Actor info
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Name :
Basil Radford
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Born :
June 25, 1897 in Chester, England, UK (55 years at death)
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Died :
October 20, 1952
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
50 films (1929–1951)
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Also known as :
Arthur Basil Radford, Бэзил Рэдфорд, Бейзил Редфорд, Бэйзил Редфорд
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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.
Notable films
- Dead of Night (1945) as George Parratt (Segment "The Golfing Story")
- Night Train to Munich (1940) as Charters
- Jamaica Inn (1939) as Lord George
- The Lady Vanishes (1938) as Charters
- Young and Innocent (1937) as Erica's Uncle Basil
