Charters and Caldicott

This article is about the film duo. For the television series, see Charters and Caldicott (TV series).

Charters and Caldicott
Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne as Charters and Caldicott in Night Train to Munich.
First appearanceThe Lady Vanishes
Last appearanceCharters and Caldicott
Created bySidney Gilliat and Frank Launder
Portrayed byBasil Radford and Naunton Wayne (1938–1943)
Arthur Lowe and Ian Carmichael (1979)
Robin Bailey and Michael Aldridge (1985)
In-universe information
GenderMale
OccupationBusinessmen/Military Officers
ReligionChristian
NationalityEnglish

Charters and Caldicott are a fictional pair of cricket-obsessed English gentlemen, created by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat for the 1938 Alfred Hitchcock film The Lady Vanishes. They initially were played by Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne. The pairing was so popular that Radford and Wayne portrayed them in three other feature films and played similar characters in several other films and in several BBC Radio productions.

Charters and Caldicott were played by other actors in the 1979 remake of the original film, and in their own BBC television miniseries in 1985.

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