1940-06-07 Chester, England, UK
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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End of Term | Damian Self | 2021-10-12 |
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The Happy Prince | Judge | 2018-04-12 |
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Darkest Hour | Neville Chamberlain | 2017-11-22 |
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Stealing Silver | Udo | 2017-10-31 |
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The Time of Their Lives | Frank | 2017-03-10 |
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Die Habenichtse | Bentham | 2016-06-25 |
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Norman Cousins | 2015-02-26 |
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A Little Place Off the Edgware Road | Bearded Man | 2014-03-03 |
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Norman Cousins | 2012-02-23 |
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | King Sharaman | 2010-05-19 |
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Theatreland | Himself | 2009-01-01 |
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Dark Floors | Tobias | 2008-02-08 |
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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey | William McDowell | 2007-10-06 |
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The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby | Cecil Johnson | 2005-10-29 |
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A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper | Monsieur Moitessier | 2005-07-07 |
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Cherished | Professor Sir Roy Meadow | 2005-02-22 |
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Supernova | Dr. Malcolm Handey | 2005-09-05 |
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Secret Passage | Da Monte | 2004-01-01 |
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea | Monsieur Moitessier | 2004-06-11 |
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Evilenko | Aron Richter | 2004-04-16 |
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Benefit to Mankind | Professor Quentin Tapscott | 2004-02-27 |
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Breathtaking | Dr. Maclaren | 2000-12-16 |
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Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil | Don Massaredo | 1999-02-24 |
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Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis | Percy Stone | 1997-01-16 |
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Lolita | Young Humbert's Father | 1997-09-27 |
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Der Blinde | Dr. Bartnik | 1996-03-05 |
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Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told | Narrator | 1996-04-13 |
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Henry IV | Henry IV | 1995-10-27 |
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A Very Open Prison | Brian Silcott | 1995-12-09 |
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In The Cold Light Of Day | Morris | 1994-06-15 |
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Message for Posterity | Richard Browning | 1994-10-28 |
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Milner | Jocelyn Fry | 1994-12-19 |
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Bethune: The Making of a Hero | Alan Coleman | 1993-09-17 |
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The Golden Years | 1992-01-02 | |
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My Friend Walter | Sir Walter Raleigh | 1992-04-24 |
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Journey of Honor | Capt. Crawford | 1991-04-27 |
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Absolute Hell | Siegfried Shrager | 1991-10-05 |
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The War That Never Ends | Diodotus | 1991-03-28 |
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A Murder of Quality | Felix D'Arcy | 1991-10-04 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair | Aslan (voice) | 1990-11-18 |
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Jekyll & Hyde | Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire | 1990-01-06 |
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A Dry White Season | Louw | 1989-09-20 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Aslan (voice) | 1989-11-19 |
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Danny the Champion of the World | Captain Lancaster | 1989-07-28 |
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Testimony | Marshall Tukhachevsky | 1988-11-01 |
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe | Aslan (voice) | 1988-11-13 |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles | Barrymore | 1988-08-31 |
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The Fourth Protocol | Wynne-Evans | 1987-03-20 |
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Ladies' Night | James Tripp | 1986-12-06 |
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The Mission | Hontar | 1986-09-06 |
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Eleni | Spiro | 1985-11-01 |
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Pope John Paul II | Jan Tyranowski | 1984-04-22 |
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Camille | Jean | 1984-12-11 |
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Puccini | Giulio Ricordi | 1984-01-01 |
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Never Say Never Again | Elliott | 1983-10-07 |
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The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura | George Orwell | 1983-12-12 |
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The Letter | Howard Joyce | 1982-05-03 |
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Ivanhoe | Prince John | 1982-02-23 |
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Verdi | Giuseppe Verdi | 1982-01-01 |
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Nijinsky | Igor Stravinsky | 1980-03-20 |
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Henry VIII | Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury | 1979-02-25 |
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In England's Green and Pleasant Land | Norman Reynolds | 1979-05-16 |
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Zulu Dawn | Lt. Harford | 1979-05-14 |
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The Thirty Nine Steps | Bayliss | 1978-11-04 |
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For Tea on Sunday | Ian | 1978-03-29 |
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...but the clouds... | 1977-04-16 | |
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Joseph Andrews | Mr. Wilson | 1977-03-09 |
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Ghost Trio | 1977-04-17 | |
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King Lear | Edgar | 1975-03-23 |
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The Philanthropist | Philip | 1975-10-28 |
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill | Lord Randolph Churchill | 1974-11-05 |
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Mahler | Nick | 1974-04-04 |
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All Good Men | 1974-01-31 | |
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The Day of the Jackal | The Forger | 1973-05-16 |
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Long Day's Journey Into Night | Edmund Tyrone | 1973-03-10 |
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Three Sisters | Baron Tusenbach | 1970-04-01 |
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Much Ado About Nothing | Don Pedro | 1967-02-05 |
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Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | 1967-03-12 |
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Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror | Physician | 1964-09-12 |
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Schadenfreude | The Gambler |
