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