Basil Radford

Born: 1897-06-25, 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.

Filmography

• The Lady Vanishes (1938)
• Dead of Night (1945)
• Jamaica Inn (1939)
• Whisky Galore! (1949)
• Jump for Glory (1937)
• Passport to Pimlico (1949)
• Girl in the News (1940)
• The Way to the Stars (1945)
• Let's Be Famous (1939)
• Room for Two (1940)
• White Corridors (1951)
• Convict 99 (1938)
• The Captive Heart (1946)
• The Four Just Men (1939)
• Barnum Was Right (1929)
• Stop Press Girl (1949)
• Crook's Tour (1940)
• The Next of Kin (1942)
• Millions Like Us (1943)
• The Galloping Major (1951)
• Seven Days Leave (1930)
• Flying Fortress (1942)
• It's Not Cricket (1949)
• Dishonour Bright (1936)
• Trouble Brewing (1939)
• Ha'penny Breeze (1950)
• A Girl in a Million (1946)
• A Southern Maid (1934)
• Spies of the Air (1939)
• Twilight Hour (1945)