Ronald Pickup

Ronald Pickup

Birthday: 1940-06-07

Deathday: 2021-02-25

Place of birth: Chester, England, UK

Also known as: Рональд Альфред Пикап, Ronald Alfred Pickup

imdb_id: nm0681975

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.

Played in movies:

A Very Open Prison

Score: 10.0

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Score: 8.0

Henry IV

Score: 8.0

The Day of the Jackal

Score: 7.5

The Mission

Score: 7.4

Darkest Hour

Score: 7.4

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

Score: 7.3

Stealing Silver

Score: 7.2

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Score: 7.2

Lolita

Score: 7.1

The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura

Score: 7.0

Cherished

Score: 7.0

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Score: 7.0

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Score: 7.0

Pope John Paul II

Score: 6.9

The Thirty Nine Steps

Score: 6.7

Mahler

Score: 6.7

A Dry White Season

Score: 6.7

Henry VIII

Score: 6.5

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Score: 6.4

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror

Score: 6.3

The Happy Prince

Score: 6.3

The Fourth Protocol

Score: 6.3

Ivanhoe

Score: 6.3

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Score: 6.3

Danny the Champion of the World

Score: 6.2

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair

Score: 6.1

Never Say Never Again

Score: 6.1

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe

Score: 6.0

Milner

Score: 6.0

Zulu Dawn

Score: 6.0

Eleni

Score: 5.9

Jekyll & Hyde

Score: 5.8

Absolute Hell

Score: 5.7

Evilenko

Score: 5.7

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

Score: 5.7

Camille

Score: 5.6

A Murder of Quality

Score: 5.5

Much Ado About Nothing

Score: 5.5

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby

Score: 5.4

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Score: 5.4

A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

Score: 5.3

The Have-Nots

Score: 5.3

Bethune: The Making of a Hero

Score: 5.3

The Time of Their Lives

Score: 5.1

Nijinsky

Score: 5.0

Dark Floors

Score: 4.9

Journey of Honor

Score: 4.9

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

Score: 4.9

Joseph Andrews

Score: 4.7

Testimony

Score: 4.5

Supernova

Score: 4.3

Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis

Score: 4.1

Der Blinde

Score: 4.0

Three Sisters

Score: 3.8

The Letter

Score: 3.5

Breathtaking

Score: 3.0

Secret Passage

Score: 2.5

The War That Never Ends

Score: 1.0

Puccini

Score: 1.0

Benefit to Mankind

Score: 0.0

In England's Green and Pleasant Land

Score: 0.0

For Tea on Sunday

Score: 0.0

Ghost Trio

Score: 0.0

Ladies' Night

Score: 0.0

Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told

Score: 0.0

My Friend Walter

Score: 0.0

Message for Posterity

Score: 0.0

Romeo and Juliet

Score: 0.0

Verdi

Score: 0.0

The Philanthropist

Score: 0.0

All Good Men

Score: 0.0

King Lear

Score: 0.0

...but the clouds...

Score: 0.0

The Golden Years

Score: 0.0

End of Term

Score: 0.0

In The Cold Light Of Day

Score: 0.0

Theatreland

Score: 0.0

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road

Score: 0.0

Schadenfreude

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Moving

Score: 9.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Score: 8.6

Lark Rise to Candleford

Score: 8.4

The Crown

Score: 8.2

Downton Abbey

Score: 8.1

Sherlock Holmes

Score: 8.1

The Worst Week of My Life

Score: 8.1

The Rector's Wife

Score: 8.0

The Fight Against Slavery

Score: 8.0

Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes

Score: 8.0

Foyle's War

Score: 7.9

Doctor Who

Score: 7.9

Inspector Morse

Score: 7.8

Hustle

Score: 7.7

Hornblower

Score: 7.6

Sea of Souls

Score: 7.6

Silent Witness

Score: 7.6

Feather Boy

Score: 7.5

Midsomer Murders

Score: 7.5

Midsomer Murders

Score: 7.5

Vera

Score: 7.4

The Chronicles of Narnia

Score: 7.4

Lovejoy

Score: 7.4

Pramface

Score: 7.3

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Score: 7.3

Waking the Dead

Score: 7.2

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

Score: 7.2

Matlock

Score: 7.1

BBC2 Play of the Week

Score: 7.0

BBC2 Play of the Week

Score: 7.0

Ivanhoe

Score: 6.9

Screen Two

Score: 6.8

The Jury

Score: 6.8

Bergerac

Score: 6.7

Father Brown

Score: 6.6

Fortunes of War

Score: 6.5

Cambridge Spies

Score: 6.4

Atlantis

Score: 6.4

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Score: 6.3

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Score: 6.3

Casualty

Score: 6.1

Performance

Score: 6.0

Performance

Score: 6.0

Performance

Score: 6.0

Not with a Bang

Score: 6.0

The Riff Raff Element

Score: 5.7

Unnatural Causes

Score: 5.5

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

BBC Play of the Month

Score: 5.0

Verdi

Score: 5.0

A Time to Dance

Score: 3.5

Behaving Badly

Score: 3.0

El C.I.D.

Score: 0.0

Black Hearts in Battersea

Score: 0.0

Albert Einstein

Score: 0.0