Ronald Pickup
Acting
Born: June 7, 1940 · Chester, England, UK
Died: February 25, 2021 (aged 80)
Highest Rated
Biography
Pickup was born in Chester, England, the son of Daisy (née Williams) and Eric Pickup, who was a lecturer.[1] Pickup was educated at The King's School, Chester, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, and became an Associate Member of RADA. His television work began with an episode during the second series of Doctor Who in 1964, for which he was paid £30. Pickup worked with Laurence Olivier at the Royal National Theatre, most notably in Three Sisters and Long Day's Journey Into Night. In 1973, he starred in the BBC drama series The Dragon's Opponent, playing a World War II bomb disposal expert and also appeared in The Day of the Jackal. He played Lt. Harford in Zulu Dawn in 1979, portrayed Igor Stravinsky in Nijinsky in 1980, Prince John in Ivanhoe in 1982, and in 1983 he appeared opposite Penelope Keith in Moving, in 1988 in the BBC miniseries The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 TV Serial) as the voice of Aslan, and in 1990 he starred in the short lived sit-com, Not with a Bang. More modern roles have included parts in Hornblower, Hustle, Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders, Waking the Dead, The Bill, Silent Witness, Sherlock Holmes, and Inspector Morse. He is also a regular character in the BBC sitcom The Worst Week of My Life. His most recent appearance was in Holby City as Lord Charles Byrne. Pickup gave a highly acclaimed performance as a decayed Russian aristocrat in the BBC series Fortunes of War, based on a work by Olivia Manning. He also provided the voice for Aslan in the BBC's adaptation of the Chronicles of Narnia and starred opposite Judi Dench in the 1989 Channel 4 serial Behaving Badly. He is also an accomplished stage actor. He was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role of 1997 for his performance in Amy's View. Pickup had the starring role as composer Giuseppe Verdi in the acclaimed The Life of Verdi, written and directed by Renato Castellani. In 2005, he had a supporting role in the family-based film, The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby. Between March and August 2009, he starred as Lucky in Sean Mathias' production of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett opposite Sir Ian McKellen (Estragon), Patrick Stewart (Vladimir) and also Simon Callow (Pozzo). The tour opened in Malvern before travelling to Milton Keynes, Brighton, Bath, Norwich, Edinburgh and Newcastle; its run at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket was extended due to demand. In February 2010 he also appeared as 'Pegleg' in the BBC's period drama Lark Rise to Candleford. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ronald Pickup, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
Darkest Hour
2017
The Crown
2016
Lolita
1997
Never Say Never Again
1983
The Mission
1986
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
Downton Abbey
2010
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
Doctor Who
1963
The Day of the Jackal
1973
Midsomer Murders
1997
Photos (2)
Movies (79)
Lolita
Young Humbert's Father
The Fourth Protocol
Wynne-Evans
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
King Sharaman
Darkest Hour
Neville Chamberlain
Never Say Never Again
Elliott
The Day of the Jackal
The Forger
The Mission
Hontar
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Norman Cousins
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Norman Cousins
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Cecil Johnson
Danny the Champion of the World
Captain Lancaster
Jekyll & Hyde
Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Barrymore
The Happy Prince
Judge
Zulu Dawn
Lt. Harford
Evilenko
Aron Richter
Ivanhoe
Prince John
A Dry White Season
Louw
The Have-Nots
Bentham
Absolute Hell
Siegfried Shrager
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
Monsieur Moitessier (uncredited)
Mahler
Nick
Dark Floors
Tobias
Supernova
Dr. Malcolm Handey
Eleni
Spiro
Joseph Andrews
Mr. Wilson
The Time of Their Lives
Frank
My Friend Walter
Sir Walter Raleigh
A Murder of Quality
Felix D'Arcy
The Thirty Nine Steps
Bayliss
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Monsieur Moitessier
Journey of Honor
Capt. Crawford
Camille
Jean
Ladies' Night
James Tripp
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
Monsieur Moitessier
Much Ado About Nothing
Don Pedro
Milner
Jocelyn Fry
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Alan Coleman
Schadenfreude
The Gambler
Three Sisters
Baron Tusenbach
Pope John Paul II
Jan Tyranowski
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
William McDowell
In The Cold Light Of Day
Morris
The War That Never Ends
Diodotus
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
Don Massaredo
Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Aslan (voice)
King Lear
Edgar
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Henry VIII
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Secret Passage
Da Monte
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
Monsieur Moitessier
Nijinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Testimony
Marshall Tukhachevsky
The Letter
Howard Joyce
Puccini
Giulio Ricordi
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
Aslan (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Aslan (voice)
Der Blinde
Dr. Bartnik
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Percy Stone
Breathtaking
Dr. Maclaren
All Good Men
1974
Henry IV
Henry IV
Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Physician
Stealing Silver
Udo
A Very Open Prison
Brian Silcott
...but the clouds...
