Ronald Pickup
Acting
- Born:
- 1940-06-07
- Died:
- 2021-02-25
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Schadenfreude
End of Term
The Happy Prince
Darkest Hour
Stealing Silver
The Time of Their Lives
The Crown
The Have-Nots
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
Atlantis
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Pramface
Vera
Downton Abbey
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Theatreland
Dark Floors
Lark Rise to Candleford
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
Lewis
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Supernova
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
Cherished
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
Evilenko
Feather Boy
The Worst Week of My Life
Benefit to Mankind
Hustle
Sea of Souls
Secret Passage
New Tricks
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Cambridge Spies
Foyle's War
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
The Jury
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Waking the Dead
Breathtaking
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
Hornblower
The Untitled
Lolita
Midsomer Murders
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Ivanhoe
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Dalziel and Pascoe
Der Blinde
Silent Witness
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Black Hearts in Battersea
A Very Open Prison
Henry IV
Milner
Scarlett
Message for Posterity
In The Cold Light Of Day
The Riff Raff Element
The Rector's Wife
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
My Friend Walter
A Time to Dance
The Golden Years
Absolute Hell
Performance
A Murder of Quality
Journey of Honor
The War That Never Ends
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Not with a Bang
El C.I.D.
Jekyll & Hyde
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
A Dry White Season
Danny the Champion of the World
Behaving Badly
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia
Testimony
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Chekhov in Yalta
Fortunes of War
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Fourth Protocol
Inspector Morse
Ladies' Night
Unnatural Causes
The Mission
Casualty
Matlock
Lovejoy
Eleni
Theatre Night
Moving
Screen Two
Camille
Sharing Time
Sherlock Holmes
Pope John Paul II
Albert Einstein
Puccini
Waters of the Moon
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
Never Say Never Again
Verdi
The Letter
Ivanhoe
Verdi
Bergerac
Nijinsky
In England's Green and Pleasant Land
Zulu Dawn
Henry VIII
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The Thirty Nine Steps
For Tea on Sunday
BBC2 Play of the Week
Ghost Trio
...but the clouds...
Joseph Andrews
Romance
The Lively Arts
The Philanthropist
King Lear
The Fight Against Slavery
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Father Brown
Mahler
All Good Men
The Dragon's Opponent
The Roses of Eyam
The Day of the Jackal
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Play for Today
Three Sisters
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
ITV Playhouse
Romeo and Juliet
Much Ado About Nothing
BBC Play of the Month
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Doctor Who
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Still Got It