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