Basil Radford

Jun 25, 1897 - Oct 20, 1952 (55 years old) in Chester, England, UK

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

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Climbing High

Reggie Baird

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Passport to Pimlico

Gregg

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Flying Fortress

Captain Wilkinson

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White Corridors

Retired Civil Servant

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Just William

Mr. Sidway

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Leave It to Smith

Sir John Moynton

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Girl in the News

Doctor Threadgrove

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The Way to the Stars

'Tiny' Williams

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Ha'penny Breeze

Shopkeeper (uncredited)

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The Captive Heart

Major Ossy Dalrymple

Credits

The Galloping Major 1951

Major Arthur Hill

★ 6
White Corridors 1951

Retired Civil Servant

★ 6.6
Ha'penny Breeze 1950

Shopkeeper (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Chance of a Lifetime 1950

Dickinson

★ 6.3
Passport to Pimlico 1949

Gregg

★ 6.9
Helter Skelter 1949

Maj. Bright (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Whisky Galore! 1949

Captain Paul Waggett

★ 6.8
Stop Press Girl 1949

The Mechanical Type

★ 5.6
It's Not Cricket 1949

Maj. Bright

★ 5.8
Quartet 1948

Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")

★ 6.2
The Winslow Boy 1948

Desmond Curry

★ 6.9
A Girl in a Million 1946

Prendergast

★ 5.5
The Captive Heart 1946

Major Ossy Dalrymple

★ 6.2
Dead of Night 1945

George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")

★ 7.2
The Way to the Stars 1945

'Tiny' Williams

★ 6
Twilight Hour 1945

Lord Chetwood

★ NR
Dear Octopus 1943

Kenneth

★ NR
Millions Like Us 1943

Charters

★ 5.5
London Scrapbook 1942

Himself

★ 6
Unpublished Story 1942

Lamb

★ 6.3
The Next of Kin 1942

Careless Talker on Train

★ 5.1
Flying Fortress 1942

Captain Wilkinson

★ 5
Room for Two 1940

Robert Spencer

★ NR
The Flying Squad 1940

Sederman

★ 6
Crook's Tour 1940

Hawtrey Charters

★ 5.7
Night Train to Munich 1940

Charters

★ 7.3
Girl in the News 1940

Doctor Threadgrove

★ 6.4
Just William 1940

Mr. Sidway

★ 6
The Girl Who Forgot 1940

Mr. Barradine

★ 5
Secret Journey 1939

John Richardson

★ NR
The Four Just Men 1939

(uncredited)

★ 6.2
Jamaica Inn 1939

Lord George

★ 6.1
She Couldn't Say No 1939

Lord Pilton

★ NR
Spies of the Air 1939

Bill Madison

★ 6.5
Let's Be Famous 1939

Watson

★ 5.8
Trouble Brewing 1939

Guest at Madame Berdi's

★ 6.7
Climbing High 1938

Reggie Baird

★ 6.2
The Lady Vanishes 1938

Charters

★ 7.4
Convict 99 1938

Deputy Governor

★ 6.8
Captain's Orders 1937

Murdoch

★ NR
Young and Innocent 1937

Erica's Uncle Basil

★ 6.6
Jump for Glory 1937

Defending Counsel

★ 5
Dishonour Bright 1936

Henry Crane

★ 5
Broken Blossoms 1936

Mr. Reed

★ 5.9
Foreign Affaires 1935

Basil Mallory (uncredited)

★ NR
A Southern Maid 1934

Tom

★ NR
Leave It to Smith 1933

Sir John Moynton

★ NR
There Goes the Bride 1932

Rudolph (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Seven Days Leave 1930

Corporal

★ 7
Barnum Was Right 1929

Standish

★ 5