Basil Radford
Known for 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.
Filmography
The Lady Vanishes
1938
as Charters
Jamaica Inn
1939
as Lord George
Dead of Night
1945
as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Helter Skelter
1949
as Maj. Bright (uncredited)
Girl in the News
1940
as Doctor Threadgrove
The Way to the Stars
1945
as 'Tiny' Williams
Young and Innocent
1937
as Erica's Uncle Basil
Night Train to Munich
1940
as Charters
Quartet
1948
as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
White Corridors
1951
as Retired Civil Servant
Whisky Galore!
1949
as Captain Paul Waggett
Let's Be Famous
1939
as Watson
The Galloping Major
1951
as Major Arthur Hill
Broken Blossoms
1936
as Mr. Reed
Passport to Pimlico
1949
as Gregg
Crook's Tour
1940
as Hawtrey Charters
Jump for Glory
1937
as Defending Counsel
The Four Just Men
1939
as (uncredited)
There Goes the Bride
1932
as Rudolph (uncredited)
The Captive Heart
1946
as Major Ossy Dalrymple