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.
Lolita
as Young Humbert's Father
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
as King Sharaman
Darkest Hour
as Neville Chamberlain
The Day of the Jackal
as The Forger
Never Say Never Again
as Elliott
The Mission
as Hontar
Zulu Dawn
as Lt. Harford
Ivanhoe
as Prince John
The Fourth Protocol
as Wynne-Evans
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Norman Cousins
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Norman Cousins
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
as Monsieur Moitessier
The Letter
as Howard Joyce
Supernova
as Dr. Malcolm Handey
Nijinsky
as Igor Stravinsky
Jekyll & Hyde
as Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
Evilenko
as Aron Richter
A Dry White Season
as Louw
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Monsieur Moitessier
The Happy Prince
as Judge
Danny the Champion of the World
as Captain Lancaster
Journey of Honor
as Capt. Crawford
Schadenfreude
as The Gambler
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Barrymore
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
as Alan Coleman
A Murder of Quality
as Felix D'Arcy
Dark Floors
as Tobias
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
as Don Massaredo
Mahler
as Nick
Camille
as Jean
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
as William McDowell
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Bayliss
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
as Percy Stone
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
as Cecil Johnson
Joseph Andrews
as Mr. Wilson
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
as Monsieur Moitessier
Three Sisters
as Baron Tusenbach
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
as Aslan (voice)
Eleni
as Spiro
The Time of Their Lives
as Frank
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
as Monsieur Moitessier (uncredited)
Der Blinde
as Dr. Bartnik
The Have-Nots
as Bentham
Secret Passage
as Da Monte
Pope John Paul II
as Jan Tyranowski
Verdi
as Giuseppe Verdi
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don Pedro
Puccini
as Giulio Ricordi
The War That Never Ends
as Diodotus
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
as Aslan (voice)
Henry VIII
as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
as Aslan (voice)
The Philanthropist
as Philip
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Lord Randolph Churchill
Absolute Hell
as Siegfried Shrager
Milner
as Jocelyn Fry
Testimony
as Marshall Tukhachevsky
Theatreland
as Self
A Very Open Prison
as Brian Silcott
Cherished
as Professor Sir Roy Meadow
Henry IV
as Henry IV
Ghost Trio
End of Term
as Damian Self
Breathtaking
as Dr. Maclaren
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
as Narrator
All Good Men
King Lear
as Edgar
Message for Posterity
as Richard Browning
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
as Bearded Man
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
as George Orwell
...but the clouds...
In The Cold Light Of Day
as Morris
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
as Physician
Ladies' Night
as James Tripp
In England's Green and Pleasant Land
as Norman Reynolds
The Golden Years
My Friend Walter
as Sir Walter Raleigh
Stealing Silver
as Udo
For Tea on Sunday
as Ian
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Edmund Tyrone
Benefit to Mankind
as Professor Quentin Tapscott