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Basil Radford

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Basil Radford

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jun 25, 1897 (129 years old)

Place of Birth

Chester, England, UK

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

Acting
1951The Galloping MajorMajor Arthur Hill
1951White CorridorsRetired Civil Servant
1950Chance of a LifetimeDickinson
1950Ha'penny BreezeShopkeeper (uncredited)
1949Whisky Galore!Captain Paul Waggett
1949It's Not CricketMaj. Bright
1949Stop Press GirlThe Mechanical Type
1949Passport to PimlicoGregg
1949Helter SkelterMaj. Bright (uncredited)
1948The Winslow BoyDesmond Curry
1948QuartetHenry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
1946A Girl in a MillionPrendergast
1946The Captive HeartMajor Ossy Dalrymple
1945Dead of NightGeorge Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
1945The Way to the Stars'Tiny' Williams
1945Twilight HourLord Chetwood
1943Millions Like UsCharters
1943Dear OctopusKenneth
1942Unpublished StoryLamb
1942Flying FortressCaptain Wilkinson
1942London ScrapbookHimself
1942The Next of KinCareless Talker on Train
1940Night Train to MunichCharters
1940Crook's TourHawtrey Charters
1940Girl in the NewsDoctor Threadgrove
1940The Flying SquadSederman
1940Just WilliamMr. Sidway
1940The Girl Who ForgotMr. Barradine
1940Room for TwoRobert Spencer
1939Jamaica InnLord George
1939Let's Be FamousWatson
1939The Four Just Men(uncredited)
1939Trouble BrewingGuest at Madame Berdi's
1939She Couldn't Say NoLord Pilton
1939Spies of the AirBill Madison
1939Secret JourneyJohn Richardson
1938The Lady VanishesCharters
1938Convict 99Deputy Governor
1938Climbing HighReggie Baird
1937Young and InnocentErica's Uncle Basil
1937Jump for GloryDefending Counsel
1937Captain's OrdersMurdoch
1936Dishonour BrightHenry Crane
1936Broken BlossomsMr. Reed
1935Foreign AffairesBasil Mallory (uncredited)
1934A Southern MaidTom
1933Leave It to SmithSir John Moynton
1932There Goes the BrideRudolph (uncredited)
1930Seven Days LeaveCorporal
1929Barnum Was RightStandish
Writing
1951The Galloping MajorIdea