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Basil Radford

Basil Radford

Known for: Acting

Born: June 25, 1897

Died: October 20, 1952

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

Whisky Galore!
Whisky Galore!
1949
Crook's Tour
Crook's Tour
1940
It's Not Cricket
It's Not Cricket
1949
The Galloping Major
The Galloping Major
1951
Chance of a Lifetime
Chance of a Lifetime
1950
Secret Journey
1939
Quartet
Quartet
1948
Just William
1940
London Scrapbook
1942
Twilight Hour
Twilight Hour
1945
Unpublished Story
Unpublished Story
1942
Stop Press Girl
Stop Press Girl
1949
A Girl in a Million
A Girl in a Million
1946
Night Train to Munich
Night Train to Munich
1940
The Winslow Boy
The Winslow Boy
1948
Let's Be Famous
Let's Be Famous
1939
The Flying Squad
The Flying Squad
1940
Spies of the Air
Spies of the Air
1939
The Girl Who Forgot
1940
Barnum Was Right
Barnum Was Right
1929
The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes
1938
Millions Like Us
Millions Like Us
1943
Girl in the News
Girl in the News
1940
Flying Fortress
Flying Fortress
1942
Room for Two
Room for Two
1940
Convict 99
Convict 99
1938
Broken Blossoms
Broken Blossoms
1936
A Southern Maid
A Southern Maid
1934
Climbing High
Climbing High
1938
The Way to the Stars
The Way to the Stars
1945
She Couldn't Say No
1939
Young and Innocent
Young and Innocent
1937
Leave It to Smith
1933
Seven Days Leave
Seven Days Leave
1930
Dear Octopus
1943
Jump for Glory
Jump for Glory
1937
Captain's Orders
1937
Dishonour Bright
Dishonour Bright
1936
Trouble Brewing
Trouble Brewing
1939
Foreign Affaires
1935
Jamaica Inn
Jamaica Inn
1939
Passport to Pimlico
Passport to Pimlico
1949
Dead of Night
Dead of Night
1945
There Goes the Bride
There Goes the Bride
1932
White Corridors
White Corridors
1951
Ha'penny Breeze
Ha'penny Breeze
1950
The Captive Heart
The Captive Heart
1946
The Four Just Men
The Four Just Men
1939
The Next of Kin
The Next of Kin
1942
Helter Skelter
Helter Skelter
1949
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