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.
Born: 07 June 1940 • Died: 25 February 2021
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Schadenfreude
The Gambler
End of Term
Damian Self
The Happy Prince
Judge
Darkest Hour
Neville Chamberlain
Stealing Silver
Udo
The Time of Their Lives
Frank
The Crown
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Have-Nots
Bentham
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Norman Cousins
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
Bearded Man
Atlantis
Orpheus
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Norman Cousins
Pramface
Vera
Mr. Kipford
Downton Abbey
Sir Michael Reresby
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
King Sharaman
Theatreland
Self
Dark Floors
Tobias
Lark Rise to Candleford
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
William McDowell
Lewis
Fr Moreno Mancini
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Cecil Johnson
Supernova
Dr. Malcolm Handey
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
Monsieur Moitessier
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
Monsieur Moitessier
Cherished
Professor Sir Roy Meadow
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
Monsieur Moitessier (uncredited)
Evilenko
Aron Richter
Feather Boy
Ernest Sorrel
The Worst Week of My Life
Fraser
Benefit to Mankind
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Hustle
Harry Holmes
Sea of Souls
Alex Galt
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Sir Wilfred Felspar
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
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Cambridge Spies
Colonel Winter
Foyle's War
Sir Giles Messinger
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Sir Stuart Stinhurst
The Jury
Jeffrey Livingstone
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Sir John Starr
Waking the Dead
Charles Sutton
Breathtaking
Dr. Maclaren
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
Don Massaredo
Hornblower
Don Massaredo
Lolita
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Rupert Smythe-Webster
Midsomer Murders
Ernest Balliol
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Percy Stone
Ivanhoe
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Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
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Lester Rose
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Jocelyn Fry
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Whitlock
Message for Posterity
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In The Cold Light Of Day
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The Riff Raff Element
Roger Tundish
The Rector's Wife
Daniel Byrne
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Alan Coleman
My Friend Walter
Sir Walter Raleigh
A Time to Dance
Andrew Powell
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Siegfried Shrager
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King Henry IV
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Siegfried Shrager
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Richard Browning
A Murder of Quality
Felix D'Arcy
Journey of Honor
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The War That Never Ends
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Aslan (voice)
Not with a Bang
Brian Appleyard
El C.I.D.
Jack
Jekyll & Hyde
Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Aslan (voice)
A Dry White Season
Louw
Danny the Champion of the World
Captain Lancaster
Behaving Badly
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
Aslan (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia
Aslan (voice)
Testimony
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Chekhov in Yalta
Konstantin Stanislavski
Fortunes of War
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Albert Einstein
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Waters of the Moon
Julius Winterhalter
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
George Orwell
Never Say Never Again
Elliott
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Giuseppe Verdi
The Letter
Howard Joyce
Ivanhoe
Prince John
Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Bergerac
Sir Antony Villiers
Nijinsky
Igor Stravinsky
In England's Green and Pleasant Land
Norman Reynolds
Zulu Dawn
Lt. Harford
Henry VIII
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
The Thirty Nine Steps
Bayliss
For Tea on Sunday
Ian
BBC2 Play of the Week
Ian
BBC2 Play of the Week
Norman Reynolds
Ghost Trio
...but the clouds...
Joseph Andrews
Mr. Wilson
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Rory Balneath
The Lively Arts
Self
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Randolph Churchill
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Nick
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Graham
Romeo and Juliet
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Much Ado About Nothing
Don Pedro
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Mercutio
BBC Play of the Month
Ariel
BBC Play of the Month
Brother Martin Ladvenu
BBC Play of the Month
Edgar
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
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Doctor Who
Physician
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jean