Ronald Pickup
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 7, 1940
- Died
- February 25, 2021 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Chester, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
Still Got It
Movie · as Jim
Schadenfreude
Movie · as The Gambler
End of Term
Movie · as Damian Self
The Happy Prince
Movie · as Judge
The Time of Their Lives
Movie · as Frank
Darkest Hour
Movie · as Neville Chamberlain
Stealing Silver
Movie · as Udo
The Have-Nots
Movie · as Bentham
The Crown
TV · as Archbishop of Canterbury · 4 eps
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie · as Norman Cousins
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
Movie · as Bearded Man
Atlantis
TV · as Orpheus · 3 eps
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Movie · as Norman Cousins
Pramface
TV · 1 ep
Vera
TV · as Mr. Kipford · 1 ep
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Movie · as King Sharaman
Downton Abbey
TV · as Sir Michael Reresby · 1 ep
Theatreland
Movie · as Self
Dark Floors
Movie · as Tobias
Lark Rise to Candleford
TV · 1 ep
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
Movie · as William McDowell
Lewis
TV · as Fr Moreno Mancini · 1 ep
Supernova
Movie · as Dr. Malcolm Handey
Cherished
Movie · as Professor Sir Roy Meadow
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Movie · as Cecil Johnson
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
Movie · as Monsieur Moitessier
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
Movie · as Monsieur Moitessier
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
Movie · as Monsieur Moitessier (uncredited)
Evilenko
Movie · as Aron Richter
Secret Passage
Movie · as Da Monte
Benefit to Mankind
Movie · as Professor Quentin Tapscott
Hustle
TV · as Harry Holmes · 1 ep
The Worst Week of My Life
TV · as Fraser Cook · 13 eps
Sea of Souls
TV · as Alex Galt · 1 ep
Feather Boy
TV · as Ernest Sorrel · 6 eps
New Tricks
TV · as Sir Wilfred Felspar · 1 ep
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Movie · as Monsieur Moitessier
Cambridge Spies
TV · as Colonel Winter · 2 eps
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
TV · as Sir Stuart Stinhurst · 1 ep
The Jury
TV · as Jeffrey Livingstone · 5 eps
Foyle's War
TV · as Sir Giles Messinger · 1 ep
Waking the Dead
TV · as Charles Sutton · 2 eps
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Sir John Starr · 1 ep
Breathtaking
Movie · as Dr. Maclaren
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
Movie · as Don Massaredo
The Untitled
Movie · as Robert Kennings
Hornblower
TV · as Don Massaredo · 1 ep
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Movie · as Percy Stone
Lolita
Movie · as Young Humbert's Father
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Rupert Smythe-Webster, Ernest Balliol · 1 ep
Ivanhoe
TV · as Waldemar Fitzurse · 6 eps
Der Blinde
Movie · as Dr. Bartnik
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Movie · as Narrator
Silent Witness
TV · 2 eps
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV · as Lester Rose · 1 ep
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as Walter Wulfstan · 1 ep
Henry IV
Movie · as Henry IV
A Very Open Prison
Movie · as Brian Silcott
Black Hearts in Battersea
TV · as Duke of Battersea · 6 eps
In The Cold Light Of Day
Movie · as Morris
Milner
Movie · as Jocelyn Fry
Message for Posterity
Movie · as Richard Browning
The Riff Raff Element
TV · as Roger Tundish · 12 eps
Scarlett
TV · as Whitlock · 1 ep
The Rector's Wife
TV · as Daniel Byrne · 4 eps
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Movie · as Alan Coleman
The Golden Years
Movie
My Friend Walter
Movie · as Sir Walter Raleigh
A Time to Dance
TV · as Andrew Powell · 3 eps
A Murder of Quality
Movie · as Felix D'Arcy
The War That Never Ends
Movie · as Diodotus
Absolute Hell
Movie · as Siegfried Shrager
Journey of Honor
Movie · as Capt. Crawford
Performance
TV · as King Henry IV, Siegfried Shrager, Richard Browning · 1 ep
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Movie · as Aslan (voice)
Jekyll & Hyde
Movie · as Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
Not with a Bang
TV · as Brian Appleyard · 7 eps
El C.I.D.
