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Basil Radford

Acting Born Jun 25, 1897 Chester, England, UK 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

The Lady Vanishes

as Charters

On Cinema

as Lamb

Full filmography

  • The Lady Vanishes (1938) as Charters
  • Jamaica Inn (1939) as Lord George
  • Dead of Night (1945) as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
  • Young and Innocent (1937) as Erica's Uncle Basil
  • Seven Days Leave (1930) as Corporal
  • Night Train to Munich (1940) as Charters
  • Whisky Galore! (1949) as Captain Paul Waggett
  • Quartet (1948) as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
  • The Captive Heart (1946) as Major Ossy Dalrymple
  • The Next of Kin (1942) as Careless Talker on Train
  • Passport to Pimlico (1949) as Gregg
  • The Winslow Boy (1948) as Desmond Curry
  • White Corridors (1951) as Retired Civil Servant
  • Millions Like Us (1943) as Charters
  • Unpublished Story (1942) as Lamb
  • The Galloping Major (1951) as Major Arthur Hill
  • The Four Just Men (1939) as (uncredited)
  • Chance of a Lifetime (1950) as Dickinson
  • Helter Skelter (1949) as Maj. Bright (uncredited)
  • Convict 99 (1938) as Deputy Governor
  • Climbing High (1938) as Reggie Baird
  • Girl in the News (1940) as Doctor Threadgrove
  • Broken Blossoms (1936) as Mr. Reed
  • The Way to the Stars (1945) as 'Tiny' Williams