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.
138 acting credits
Acting · 138
Midsomer Murders
1997
Doctor Who
1963
The Crown
2016
Casualty
1986
Vera
2011
Play for Today
1970
Silent Witness
1996
Downton Abbey
2010
Matlock
1986
Waking the Dead
2001
Sherlock Holmes
1984
Hustle
2004
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Bergerac
1981
New Tricks
2004
Inspector Morse
1987
Foyle's War
2002
Screen Two
1985
ITV Playhouse
1967
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
Lolita
1997
Lovejoy
1986
Performance
1991
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Hornblower
1998
Atlantis
2013
The Chronicles of Narnia
1988
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
Darkest Hour
2017
Scarlett
1994
Sea of Souls
2004
The Day of the Jackal
1973
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001
Never Say Never Again
1983
Father Brown
1974
The Jury
2002
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Cambridge Spies
2003
Fortunes of War
1987
El C.I.D.
1990
The Mission
1986
Unnatural Causes
1986
Ivanhoe
1997
Zulu Dawn
1979
Verdi
1982
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
Pramface
2012
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
The Worst Week of My Life
2004
Behaving Badly
1989
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
Feather Boy
2004
The Riff Raff Element
1994
Ivanhoe
1982
The Fourth Protocol
1987
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1993
The Happy Prince
2018
Evilenko
2004
Black Hearts in Battersea
1995
Jekyll & Hyde
1990
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
A Time to Dance
1992
The Rector's Wife
1994
Schadenfreude
2025
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
2005
A Dry White Season
1989
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
2007
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1988
The Time of Their Lives
2017
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
2004
Journey of Honor
1991
Nijinsky
1980
Not with a Bang
1990
Camille
1984
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
1999
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
1997
Eleni
1985
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1989
Pope John Paul II
1984
Milner
1994
Mahler
1974
Moving
1985
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
1988
The Fight Against Slavery
1975
Puccini
1984
A Murder of Quality
1991
The Letter
1982
Testimony
1988
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
1990
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
The War That Never Ends
1991
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005
Stealing Silver
2017
Three Sisters
1970
Joseph Andrews
1977
Supernova
2005
Der Blinde
1996
Dark Floors
2008
End of Term
2021
My Friend Walter
1992
Henry VIII
1979
Absolute Hell
1991
Romeo and Juliet
1967
The Philanthropist
1975
Henry IV
1995
Cherished
2005
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
1983
Albert Einstein
1984
Verdi
1982
Secret Passage
2004
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
1964
Breathtaking
2000
A Very Open Prison
1995
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1973
Message for Posterity
1994
King Lear
1975
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996
Benefit to Mankind
2004
The Have-Nots
2016
Ladies' Night
1986
In The Cold Light Of Day
1994
Theatreland
2009
The Golden Years
1992
Ghost Trio
1977
For Tea on Sunday
1978
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
2014
In England's Green and Pleasant Land
1979
All Good Men
1974
...but the clouds...
1977