TV · as Jack · 1 ep
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Movie · as Aslan (voice)
Danny the Champion of the World
Movie · as Captain Lancaster
A Dry White Season
Movie · as Louw
Behaving Badly
TV · 4 eps
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
Movie · as Aslan (voice)
Testimony
Movie · as Marshall Tukhachevsky
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · as Barrymore
Chekhov in Yalta
Movie · as Konstantin Stanislavski
The Chronicles of Narnia
TV · as Aslan (voice) · 10 eps
The Fourth Protocol
Movie · as Wynne-Evans
Inspector Morse
TV · as Ian Matthews · 1 ep
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV · as Chief Inspector Moore · 2 eps
Fortunes of War
TV · as Prince Yakimov · 4 eps
The Mission
Movie · as Hontar
Ladies' Night
Movie · as James Tripp
Lovejoy
TV · as Edwin Felt · 1 ep
Matlock
TV · as Sir Alec Moore · 2 eps
Casualty
TV · as Martin / Reginald Freeborn · 1 ep
Unnatural Causes
TV · as James Tripp · 1 ep
Eleni
Movie · as Spiro
Moving
TV · 6 eps
Screen Two
TV · as Brian Silcott · 1 ep
Theatre Night
TV · as Sir Lucius O'Trigger · 1 ep
Puccini
Movie · as Giulio Ricordi
Pope John Paul II
Movie · as Jan Tyranowski
Camille
Movie · as Jean
Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Barrymore · 1 ep
Albert Einstein
TV · as Albert Einstein · 4 eps
Sharing Time
TV · as Philip · 1 ep
Never Say Never Again
Movie · as Elliott
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
Movie · as George Orwell
Waters of the Moon
Movie · as Julius Winterhalter
Ivanhoe
Movie · as Prince John
The Letter
Movie · as Howard Joyce
Verdi
Movie · as Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi
TV · as Giuseppe Verdi · 9 eps
Bergerac
TV · as Sir Antony Villiers · 1 ep
Nijinsky
Movie · as Igor Stravinsky
Zulu Dawn
Movie · as Lt. Harford
Henry VIII
Movie · as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
In England's Green and Pleasant Land
Movie · as Norman Reynolds
The Thirty Nine Steps
Movie · as Bayliss
For Tea on Sunday
Movie · as Ian
The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury · 1 ep
Joseph Andrews
Movie · as Mr. Wilson
...but the clouds...
Movie
Ghost Trio
Movie
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Ian, Norman Reynolds · 1 ep
Romance
TV · as Rory Balneath · 1 ep
The Lively Arts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
King Lear
Movie · as Edgar
The Philanthropist
Movie · as Philip
The Fight Against Slavery
TV · as William Pitt · 6 eps
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Movie · as Lord Randolph Churchill
All Good Men
Movie
Mahler
Movie · as Nick
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
TV · as Randolph Churchill · 4 eps
Father Brown
TV · as Kalon · 1 ep
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Movie · as Edmund Tyrone
The Day of the Jackal
Movie · as The Forger
The Roses of Eyam
Movie · as Reverend William Mompesson
The Dragon's Opponent
TV · as Charles "Mad Jack" Howard · 4 eps
Three Sisters
Movie · as Baron Tusenbach
Play for Today
TV · as Richard Massingham · 1 ep
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Edmund Tyrone · 1 ep
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie · as Don Pedro
Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Mercutio
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Graham · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Mercutio, Ariel, Brother Martin Ladvenu, Edgar · 1 ep
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Movie · as Physician
Doctor Who
TV · as Physician · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Jean · 1 ep