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
The Lady Vanishes
Jamaica Inn
Young and Innocent
Night Train to Munich
Dead of Night
Whisky Galore!
Passport to Pimlico
The Winslow Boy
All Movies (50)
- The Galloping Major1951 · as Major Arthur Hill
- White Corridors1951 · as Retired Civil Servant
- Ha'penny Breeze1950 · as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
- Chance of a Lifetime1950 · as Dickinson
- Passport to Pimlico1949 · as Gregg
- Helter Skelter1949 · as Maj. Bright (uncredited)
- Whisky Galore!1949 · as Captain Paul Waggett
- Stop Press Girl1949 · as The Mechanical Type
- It's Not Cricket1949 · as Maj. Bright
- Quartet1948 · as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
- The Winslow Boy1948 · as Desmond Curry
- A Girl in a Million1946 · as Prendergast
- The Captive Heart1946 · as Major Ossy Dalrymple
- Dead of Night1945 · as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
- The Way to the Stars1945 · as 'Tiny' Williams
- Twilight Hour1945 · as Lord Chetwood
- Dear Octopus1943 · as Kenneth
- Millions Like Us1943 · as Charters
- London Scrapbook1942 · as Himself
- Unpublished Story1942 · as Lamb
- The Next of Kin1942 · as Careless Talker on Train
- Flying Fortress1942 · as Captain Wilkinson
- Room for Two1940 · as Robert Spencer
- The Flying Squad1940 · as Sederman
- Crook's Tour1940 · as Hawtrey Charters
- Night Train to Munich1940 · as Charters
- Girl in the News1940 · as Doctor Threadgrove
- Just William1940 · as Mr. Sidway
- The Girl Who Forgot1940 · as Mr. Barradine
- Secret Journey1939 · as John Richardson
- The Four Just Men1939 · as (uncredited)
- Jamaica Inn1939 · as Lord George
- She Couldn't Say No1939 · as Lord Pilton
- Spies of the Air1939 · as Bill Madison
- Let's Be Famous1939 · as Watson
- Trouble Brewing1939 · as Guest at Madame Berdi's
- Climbing High1938 · as Reggie Baird
- The Lady Vanishes1938 · as Charters
- Convict 991938 · as Deputy Governor
- Captain's Orders1937 · as Murdoch
- Jump for Glory1937 · as Defending Counsel
- Young and Innocent1937 · as Erica's Uncle Basil
- Dishonour Bright1936 · as Henry Crane
- Broken Blossoms1936 · as Mr. Reed
- Foreign Affaires1935 · as Basil Mallory (uncredited)
- A Southern Maid1934 · as Tom
- Leave It to Smith1933 · as Sir John Moynton
- There Goes the Bride1932 · as Rudolph (uncredited)
- Seven Days Leave1930 · as Corporal
- Barnum Was Right1929 · as Standish