Basil Radford
Known for
Acting
Born
June 25, 1897
Birthplace
Chester, England, UK
Died
October 20, 1952 (aged 55)
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.
Best known work
The Lady Vanishes
1938
Dead of Night
1945
Young and Innocent
1937
Jamaica Inn
1939
Whisky Galore!
1949
Passport to Pimlico
1949
Night Train to Munich
1940
The Way to the Stars
1945
The Winslow Boy
1948
The Captive Heart
1946Filmography
1951
The Galloping Majoras Major Arthur Hill, Idea
1951
White Corridorsas Retired Civil Servant
1950
Ha'penny Breezeas Shopkeeper (uncredited)
1950
Chance of a Lifetimeas Dickinson
1949
Passport to Pimlicoas Gregg
1949
Helter Skelteras Maj. Bright (uncredited)
1949
Whisky Galore!as Captain Paul Waggett
1949
Stop Press Girlas The Mechanical Type
1949
It's Not Cricketas Maj. Bright
1948
Quartetas Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
1948
The Winslow Boyas Desmond Curry
1946
A Girl in a Millionas Prendergast
1946
The Captive Heartas Major Ossy Dalrymple
1945
Dead of Nightas George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
1945
The Way to the Starsas 'Tiny' Williams
1945
Twilight Houras Lord Chetwood
1943
Dear Octopusas Kenneth
1943
Millions Like Usas Charters
1942
London Scrapbookas Himself
1942
Unpublished Storyas Lamb
1942
The Next of Kinas Careless Talker on Train
1942
Flying Fortressas Captain Wilkinson
1940
Room for Twoas Robert Spencer
1940
The Flying Squadas Sederman
1940
Crook's Touras Hawtrey Charters