Basil Radford
Birthday: 1897-06-25
Deathday: 1952-10-20
Birthplace: Chester, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | |
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1951-05-07 | The Galloping Major | Major Arthur Hill |
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1951-01-12 | White Corridors | |
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1950-12-30 | Ha'penny Breeze | Shopkeeper (uncredited) |
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1950-04-24 | Chance of a Lifetime | Dickinson |
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1949-10-26 | Passport to Pimlico | Gregg |
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1949-06-16 | Whisky Galore! | Captain Paul Waggett |
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1949-06-02 | Stop Press Girl | The Mechanical Type |
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1949-04-01 | It's Not Cricket | Maj. Bright |
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1949-01-07 | Helter Skelter | Maj. Bright |
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1948-10-26 | Quartet | Henry Garnet |
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1948-09-24 | The Winslow Boy | Desmond Curry |
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1946-10-28 | A Girl in a Million | |
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1946-04-29 | The Captive Heart | Major Ossy Dalrymple |
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1945-09-09 | Dead of Night | George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story") |
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1945-06-16 | The Way to the Stars | 'Tiny' Williams |
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1943-09-20 | Dear Octopus | Kenneth |
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1943-06-01 | Millions Like Us | Charters |
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1942-08-10 | Unpublished Story | Lamb |
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1942-06-15 | The Next of Kin | Careless Talker on Train |
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1942-06-13 | Flying Fortress | Captain Wilkinson |
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1940-10-12 | The Flying Squad | Sederman |
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1940-09-03 | Crook's Tour | Hawtrey Charters |
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1940-08-31 | Night Train to Munich | Charters |
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1940-08-28 | Girl in the News | Doctor Threadgrove |
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1940-07-20 | Just William | Mr. Sidway |
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1940-02-24 | The Girl Who Forgot | Mr. Barradine |
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1939-06-01 | The Four Just Men | (uncredited) |
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1939-05-11 | Jamaica Inn | Lord George |
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1939-04-20 | She Couldn't Say No | Lord Pilton |
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1939-03-30 | Spies of the Air | Bill Madison |
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1939-03-22 | Let's Be Famous | Watson |
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1939-03-01 | Trouble Brewing | Guest at Madame Berdi's |
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1938-10-31 | Climbing High | Reggie Baird |
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1938-10-07 | The Lady Vanishes | Charters |
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1938-09-26 | Convict 99 | Deputy Governor |
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1937-11-23 | Captain's Orders | Murdoch |
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1937-11-01 | Young and Innocent | Erica's Uncle Basil |
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1937-01-01 | When Thief Meets Thief | Defending Counsel |
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1936-09-21 | Dishonour Bright | Henry Crane |
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1936-05-20 | Broken Blossoms | Mr. Reed |
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1935-11-21 | Foreign Affaires | Basil Mallory |
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1934-03-01 | A Southern Maid | Tom |
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1933-09-13 | Leave It to Smith | Sir John Moynton |
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1932-10-25 | There Goes the Bride | Rudolph (uncredited) |
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1930-01-24 | Seven Days Leave | Corporal |
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1929-09-22 | Barnum Was Right | Standish |