Basil Radford
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.854 |
| Birthday | 1897-06-25 |
| Place of Birth | Chester, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Arthur Basil Radford, Бэзил Рэдфорд, Бейзил Редфорд, Бэйзил Редфорд, |
1938
The Lady Vanishes
7.453/881
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befrien...
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The Lady Vanishes
1937
Young and Innocent
6.6/221
Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to...
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Young and Innocent
1939
Jamaica Inn
6.1/205
In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeep...
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Jamaica Inn
1950
Chance of a Lifetime
6.3/9
The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.
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Chance of a Lifetime
1945
Dead of Night
7.178/259
Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. D...
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Dead of Night
1940
Night Train to Munich
7.224/78
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England;...
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Night Train to Munich
1949
Whisky Galore!
6.823/124
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, hea...
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Whisky Galore!
1943
Millions Like Us
5.3/12
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a fa...
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Millions Like Us
1940
Crook's Tour
5.7/13
Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of G...
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Crook's Tour
1942
Unpublished Story
6.3/5
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
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Unpublished Story
1948
The Winslow Boy
6.9/25
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
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The Winslow Boy
1938
Convict 99
6.8/11
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened crimi...
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Convict 99
1948
Quartet
6/14
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
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Quartet
1940
Girl in the News
6.5/5
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later...
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Girl in the News
1949
It's Not Cricket
5.8/3
Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. " This is the regettab...
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It's Not Cricket
1951
The Galloping Major
6/8
A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they try...
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The Galloping Major
1939
Let's Be Famous
5.8/2
An Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show.
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Let's Be Famous
1949
Stop Press Girl
5.7/6
A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange abili...
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Stop Press Girl
1946
A Girl in a Million
5.5/2
A man gets divorced from a nagging wife meets a girl in a million. Or is she?
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A Girl in a Million
1937
When Thief Meets Thief
5/2
A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner.
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When Thief Meets Thief
1936
Dishonour Bright
0/0
A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.
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Dishonour Bright
1939
The Four Just Men
6.2/4
The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sa...
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The Four Just Men
1939
Trouble Brewing
6/5
Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing...
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Trouble Brewing
1940
Just William
6/1
A rascal child recruits his friends as assistants to help his father to get elected to the city council. Sadly, the children accidentally helped two j...
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Just William
1933
Leave It to Smith
0/0
A pair of con men in Monte Carlo attach themselves to a nouveau rich American snob with a weakness for titles...
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Leave It to Smith
1940
The Flying Squad
6/3
Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.
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The Flying Squad
1938
Climbing High
6.5/1
Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and mountaineering...
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Climbing High
1935
Foreign Affaires
0/0
An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!
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Foreign Affaires
1945
The Way to the Stars
5.7/22
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in...
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The Way to the Stars
1939
She Couldn't Say No
0/0
A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it.
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She Couldn't Say No
1942
Flying Fortress
5/2
Drama written in flames and told with the staccato of canon-fire!
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Flying Fortress
1939
Spies of the Air
6.5/2
Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Made in 1939, by the time it was released i...
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Spies of the Air
1930
Seven Days Leave
0/0
In London, during WWI, a lonely woman who wants to feel a part of the war effort pretends to her friends to have a son fighting in the war. She is sho...
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Seven Days Leave
1940
The Girl Who Forgot
5/2
A young women under a lot of pressure in her life decides to take a train trip to mellow out, but is suddenly stricken with a case of amnesia. A con a...
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The Girl Who Forgot
1943
Dear Octopus
0/0
Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of smoothi...
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Dear Octopus
1949
Passport to Pimlico
6.7/80
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part o...
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Passport to Pimlico
1936
Broken Blossoms
6/6
A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's Masterpiece.
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Broken Blossoms
1929
Barnum Was Right
5/1
Freddie owns a failing old hotel. To attract new business he spreads the rumor that there's pirate treasure hidden somewhere in the building.
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Barnum Was Right
1942
London Scrapbook
0/0
Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.
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London Scrapbook
1950
Ha'penny Breeze
5.7/3
A demobbed serviceman finds that his village has fallen on hard times. With the help of family, friends and the villagers he enters his boat in a yach...
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Ha'penny Breeze
1949
Helter Skelter
6.2/3
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
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Helter Skelter
1942
The Next of Kin
5/6
Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi sp...
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The Next of Kin
1932
There Goes the Bride
6.4/5
A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a...
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There Goes the Bride
1946
The Captive Heart
6.2/22
A series of stories about the lives and loves of nine men in a Prisoner of War Camp over five years. Location shooting in the British occupied part of...
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The Captive Heart
1934
A Southern Maid
0/0
A young Spanish woman marries a lowly Englishman, rather than the aristocrat her father had intended, much to his displeasure.
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