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Charters and Caldicott | |
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First appearance | The Lady Vanishes |
Last appearance | Charters and Caldicott |
Created by | Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder |
Portrayed by | Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne (1938–1943) Arthur Lowe and Ian Carmichael (1979) Robin Bailey and Michael Aldridge (1985) |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Occupation | Businessmen/Military Officers |
Religion | Christian |
Nationality | English |
Charters and Caldicott started out as two supporting characters in the 1938 Alfred Hitchcock film The Lady Vanishes. The pair of cricket-obsessed characters were played by Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford. The characters were created by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. The duo became very popular and were used as recurring characters in subsequent films and in BBC Radio productions. Charters and Caldicott have also been played by other actors, and they eventually had their own BBC television series.