Basil Radford

Basil Radford

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

25/06/1897

Day of Death

20/10/1952
(55) 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 appea... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1951

The Galloping Major

as Major Arthur Hill

1951

White Corridors

as Retired Civil Servant

1950

Ha'penny Breeze

as Shopkeeper (uncredited)

1950

Chance of a Lifetime

as Dickinson

1949

Helter Skelter

as Maj. Bright (uncredited)

1949

Whisky Galore!

as Captain Paul Waggett

1949

Stop Press Girl

as The Mechanical Type

1949

It's Not Cricket

as Maj. Bright

1948

Quartet

as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life...

1948

The Winslow Boy

as Desmond Curry

1946

A Girl in a Million

as Prendergast

1946

The Captive Heart

as Major Ossy Dalrymple

1945

Dead of Night

as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Sto...

1945

The Way to the Stars

as 'Tiny' Williams

1945

Twilight Hour

as Lord Chetwood

1943

Dear Octopus

as Kenneth

1943

Millions Like Us

as Charters

1942

London Scrapbook

as Himself

1942

The Next of Kin

as Careless Talker on Train

1942

Flying Fortress

as Captain Wilkinson

1940

The Flying Squad

as Sederman

1940

Crook's Tour

as Hawtrey Charters

1940

Night Train to Munich

as Charters

1940

Girl in the News

as Doctor Threadgrove

1940

Just William

as Mr. Sidway

1940

The Girl Who Forgot

as Mr. Barradine

1939

The Four Just Men

as (uncredited)

1939

Jamaica Inn

as Lord George

1939

She Couldn't Say No

as Lord Pilton

1939

Spies of the Air

as Bill Madison

1939

Let's Be Famous

as Watson

1939

Trouble Brewing

as Guest at Madame Berdi's

1938

Climbing High

as Reggie Baird

1938

The Lady Vanishes

as Charters

1938

Convict 99

as Deputy Governor

1937

Captain's Orders

as Murdoch

1937

Young and Innocent

as Erica's Uncle Basil

1937

Jump for Glory

as Defending Counsel

1936

Dishonour Bright

as Henry Crane

1936

Broken Blossoms

as Mr. Reed

1935

Foreign Affaires

as Basil Mallory (uncredited)

1934

A Southern Maid

as Tom

1933

Leave It to Smith

as Sir John Moynton

1932

There Goes the Bride

as Rudolph (uncredited)

1930

Seven Days Leave

as Corporal

1929

Barnum Was Right

as Standish

Crew