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Ronald Pickup

Acting
Known For

80 Years Old

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.

Born

Chester, England, UK on 7th June 1940

Died

25th February 2021

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Midsomer Murders
Ernest Balliol
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Midsomer Murders
Rupert Smythe-Webster
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The BBC Television Shakespeare
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
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Doctor Who
Physician
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BBC Play of the Month
Edgar
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BBC Play of the Month
Brother Martin Ladvenu
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BBC Play of the Month
Ariel
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BBC Play of the Month
Mercutio
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The Crown
Archbishop of Canterbury
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Downton Abbey
Sir Michael Reresby
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Silent Witness
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Play for Today
Richard Massingham
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Vera
Mr. Kipford
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Foyle's War
Sir Giles Messinger
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Waking the Dead
Charles Sutton
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Screen Two
Brian Silcott
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Casualty
Martin / Reginald Freeborn
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Sherlock Holmes
Barrymore
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Bergerac
Sir Antony Villiers
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Hustle
Harry Holmes
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Lovejoy
Edwin Felt
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The Chronicles of Narnia
Aslan (voice)
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BBC2 Play of the Week
Norman Reynolds
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BBC2 Play of the Week
Ian
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jean
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Atlantis
Orpheus
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Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Lester Rose
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Matlock
Sir Alec Moore
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Unnatural Causes
James Tripp
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Fortunes of War
Prince Yakimov
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Lark Rise to Candleford
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Performance
Richard Browning
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Performance
Siegfried Shrager
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Performance
King Henry IV
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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Chief Inspector Moore
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Inspector Morse
Ian Matthews
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A Time to Dance
Andrew Powell
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Hornblower
Don Massaredo
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The Worst Week of My Life
Fraser
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Ivanhoe
Waldemar Fitzurse
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The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Sir Stuart Stinhurst
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Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
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Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
Sir John Starr
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Father Brown
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Lolita
Young Humbert's Father
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Sea of Souls
Alex Galt
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Pramface
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The Day of the Jackal
The Forger
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The Jury
Jeffrey Livingstone
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
King Sharaman
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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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Darkest Hour
Neville Chamberlain
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Randolph Churchill
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Never Say Never Again
Elliott
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Feather Boy
Ernest Sorrel
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The Riff Raff Element
Roger Tundish
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Not with a Bang
Brian Appleyard
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The Mission
Hontar
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Norman Cousins
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The Fight Against Slavery
William Pitt
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Norman Cousins
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Cambridge Spies
Colonel Winter
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Pope John Paul II
Jan Tyranowski
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Evilenko
Aron Richter
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Camille
Jean
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Ivanhoe
Prince John
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Zulu Dawn
Lt. Harford
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The Happy Prince
Judge
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Behaving Badly
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A Dry White Season
Louw
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The Fourth Protocol
Wynne-Evans
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Jekyll & Hyde
Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
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The Rector's Wife
Daniel Byrne
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Black Hearts in Battersea
Duke Of Battersea
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El C.I.D.
Jack
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Barrymore
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Testimony
Marshall Tukhachevsky
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Mahler
Nick
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Supernova
Dr. Malcolm Handey
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Aslan (voice)
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Journey of Honor
Capt. Crawford
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Nijinsky
Igor Stravinsky
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Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
Don Massaredo
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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
William McDowell
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Dark Floors
Tobias
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The Thirty Nine Steps
Bayliss
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Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
Percy Stone
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Danny the Champion of the World
Captain Lancaster
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Eleni
Spiro
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The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
Cecil Johnson
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The Time of Their Lives
Frank
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Joseph Andrews
Mr. Wilson
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Henry VIII
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
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A Murder of Quality
Felix D'Arcy
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
Aslan (voice)
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Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
Narrator
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Secret Passage
Da Monte
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Bethune: The Making of a Hero
Alan Coleman
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Aslan (voice)
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Three Sisters
Baron Tusenbach
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Moving
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Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Physician
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Much Ado About Nothing
Don Pedro
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Puccini
Giulio Ricordi
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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
Monsieur Moitessier
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A Life in Suitcases
Monsieur Moitessier
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King Lear
Edgar
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Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
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Milner
Jocelyn Fry
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In The Cold Light Of Day
Morris
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Henry IV
Henry IV
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Cherished
Professor Sir Roy Meadow
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Stealing Silver
Udo
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill
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The Have-Nots
Bentham
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
Edmund Tyrone
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Theatreland
Himself
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Romeo and Juliet
Mercutio
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Breathtaking
Dr. Maclaren
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Absolute Hell
Siegfried Shrager
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Der Blinde
Dr. Bartnik
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Benefit to Mankind
Professor Quentin Tapscott
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Ladies' Night
James Tripp
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The War That Never Ends
Diodotus
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Message for Posterity
Richard Browning
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A Very Open Prison
Brian Silcott
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Schadenfreude
The Gambler
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The Letter
Howard Joyce
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All Good Men
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My Friend Walter
Sir Walter Raleigh
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End of Term
Damian Self
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The Philanthropist
Philip
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For Tea on Sunday
Ian
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...but the clouds...
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A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
Bearded Man
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Ghost Trio
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The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
George Orwell
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The Golden Years
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In England's Green and Pleasant Land
Norman Reynolds