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Arthur Basil Radford [1] (25 June 1897 – 20 October 1952) was an English character actor who featured in many British films of the 1930s and 1940s. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made his first stage appearance in July 1924.
Mr. Basil Radford, who died yesterday in hospital in London at the age of 55, was a versatile actor best suited, on the stage and on the screen, to the medium of light comedy. He endeared himself to theatrical and film audiences as the Englishman of a popular romantic convention.
Radford, Basil (1897-1952) Actor A hugely enjoyable character player, Basil Radford was one of those actors who does one thing superbly well: he perfected the slightly flummoxed, unfailingly courteous, public-school, civil-servant type.
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Basil Radford (1897–1952) was a British character actor. He is probably best-remembered for his appearances alongside Naunton Wayne as two cricket-obsessed Englishman in several films from 1938-1949. The two first appeared as their characters "Charters" and "Caldicott" in Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 thriller The Lady Vanishes. They were popular enough ...
With Hitchcock... 1. Young and Innocent (1937) — cast: Erica's Uncle Basil 2. The Lady Vanishes (1938) — cast: Charters 3. Jamaica Inn (1939) — cast: His Friend Other Works... 1. Night Train to Munich(1940) — cast: Charters
Oct 8, 2008 · The duo played the roles of Caldicott (Wayne) and Charters (Radford). Radford had previously appeared in Hitchcock's "Young and Innocent," but "The Lady Vanishes" would vault the two men into a new kind semi-stardom.
Basil Radford became popular when he and Naunton Wayne played two imperturbable Englishmen abroad in The Lady Vanishes (1938).
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 trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made his first stage appearance in July 1924.
