Basil Radford
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
The Lady Vanishes
1938
as Charters
Jamaica Inn
1939
as Lord George
Dead of Night
1945
as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Young and Innocent
1937
as Erica's Uncle Basil
Night Train to Munich
1940
as Charters
Whisky Galore!
1949
as Captain Paul Waggett
Helter Skelter
1949
as Maj. Bright (uncredited)
Quartet
1948
as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
The Way to the Stars
1945
as 'Tiny' Williams
Passport to Pimlico
1949
as Gregg
The Next of Kin
1942
as Careless Talker on Train
The Captive Heart
1946
as Major Ossy Dalrymple
White Corridors
1951
as Retired Civil Servant
Millions Like Us
1943
as Charters
The Winslow Boy
1948
as Desmond Curry
Jump for Glory
1937
as Defending Counsel
Girl in the News
1940
as Doctor Threadgrove
The Galloping Major
1951
as Major Arthur Hill
The Galloping Major
1951
Idea
Broken Blossoms
1936
as Mr. Reed