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

Dead of Night

Night Train to Munich

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Unpublished Story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 (segment "The Facts of Life")

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

Prendergast

1937

When Thief Meets Thief

as

Defending Counsel

1940

The Flying Squad

as

Sederman

1936

Dishonour Bright

as

Henry Crane

1939

Trouble Brewing

as

Guest at Madame Berdi's

1939

The Four Just Men

as

(uncredited)

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

Retired Civil Servant

1945

Twilight Hour

as

Lord Chetwood

Production

Crew

Directing