Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1897-06-25
Day of Death
1952-10-20
Place of Birth
Chester, England, UK
Basil Radford
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 (50)
⭐ 6.1
Role:
Major Arthur Hill
The Galloping Major
1951
⭐ 6.8
Role:
Retired Civil Servant
White Corridors
1951
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Ha'penny Breeze
1950
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Dickinson
Chance of a Lifetime
1950
⭐ 6.9
Role:
Gregg
Passport to Pimlico
1949
⭐ 6.4
Role:
Maj. Bright (uncredited)
Helter Skelter
1949
⭐ 6.8
Role:
Captain Paul Waggett
Whisky Galore!
1949
⭐ 5.9
Role:
The Mechanical Type
Stop Press Girl
1949
⭐ 6.1
Role:
Maj. Bright
It's Not Cricket
1949
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Quartet
1948
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Desmond Curry
The Winslow Boy
1948
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Prendergast
A Girl in a Million
1946
⭐ 6.4
Role:
Major Ossy Dalrymple
The Captive Heart
1946
⭐ 7.2
Role:
George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Dead of Night
1945
⭐ 6.1
Role:
'Tiny' Williams
