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Basil Radford
Acting
Born: June 25, 1897
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 appeared in several films from 1938 to 1949, most famously in Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
Known For
The Lady Vanishes
as Charters
Jamaica Inn
as Lord George
Passport to Pimlico
as Gregg
Dead of Night
as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
Night Train to Munich
as Charters
Young and Innocent
as Erica's Uncle Basil
The Winslow Boy
as Desmond Curry
The Way to the Stars
as 'Tiny' Williams
Whisky Galore!
as Captain Paul Waggett
Quartet
as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