1977
Cherished
Professor Sir Roy Meadow
For Tea on Sunday
Ian
Benefit to Mankind
Professor Quentin Tapscott
Message for Posterity
Richard Browning
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Narrator
The Untitled
Robert Kennings
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Edmund Tyrone
Ghost Trio
1977
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
Bearded Man
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
George Orwell
In England's Green and Pleasant Land
Norman Reynolds
TV Shows (64)
Midsomer Murders
Rupert Smythe-Webster · 1 eps
Midsomer Murders
Ernest Balliol · 1 eps
Play for Today
Richard Massingham · 1 eps
The Crown
Archbishop of Canterbury · 4 eps
Casualty
Martin / Reginald Freeborn · 1 eps
Doctor Who
Physician · 1 eps
Silent Witness
2 eps
Vera
Mr. Kipford · 1 eps
Downton Abbey
Sir Michael Reresby · 1 eps
New Tricks
Sir Wilfred Felspar · 1 eps
Foyle's War
Sir Giles Messinger · 1 eps
Matlock
Sir Alec Moore · 2 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Mercutio · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Ariel · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Brother Martin Ladvenu · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Edgar · 1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
Barrymore · 1 eps
Screen Two
Brian Silcott · 1 eps
Hustle
Harry Holmes · 1 eps
Waking the Dead
Charles Sutton · 2 eps
Lewis
Fr Moreno Mancini · 1 eps
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Edmund Tyrone · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Graham · 1 eps
Inspector Morse
Ian Matthews · 1 eps
Bergerac
Sir Antony Villiers · 1 eps
Dalziel and Pascoe
Walter Wulfstan · 1 eps
Performance
King Henry IV · 1 eps
Performance
Siegfried Shrager · 1 eps
Performance
Richard Browning · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury · 1 eps
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Sir Stuart Stinhurst · 1 eps
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Chief Inspector Moore · 2 eps
Lark Rise to Candleford
1 eps
Atlantis
Orpheus · 3 eps
Hornblower
Don Massaredo · 1 eps
Lovejoy
Edwin Felt · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Ian · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Norman Reynolds · 1 eps
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Lester Rose · 1 eps
The Chronicles of Narnia
Aslan (voice) · 10 eps
Scarlett
Whitlock · 1 eps
Fortunes of War
Prince Yakimov · 4 eps
The Jury
Jeffrey Livingstone · 5 eps
Ivanhoe
Waldemar Fitzurse · 6 eps
The Worst Week of My Life
Fraser Cook · 13 eps
Unnatural Causes
James Tripp · 1 eps
Sea of Souls
Alex Galt · 1 eps
Father Brown
Kalon · 1 eps
Pramface
1 eps
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Sir John Starr · 1 eps
Cambridge Spies
Colonel Winter · 2 eps
Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi · 9 eps
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Randolph Churchill · 4 eps
A Time to Dance
Andrew Powell · 3 eps
Behaving Badly
4 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jean · 1 eps
Feather Boy
Ernest Sorrel · 6 eps
Black Hearts in Battersea
Duke Of Battersea · 6 eps
The Rector's Wife
Daniel Byrne · 4 eps
The Riff Raff Element
Roger Tundish · 12 eps
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein · 4 eps
The Fight Against Slavery
William Pitt · 6 eps
Not with a Bang
Brian Appleyard · 7 eps
Moving
6 eps
