Cast & creator
Basil Radford
Best known for The Lady Vanishes, Dead of Night, Jamaica Inn
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.
Also known as: Arthur Basil Radford, Бэзил Рэдфорд, Бейзил Редфорд, Бэйзил Редфорд
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1929–1951 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (51)
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The Lady Vanishes
Charters
1938
Dead of Night
George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
1945
Jamaica Inn
Lord George
1939
Young and Innocent
Erica's Uncle Basil
1937
Night Train to Munich
Charters
1940
Girl in the News
Doctor Threadgrove
1940
Passport to Pimlico
Gregg
1949
Helter Skelter
Maj. Bright (uncredited)
1949
The Winslow Boy
Desmond Curry
1948
Whisky Galore!
Captain Paul Waggett
1949
The Way to the Stars
'Tiny' Williams
1945
Let's Be Famous
Watson
1939
Chance of a Lifetime
Dickinson
1950
There Goes the Bride
Rudolph (uncredited)
1932
The Four Just Men
(uncredited)
1939
The Next of Kin
Careless Talker on Train
1942
The Captive Heart
Major Ossy Dalrymple
1946
It's Not Cricket
Maj. Bright
1949
White Corridors
Retired Civil Servant
1951
Millions Like Us
Charters
1943
Spies of the Air
Bill Madison
1939
Seven Days Leave
Corporal
1930
Unpublished Story
Lamb
1942
A Girl in a Million
Prendergast
1946The Girl Who Forgot
Mr. Barradine
1940Just William
Mr. Sidway
1940
Crook's Tour
Hawtrey Charters
1940
Room for Two
Robert Spencer
1940
Broken Blossoms
Mr. Reed
1936
Jump for Glory
Defending Counsel
1937
Quartet
Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
1948She Couldn't Say No
Lord Pilton
1939
A Southern Maid
Tom
1934
Stop Press Girl
The Mechanical Type
1949
The Flying Squad
Sederman
1940Foreign Affaires
Basil Mallory (uncredited)
1935
The Galloping Major
Major Arthur Hill
1951The Galloping Major
Idea
1951
Trouble Brewing
Guest at Madame Berdi's
1939
Climbing High
Reggie Baird
1938
Barnum Was Right
Standish
1929Dear Octopus
Kenneth
1943
Dishonour Bright
Henry Crane
1936
Ha'penny Breeze
Shopkeeper (uncredited)
1950Secret Journey
John Richardson
1939
Convict 99
Deputy Governor
1938
Twilight Hour
Lord Chetwood
1945
Flying Fortress
Captain Wilkinson
1942Leave It to Smith
Sir John Moynton
1933Captain's Orders
Murdoch
1937London Scrapbook
Himself
1942