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Basil Radford
Chester, England, UK
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…
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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.
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1951
The Galloping Major
Movie Major Arthur Hill
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1951
White Corridors
Movie Retired Civil Servant
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1950
Ha'penny Breeze
Movie Shopkeeper (uncredited)
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1950
Chance of a Lifetime
Movie Dickinson
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1949
Passport to Pimlico
Movie Gregg
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1949
Helter Skelter
Movie Maj. Bright (uncredited)
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1949
Whisky Galore!
Movie Captain Paul Waggett
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1949
Stop Press Girl
Movie The Mechanical Type
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1949
It's Not Cricket
Movie Maj. Bright
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1948
Quartet
Movie Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
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1948
The Winslow Boy
Movie Desmond Curry
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1946
A Girl in a Million
Movie Prendergast
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1946
The Captive Heart
Movie Major Ossy Dalrymple
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1945
Dead of Night
Movie George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
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1945
The Way to the Stars
Movie 'Tiny' Williams
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1945
Twilight Hour
Movie Lord Chetwood
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1943
Dear Octopus
Movie Kenneth
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1943
Millions Like Us
Movie Charters
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1942
London Scrapbook
Movie Himself
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1942
Unpublished Story
Movie Lamb
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1942
The Next of Kin
Movie Careless Talker on Train
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1942
Flying Fortress
Movie Captain Wilkinson
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1940
Room for Two
Movie Robert Spencer
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1940
The Flying Squad
Movie Sederman
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1940
Crook's Tour
Movie Hawtrey Charters
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1940
Night Train to Munich
Movie Charters
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1940
Girl in the News
Movie Doctor Threadgrove
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1940
Just William
Movie Mr. Sidway
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1940
The Girl Who Forgot
Movie Mr. Barradine
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1939
Secret Journey
Movie John Richardson
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1939
The Four Just Men
Movie (uncredited)
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1939
Jamaica Inn
Movie Lord George
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1939
She Couldn't Say No
Movie Lord Pilton
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1939
Spies of the Air
Movie Bill Madison
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1939
Let's Be Famous
Movie Watson
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1939
Trouble Brewing
Movie Guest at Madame Berdi's
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1938
Climbing High
Movie Reggie Baird
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1938
The Lady Vanishes
Movie Charters
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1938
Convict 99
Movie Deputy Governor
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1937
Captain's Orders
Movie Murdoch
