Basil Radford

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.

  • Title: Basil Radford
  • Popularity: 2.103
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1897-06-25
  • Place of Birth: Chester, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Arthur Basil Radford, Бэзил Рэдфорд, Бейзил Редфорд, Бэйзил Редфорд
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Basil Radford Movies

  • 1938
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    The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes

    7.44 1938 HD

    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...

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  • 1937
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    Young and Innocent

    Young and Innocent

    6.6 1937 HD

    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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  • 1939
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    Jamaica Inn

    Jamaica Inn

    6.042 1939 HD

    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...

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  • 1945
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    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    7.2 1945 HD

    Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare....

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  • 1940
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    Night Train to Munich

    Night Train to Munich

    7.2 1940 HD

    Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach...

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  • 1934
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    A Southern Maid

    A Southern Maid

    1 1934 HD

    A young Spanish woman marries a lowly Englishman, rather than the aristocrat her father had intended, much to his displeasure.

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  • 1949
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    Whisky Galore!

    Whisky Galore!

    6.8 1949 HD

    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,...

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  • 1943
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    Millions Like Us

    Millions Like Us

    5.3 1943 HD

    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...

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  • 1940
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    Crook's Tour

    Crook's Tour

    5.679 1940 HD

    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...

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  • 1942
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    Unpublished Story

    Unpublished Story

    6.3 1942 HD

    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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  • 1938
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    Convict 99

    Convict 99

    6.8 1938 HD

    A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened...

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  • 1948
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    The Winslow Boy

    The Winslow Boy

    6.9 1948 HD

    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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  • 1948
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    Quartet

    Quartet

    6 1948 HD

    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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  • 1940
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    Girl in the News

    Girl in the News

    6.5 1940 HD

    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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  • 1949
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    It's Not Cricket

    It's Not Cricket

    5.8 1949 HD

    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...

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  • 1951
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    The Galloping Major

    The Galloping Major

    6 1951 HD

    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...

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  • 1939
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    Let's Be Famous

    Let's Be Famous

    5.8 1939 HD

    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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  • 1949
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    Stop Press Girl

    Stop Press Girl

    5.571 1949 HD

    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...

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  • 1950
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    Chance of a Lifetime

    Chance of a Lifetime

    6.3 1950 HD

    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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  • 1946
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    A Girl in a Million

    A Girl in a Million

    5.5 1946 HD

    A man gets divorced from a nagging wife meets a girl in a million. Or is she?

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  • 1937
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    When Thief Meets Thief

    When Thief Meets Thief

    5 1937 HD

    A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner.

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  • 1940
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    The Flying Squad

    The Flying Squad

    6 1940 HD

    Inspector Bradley of Scotland Yard is on the trail of the murderous ringleader of a smuggling organization in London.

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  • 1936
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    Dishonour Bright

    Dishonour Bright

    1 1936 HD

    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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  • 1939
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    The Four Just Men

    The Four Just Men

    6.2 1939 HD

    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...

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  • 1939
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    Trouble Brewing

    Trouble Brewing

    6 1939 HD

    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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  • 1940
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    Just William

    Just William

    6 1940 HD

    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...

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  • 1933
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    Leave It to Smith

    Leave It to Smith

    1 1933 HD

    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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  • 1938
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    Climbing High

    Climbing High

    6.75 1938 HD

    Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model Diana. Complications, slapstick and...

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  • 1935
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    Foreign Affaires

    Foreign Affaires

    1 1935 HD

    An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!

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  • 1945
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    The Way to the Stars

    The Way to the Stars

    5.7 1945 HD

    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...

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  • 1939
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    She Couldn't Say No

    She Couldn't Say No

    1 1939 HD

    A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it.

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  • 1942
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    Flying Fortress

    Flying Fortress

    5 1942 HD

    Drama written in flames and told with the staccato of canon-fire!

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  • 1939
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    Spies of the Air

    Spies of the Air

    6.5 1939 HD

    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...

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  • 1930
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    Seven Days Leave

    Seven Days Leave

    7 1930 HD

    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...

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  • 1940
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    The Girl Who Forgot

    The Girl Who Forgot

    5 1940 HD

    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...

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  • 1943
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    Dear Octopus

    Dear Octopus

    1 1943 HD

    Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of...

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  • 1949
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    Passport to Pimlico

    Passport to Pimlico

    6.8 1949 HD

    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...

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  • 1936
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    Broken Blossoms

    Broken Blossoms

    6 1936 HD

    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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  • 1929
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    Barnum Was Right

    Barnum Was Right

    5 1929 HD

    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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  • 1942
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    London Scrapbook

    London Scrapbook

    6 1942 HD

    Propaganda short showing how London is coping with World War II.

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  • 1950
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    Ha'penny Breeze

    Ha'penny Breeze

    5.7 1950 HD

    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...

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  • 1949
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    Helter Skelter

    Helter Skelter

    6.2 1949 HD

    A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

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  • 1942
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    The Next of Kin

    The Next of Kin

    5 1942 HD

    Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of...

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  • 1932
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    There Goes the Bride

    There Goes the Bride

    6.4 1932 HD

    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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  • 1946
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    The Captive Heart

    The Captive Heart

    6.2 1946 HD

    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...

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  • 1937
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    Captain's Orders

    Captain's Orders

    1 1937 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Galloping Major

    The Galloping Major

    6 1951 HD

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.7 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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