Cast
Ronald Pickup
Acting
Cast
Ronald Pickup
Known for
Acting
Born
1940-06-07
From
Chester, England, UK
Died
2021-02-25
Also known as Рональд Альфред Пикап, Ronald Alfred Pickup
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.
★7.1
MOVIE1997
Lolita
as Young Humbert's Father
★7.4
MOVIE2017
Darkest Hour
as Neville Chamberlain
★6.3
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
as King Sharaman
★6.1
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Never Say Never Again
as Elliott
★7.5
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The Day of the Jackal
as The Forger
★7.0
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Norman Cousins
★5.6
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The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
as Cecil Johnson
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The Mission
as Hontar
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Ivanhoe
as Prince John
★6.2
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The Happy Prince
as Judge
★6.4
MOVIE2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Norman Cousins
★6.0
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Absolute Hell
as Siegfried Shrager
★5.8
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as Aron Richter
★8.0
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Milner
as Jocelyn Fry
★6.2
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as Captain Lancaster
★5.6
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as Felix D'Arcy
★6.7
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as Louw
★6.3
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The Fourth Protocol
as Wynne-Evans
★6.1
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Zulu Dawn
as Lt. Harford
★6.8
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as Nick
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as James Tripp
★6.8
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The Thirty Nine Steps
as Bayliss
★4.9
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as Tobias
★4.9
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
as Monsieur Moitessier (uncredited)
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Waters of the Moon
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★5.0
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The Time of Their Lives
as Frank
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Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
★7.3
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Barrymore
★8.0
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Lord Randolph Churchill
★5.1
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The Have-Nots
as Bentham
★6.3
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Much Ado About Nothing
as Don Pedro
★5.5
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Camille
as Jean
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Theatreland
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE1984
Pope John Paul II
as Jan Tyranowski
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Chekhov in Yalta
as Konstantin Stanislavski
★5.8
MOVIE1985
Eleni
as Spiro
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The Untitled
as Robert Kennings
★6.1
MOVIE1989
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
as Aslan (voice)
MOVIE1974
All Good Men
★5.2
MOVIE1993
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
as Alan Coleman
★5.2
MOVIE1977
Joseph Andrews
as Mr. Wilson
★5.2
MOVIE2003
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Monsieur Moitessier
★8.0
MOVIE2005
Cherished
as Professor Sir Roy Meadow
★8.0
MOVIE1994
Message for Posterity
as Richard Browning
★8.5
MOVIE1995
A Very Open Prison
as Brian Silcott
★4.3
MOVIE2005
Supernova
as Dr. Malcolm Handey
★5.8
MOVIE2005
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
as Monsieur Moitessier
MOVIE2004
Benefit to Mankind
as Professor Quentin Tapscott
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Schadenfreude
as The Gambler
★5.8
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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
as William McDowell
★7.2
MOVIE2017
Stealing Silver
as Udo
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In The Cold Light Of Day
as Morris
★5.0
MOVIE1991
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★6.6
MOVIE1979
Henry VIII
as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
★4.9
MOVIE1980
Nijinsky
as Igor Stravinsky
★10.0
MOVIE1975
King Lear
as Edgar
★4.3
MOVIE1970
Three Sisters
as Baron Tusenbach
★10.0
MOVIE1992
The Golden Years
★6.5
MOVIE1990
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
as Aslan (voice)
★5.1
MOVIE1991
Journey of Honor
as Capt. Crawford
★6.3
MOVIE1964
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
as Physician
★7.2
MOVIE1999
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
as Don Massaredo
★7.0
MOVIE1992
My Friend Walter
as Sir Walter Raleigh
★7.0
MOVIE1996
Der Blinde
as Dr. Bartnik
★5.9
MOVIE1990
Jekyll & Hyde
as Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
★8.5
MOVIE1995
Henry IV
as Henry IV
MOVIE2021
End of Term
as Damian Self
★6.5
MOVIE1988
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
as Aslan (voice)
MOVIE1978
For Tea on Sunday
as Ian
★4.7
MOVIE1982
The Letter
as Howard Joyce
★4.6
MOVIE1997
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as Percy Stone
MOVIE1996
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
as Narrator
★5.0
MOVIE2005
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
as Monsieur Moitessier
★7.0
MOVIE1973
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Edmund Tyrone
★5.6
MOVIE1988
Testimony
as Marshall Tukhachevsky
★4.7
MOVIE2004
Secret Passage
as Da Monte
★3.6
MOVIE2000
Breathtaking
as Dr. Maclaren
★3.7
MOVIE1984
Puccini
as Giulio Ricordi
★8.0
MOVIE1975
The Philanthropist
as Philip
★10.0
MOVIE1982
Verdi
as Giuseppe Verdi
★9.0
MOVIE1977
...but the clouds...
MOVIE2014
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
as Bearded Man
★7.0
MOVIE1983
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
as George Orwell
MOVIE1979
In England's Green and Pleasant Land
as Norman Reynolds
MOVIE1977