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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 7, 1940
Died
February 25, 2021
Place of Birth
Chester, England, UK
Also Known As
- Рональд Альфред Пикап
- Ronald Alfred Pickup
Ronald Pickup
1.1 Popularity
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
0.0
Damian Self
End of Term
2021
6.3
Judge
The Happy Prince
2018
7.4
Neville Chamberlain
Darkest Hour
2017
7.2
Udo
Stealing Silver
2017
5.1
Frank
The Time of Their Lives
2017
8.2
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Crown
2016
5.3
Bentham
The Have-Nots
2016
6.4
Norman Cousins
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
0.0
Bearded Man
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
2014
6.4
Orpheus
Atlantis
2013
Credits
End of Term
as Damian Self
2021
0.0
The Happy Prince
as Judge
2018
6.3
Darkest Hour
as Neville Chamberlain
2017
7.4
Stealing Silver
as Udo
2017
7.2
The Time of Their Lives
as Frank
2017
5.1
The Crown
as Archbishop of Canterbury
2016
8.2
The Have-Nots
as Bentham
2016
5.3
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Norman Cousins
2015
6.4
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
as Bearded Man
2014
0.0
Atlantis
as Orpheus
2013
6.4
Pramface
2012
7.3
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Norman Cousins
2012
6.9
Vera
as Mr. Kipford
2011
7.4
Downton Abbey
as Sir Michael Reresby
2010
8.1
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
as King Sharaman
2010
6.3
Theatreland
as Himself
2009
0.0
Dark Floors
as Tobias
2008
4.9
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
8.3
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
as William McDowell
2007
5.6
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
as Cecil Johnson
2005
5.4
A Life in Suitcases
as Monsieur Moitessier
2005
5.3
Supernova
as Dr. Malcolm Handey
2005
4.3
Cherished
as Professor Sir Roy Meadow
2005
7.0
Evilenko
as Aron Richter
2004
5.7
Feather Boy
as Ernest Sorrel
2004
10.0
The Worst Week of My Life
as Fraser
2004
8.1
Hustle
as Harry Holmes
2004
7.6
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
as Monsieur Moitessier
2004
4.9
Sea of Souls
as Alex Galt
2004
7.6
Secret Passage
as Da Monte
2004
2.5
Cambridge Spies
as Colonel Winter
2003
6.3
Foyle's War
as Sir Giles Messinger
2002
7.9
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Sir Stuart Stinhurst
2002
7.1
The Jury
as Jeffrey Livingstone
2002
6.4
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
as Sir John Starr
2001
7.8
Waking the Dead
as Charles Sutton
2001
7.2
Breathtaking
as Dr. Maclaren
2000
3.0
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
as Don Massaredo
1999
7.2
Hornblower
as Don Massaredo
1998
7.6
Lolita
as Young Humbert's Father
1997
7.1
Midsomer Murders
as Rupert Smythe-Webster
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Ernest Balliol
1997
7.5
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
as Percy Stone
1997
4.1
Ivanhoe
as Waldemar Fitzurse
1997
6.9
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
as Narrator
1996
0.0
Der Blinde
as Dr. Bartnik
1996
4.0
Silent Witness
1996
7.6
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Lester Rose
1996
7.2
Black Hearts in Battersea
as Duke Of Battersea
1995
0.0
A Very Open Prison
as Brian Silcott
1995
10.0
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Henry IV
as Henry IV
1995
8.0
Milner
as Jocelyn Fry
1994
6.0
Message for Posterity
as Richard Browning
1994
0.0
In The Cold Light Of Day
as Morris
1994
0.0
The Riff Raff Element
as Roger Tundish
1994
5.7
The Rector's Wife
as Daniel Byrne
1994
8.0
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
as Alan Coleman
1993
5.3
My Friend Walter
as Sir Walter Raleigh
1992
0.0
A Time to Dance
as Andrew Powell
1992
3.5
🎬
The Golden Years
1992
0.0
Absolute Hell
as Siegfried Shrager
1991
5.7
A Murder of Quality
as Felix D'Arcy
1991
5.5
Journey of Honor
as Capt. Crawford
1991
4.9
The War That Never Ends
as Diodotus
1991
1.0
Performance
as King Henry IV
1991
6.0
Performance
as Siegfried Shrager
1991
6.0
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
as Aslan (voice)
1990
6.1
Not with a Bang
as Brian Appleyard
1990
6.0
🎬
El C.I.D.
as Jack
1990
0.0
Jekyll & Hyde
as Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
1990
5.8
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
as Aslan (voice)
1989
5.4
A Dry White Season
as Louw
1989
6.7
Danny the Champion of the World
as Captain Lancaster
1989
6.2
Behaving Badly
1989
3.0
The Chronicles of Narnia
as Aslan (voice)
1988
7.4
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
as Aslan (voice)
1988
6.0
Testimony
as Marshall Tukhachevsky
1988
4.5
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Barrymore
1988
7.1
Fortunes of War
as Prince Yakimov
1987
6.4
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Chief Inspector Moore
1987
6.2
The Fourth Protocol
as Wynne-Evans
1987
6.3
Inspector Morse
as Ian Matthews
1987
7.8
Ladies' Night
as James Tripp
1986
0.0
🎬
Unnatural Causes
as James Tripp
1986
5.5
Casualty
as Martin / Reginald Freeborn
1986
6.1
The Mission
as Hontar
1986
7.4
Matlock
as Sir Alec Moore
1986
7.1
Lovejoy
as Edwin Felt
1986
7.3
Eleni
as Spiro
1985
5.9
Moving
1985
9.0
Screen Two
as Brian Silcott
1985
6.8
Camille
as Jean
1984
5.6
Sherlock Holmes
as Barrymore
1984
8.1
Pope John Paul II
as Jan Tyranowski
1984
6.9
Albert Einstein
as Albert Einstein
1984
0.0
Puccini
as Giulio Ricordi
1984
1.0
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
as George Orwell
1983
0.0
Never Say Never Again
as Elliott
1983
6.1
Verdi
as Giuseppe Verdi
1982
5.0
The Letter
as Howard Joyce
1982
3.5
Ivanhoe
as Prince John
1982
6.3
Verdi
as Giuseppe Verdi
1982
0.0
Bergerac
as Sir Antony Villiers
1981
6.7
Nijinsky
as Igor Stravinsky
1980
5.0
In England's Green and Pleasant Land
as Norman Reynolds
1979
0.0
Zulu Dawn
as Lt. Harford
1979
6.0
Henry VIII
as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
1979
6.5
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
1978
6.0
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Bayliss
1978
6.7
For Tea on Sunday
as Ian
1978
0.0
Ghost Trio
1977
0.0
...but the clouds...
1977
0.0
Joseph Andrews
as Mr. Wilson
1977
4.7
🎬
The Philanthropist
as Philip
1975
0.0
King Lear
as Edgar
1975
0.0
The Fight Against Slavery
as William Pitt
1975
8.0
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Randolph Churchill
1974
6.3
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Lord Randolph Churchill
1974
8.0
Father Brown
1974
6.6
Mahler
as Nick
1974
6.7
All Good Men
1974
0.0
The Day of the Jackal
as The Forger
1973
7.5
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Edmund Tyrone
1973
7.0
Play for Today
as Richard Massingham
1970
6.3
Three Sisters
as Baron Tusenbach
1970
3.8
Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
1967
0.0
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don Pedro
1967
5.5
BBC Play of the Month
as Mercutio
1965
5.0
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
as Physician
1964
6.6
Doctor Who
as Physician
1963
7.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jean
1951
8.6
Schadenfreude
as The Gambler
N/A
0.0