Acting

Basil Radford

Born 1897-06-25 · Chester, England, UK

Died 1952-10-20

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.

Credits

Newest first

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Unpublished Story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