Basil Radford
Birthday
1897/06/25
Day of death
1952/10/20 (55 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Chester, England, UK
Also know as
Arthur Basil Radford, Бэзил Рэдфорд, Бейзил Редфорд, Бэйзил Редфорд
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.
Acting
(1938) The Lady Vanishes
as Charters
(1937) Young and Innocent
as Erica's Uncle Basil
(1939) Jamaica Inn
as Lord George
(1945) Dead of Night
as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
(1940) Night Train to Munich
as Charters
(1934) A Southern Maid
as Tom
(1949) Whisky Galore!
as Captain Paul Waggett
(1943) Millions Like Us
as Charters
(1940) Crook's Tour
as Hawtrey Charters
(1942) Unpublished Story
as Lamb
(1938) Convict 99
as Deputy Governor
(1948) The Winslow Boy
as Desmond Curry
(1948) Quartet
as Henry Garnet
(1940) Girl in the News
as Doctor Threadgrove
(1949) It's Not Cricket
as Maj. Bright
(1951) The Galloping Major
as Major Arthur Hill
(1939) Let's Be Famous
as Watson
(1949) Stop Press Girl
as The Mechanical Type
(1950) Chance of a Lifetime
as Dickinson
(1946) A Girl in a Million
as ---
(1937) When Thief Meets Thief
as Defending Counsel
(1940) The Flying Squad
as Sederman
(1936) Dishonour Bright
as Henry Crane
(1939) The Four Just Men
as (uncredited)
(1939) Trouble Brewing
as Guest at Madame Berdi's
(1940) Just William
as Mr. Sidway
(1933) Leave It to Smith
as Sir John Moynton
(1938) Climbing High
as Reggie Baird
(1935) Foreign Affaires
as Basil Mallory
(1945) The Way to the Stars
as 'Tiny' Williams
(1939) She Couldn't Say No
as Lord Pilton
(1942) Flying Fortress
as Captain Wilkinson
(1939) Spies of the Air
as Bill Madison
(1930) Seven Days Leave
as Corporal
(1940) The Girl Who Forgot
as Mr. Barradine
(1943) Dear Octopus
as Kenneth
(1949) Passport to Pimlico
as Gregg
(1936) Broken Blossoms
as Mr. Reed
(1929) Barnum Was Right
as Standish
(1942) London Scrapbook
as Himself
(1950) Ha'penny Breeze
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
(1949) Helter Skelter
as Maj. Bright
(1942) The Next of Kin
as Careless Talker on Train
(1932) There Goes the Bride
as Rudolph (uncredited)
(1946) The Captive Heart
as Major Ossy Dalrymple
(1937) Captain's Orders
as Murdoch
(1951) White Corridors
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Charters (archive footage) (uncredited)