Ronald Pickup

Personal Info

Birthday

June 7, 1940

Day of Death

2021-02-25

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Chester, England, UK

Also Known As

Рональд Альфред Пикап

Ronald Alfred Pickup

Ronald 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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Downton Abbey

Vera

The Crown

Doctor Who

Sherlock Holmes

Play for Today

Bergerac

Filmography

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