next of Kin as Careless Talker on Train
1940
- Just William as Mr. Sidway
- Room for Two as Robert Spencer
- Night Train to Munich as Charters
- Crook's Tour as Hawtrey Charters
- The Flying Squad as Sederman
- Girl in the News as Doctor Threadgrove
- The Girl Who Forgot as Mr. Barradine
1939
- Spies of the Air as Bill Madison
- Jamaica Inn as Lord George
- The Four Just Men as (uncredited)
- Trouble Brewing as Guest at Madame Berdi's
- Secret Journey as John Richardson
- Let's Be Famous as Watson
- She Couldn't Say No as Lord Pilton
1938
- Convict 99 as Deputy Governor
- The Lady Vanishes as Charters
- Climbing High as Reggie Baird
1937
- Young and Innocent as Erica's Uncle Basil
- Captain's Orders as Murdoch
- Jump for Glory as Defending Counsel
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