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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
The Lady Vanishes
Young and Innocent
Young and Innocent
Night Train to Munich
Night Train to Munich
A Southern Maid
A Southern Maid
Whisky Galore!
Whisky Galore!
Millions Like Us
Millions Like Us
Crook's Tour
Crook's Tour
Unpublished Story
Unpublished Story

Filmography

1951 The Galloping Major
as Major Arthur Hill
1951 White Corridors
as Retired Civil Servant
1950 Ha'penny Breeze
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
1950 Chance of a Lifetime
as Dickinson
1949 Passport to Pimlico
as Gregg
1949 Whisky Galore!
as Captain Paul Waggett
1949 Stop Press Girl
as The Mechanical Type
1949 It's Not Cricket
as Maj. Bright
1949 Helter Skelter
as Maj. Bright
1948 Quartet
as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
1948 The Winslow Boy
as Desmond Curry
1946 A Girl in a Million
as Prendergast
1946 The Captive Heart
as Major Ossy Dalrymple
1945 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
1943 Dear Octopus
as Kenneth
1943 Millions Like Us
as Charters
1942 London Scrapbook
as Himself
1942 Unpublished Story
as Lamb