Basil Radford
Known For
Acting
Born
1897-06-25 in Chester, England, UK
Died
1952-10-20
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.
Most Known For
The Lady Vanishes
as Charters
Jamaica Inn
as Lord George
Helter Skelter
as Maj. Bright (uncredited)
Dead of Night
as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Young and Innocent
as Erica's Uncle Basil
Night Train to Munich
as Charters
Passport to Pimlico
as Gregg
Whisky Galore!
as Captain Paul Waggett
The Winslow Boy
as Desmond Curry
The Way to the Stars
as 'Tiny' Williams
Unpublished Story
as Lamb
Quartet
as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
The Captive Heart
as Major Ossy Dalrymple
Crook's Tour
as Hawtrey Charters
The Next of Kin
as Careless Talker on Train
White Corridors
as Retired Civil Servant
Broken Blossoms
as Mr. Reed
Spies of the Air
as Bill Madison
Millions Like Us
as Charters
Seven Days Leave
as Corporal