Basil Radford

Personal Info

Birthday

June 25, 1897

Day of Death

1952-10-20

(55 years old)

Place of Birth

Chester, England, UK

Also Known As

Arthur Basil Radford

Бэзил Рэдфорд

Бейзил Редфорд

Бэйзил Редфорд

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

Young and Innocent

Dead of Night

The Winslow Boy

Jamaica Inn

Whisky Galore!

Passport to Pimlico

Night Train to Munich

Filmography

1951
The Galloping Major
as Major Arthur Hill
White Corridors
as Retired Civil Servant
1950
Ha'penny Breeze
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Chance of a Lifetime
as Dickinson
1949
Passport to Pimlico
as Gregg
Whisky Galore!
as Captain Paul Waggett
Stop Press Girl
as The Mechanical Type
It's Not Cricket
as Maj. Bright
Helter Skelter
as Maj. Bright
1948
Quartet
as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
The Winslow Boy
as Desmond Curry
1946
A Girl in a Million
as Prendergast
The Captive Heart
as Major Ossy Dalrymple
1945
Dead of Night
as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
The Way to the Stars
as 'Tiny' Williams
Twilight Hour
as Lord Chetwood
1943
Dear Octopus
as Kenneth
Millions Like Us
as Charters
1942
London Scrapbook
as Himself
Unpublished Story
as Lamb
The Next of Kin
as Careless Talker on Train
Flying Fortress
as Captain Wilkinson
1940
The Flying Squad
as Sederman
Crook's Tour
as Hawtrey Charters
Night Train to Munich
as Charters
Girl in the News
as Doctor Threadgrove
Just William
as Mr. Sidway
The Girl Who Forgot
as Mr. Barradine
1939
The Four Just Men
as (uncredited)
Jamaica Inn
as Lord George
She Couldn't Say No
as Lord Pilton
Spies of the Air
as Bill Madison
Let's Be Famous
as Watson
Trouble Brewing
as Guest at Madame Berdi's
1938
Climbing High
as Reggie Baird
The Lady Vanishes
as Charters
Convict 99
as Deputy Governor
1937
Captain's Orders
as Murdoch
Young and Innocent
as Erica's Uncle Basil
When Thief Meets Thief
as Defending Counsel
1936
Dishonour Bright
as Henry Crane
Broken Blossoms
as Mr. Reed
1935
Foreign Affaires
as Basil Mallory
1934
A Southern Maid
as Tom
1933
Leave It to Smith
as Sir John Moynton
1932
There Goes the Bride
as Rudolph (uncredited)
1930
Seven Days Leave
as Corporal
1929
Barnum Was Right
as Standish