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Basil Radford

Actor, Additional Credits
Died October 20, 1952 (55 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Dead of Night
  • Jamaica Inn
  • Young and Innocent
  • Passport to Pimlico
  • The Winslow Boy
  • Millions Like Us
Known For
  • The Lady Vanishes
  • Whisky Galore!
  • Night Train to Munich
  • Young and Innocent
  • Quartet
  • The Winslow Boy
  • Crook's Tour
  • Chance of a Lifetime
  • The Galloping Major
  • Johnny in the Clouds
  • Millions Like Us
  • Convict 99
  • Unpublished Story
  • The Girl in the News
  • Just William
  • The Flying Squad
  • Flying Fortress
  • Broken Blossoms
  • Let's Be Famous
  • Woman to Woman
  • Dear Octopus

Filmography

1951
White Corridors · as Retired Civil Servant
1951
The Galloping Major · as Major Arthur Hill
1950
Ha'penny Breeze · as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
1950
Chance of a Lifetime · as Dickinson
1949
Helter Skelter · as Maj. Bright
1949
1949
Whisky Galore! · as Captain Paul Waggett
1949
Stop Press Girl · as The Mechanical Type
1949
It's Not Cricket · as Maj. Bright
1948
The Winslow Boy · as Desmond Curry
1948
Quartet · as Henry Garnet
1946
1946
The Captive Heart · as Major Ossy Dalrymple
1945
Dead of Night · as George Parratt (segment "the Golfing Story")
1945
Johnny in the Clouds · as 'tiny' Williams
1944
Twilight Hour · as Lord Chetwood
1943
Dear Octopus · as Kenneth
1943
1942
Flying Fortress · as Captain Wilkinson
1942
1942
The Next of Kin · as Careless Talker On Train
1940
The Flying Squad · as Sederman
1940
Crook's Tour · as Hawtrey Charters
1940
The Girl in the News · as Doctor Threadgrove
1940
Night Train to Munich · as Charters
1940
Just William · as Mr. Sidway
1940
She Couldn't Say No · as Lord Pilton
1940
The Girl Who Forgot · as Mr. Barradine
1939
Jamaica Inn · as Lord George
1939
Let's Be Famous · as Watson
1939
The Secret Four · as (uncredited)
1939
Spies of the Air · as Bill Madison
1939
Trouble Brewing · as Guest At Madame Berdi's
1938
Climbing High · as Reggie Baird
1938
1938
Convict 99 · as Deputy Governor
1937
Captain's Orders · as Murdoch
1937
When Thief Meets Thief · as Defending Counsel
1937
Young and Innocent · as Erica's Uncle Basil
1936
Dishonour Bright · as Henry Crane
1936
Broken Blossoms · as Mr. Reed
1935
Foreign Affaires · as Basil Mallory
1934
A Southern Maid · as Tom
1932
There Goes the Bride · as Rudolph (uncredited)
1930
Seven Days Leave · as Corporal
1929
Woman to Woman · as Officer In Street

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