Acting
Basil Radford
Born 1897-06-25
Chester, England, UK
Department: 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.
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The Lady Vanishes
1938
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Dead of Night
1945
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Jamaica Inn
1939
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Young and Innocent
1937
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Whisky Galore!
1949
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Passport to Pimlico
1949
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Night Train to Munich
1940
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The Way to the Stars
1945
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The Winslow Boy
1948
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The Captive Heart
1946
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (51 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Galloping Major | Major Arthur Hill | Movie | 1951 |
| The Galloping Major | Idea | Movie | 1951 |
 | White Corridors | Retired Civil Servant | Movie | 1951 |
 | Ha'penny Breeze | Shopkeeper (uncredited) | Movie | 1950 |
 | Chance of a Lifetime | Dickinson | Movie | 1950 |
 | Passport to Pimlico | Gregg | Movie | 1949 |
 | Helter Skelter | Maj. Bright (uncredited) | Movie | 1949 |
 | Whisky Galore! | Captain Paul Waggett | Movie | 1949 |
 | Stop Press Girl | The Mechanical Type | Movie | 1949 |
 | It's Not Cricket | Maj. Bright | Movie | 1949 |
 | Quartet | Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life") | Movie | 1948 |
 | The Winslow Boy | Desmond Curry | Movie | 1948 |
 | A Girl in a Million | Prendergast | Movie | 1946 |
 | The Captive Heart | Major Ossy Dalrymple | Movie | 1946 |
 | Dead of Night | George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story") | Movie | 1945 |
 | The Way to the Stars | 'Tiny' Williams | Movie | 1945 |
 | Twilight Hour | Lord Chetwood | Movie | 1945 |
| Dear Octopus | Kenneth | Movie | 1943 | |
 | Millions Like Us | Charters | Movie | 1943 |
| London Scrapbook | Himself | Movie | 1942 | |
 | Unpublished Story | Lamb | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Next of Kin | Careless Talker on Train | Movie | 1942 |
 | Flying Fortress | Captain Wilkinson | Movie | 1942 |
 | Room for Two | Robert Spencer | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Flying Squad | Sederman | Movie | 1940 |
 | Crook's Tour | Hawtrey Charters | Movie | 1940 |
 | Night Train to Munich | Charters | Movie | 1940 |
 | Girl in the News | Doctor Threadgrove | Movie | 1940 |
| Just William | Mr. Sidway | Movie | 1940 | |
| The Girl Who Forgot | Mr. Barradine | Movie | 1940 | |
| Secret Journey | John Richardson | Movie | 1939 | |
 | The Four Just Men | (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Jamaica Inn | Lord George | Movie | 1939 |
| She Couldn't Say No | Lord Pilton | Movie | 1939 | |
 | Spies of the Air | Bill Madison | Movie | 1939 |
 | Let's Be Famous | Watson | Movie | 1939 |
 | Trouble Brewing | Guest at Madame Berdi's | Movie | 1939 |
 | Climbing High | Reggie Baird | Movie | 1938 |
 | The Lady Vanishes | Charters | Movie | 1938 |
 | Convict 99 | Deputy Governor | Movie | 1938 |
| Captain's Orders | Murdoch | Movie | 1937 | |
 | Jump for Glory | Defending Counsel | Movie | 1937 |
 | Young and Innocent | Erica's Uncle Basil | Movie | 1937 |
 | Dishonour Bright | Henry Crane | Movie | 1936 |
 | Broken Blossoms | Mr. Reed | Movie | 1936 |
| Foreign Affaires | Basil Mallory (uncredited) | Movie | 1935 | |
 | A Southern Maid | Tom | Movie | 1934 |
| Leave It to Smith | Sir John Moynton | Movie | 1933 | |
 | There Goes the Bride | Rudolph (uncredited) | Movie | 1932 |
 | Seven Days Leave | Corporal | Movie | 1930 |
 | Barnum Was Right | Standish | Movie | 1929 |