Person Details

Birthday: 1940-06-07 10:30:37

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chester, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 57

TV Involvements: 34


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Midsomer Murders
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8

Midsomer Murders

(1997) Ernest Balliol
The Crown
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8

The Crown

(2016) Archbishop of Canterbury
Vera
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7

Vera

(2011) Mr. Kipford
Waking the Dead
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8

Waking the Dead

(2000) Charles Sutton
Casualty
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6

Casualty

(1986) Martin / Reginald Freeborn
Sherlock Holmes
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8

Sherlock Holmes

(1984) Barrymore
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
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8

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

(1996) Lester Rose
Downton Abbey
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8

Downton Abbey

(2010) Sir Michael Reresby

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Damian Self
2018 Judge
2017 Neville Chamberlain
Udo
Frank
2016 Archbishop of Canterbury
Bentham
2015 Norman Cousins
2014 Bearded Man
2013 Orpheus
2012 Norman Cousins
N/A
2011 Mr. Kipford
2010 Sir Michael Reresby
King Sharaman
2009 Himself
2008 Tobias
N/A
2007 William McDowell
2005 Cecil Johnson
Monsieur Moitessier
Professor Sir Roy Meadow
2004 Aron Richter
Ernest Sorrel
Fraser
Harry Holmes
Monsieur Moitessier
N/A
Da Monte
2003 Colonel Winter
2002 Sir Giles Messinger
Sir Stuart Stinhurst
Jeffrey Livingstone
2001 Sir John Starr
2000 Dr. Maclaren
Charles Sutton
1999 Don Massaredo
1998 Don Massaredo
1997 Young Humbert's Father
Rupert Smythe-Webster
Ernest Balliol
Percy Stone
Waldemar Fitzurse
1996 Narrator
Dr. Bartnik
N/A
Lester Rose
1995 Brian Silcott
Henry IV
1994 Jocelyn Fry
Richard Browning
Morris
Daniel Byrne
1993 Alan Coleman
Roger Tundish
1992 Sir Walter Raleigh
Andrew Powell
N/A
1991 Siegfried Shrager
Felix D'Arcy
Capt. Crawford
King Henry IV
Siegfried Shrager
1990 Aslan (voice)
Brian Appleyard
Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
1989 Aslan (voice)
Louw
Captain Lancaster
N/A
1988 Aslan (voice)
Aslan (voice)
N/A
Marshall Tukhachevsky
Barrymore
1987 Prince Yakimov
Chief Inspector Moore
Wynne-Evans
Ian Matthews
1986 James Tripp
James Tripp
Hontar
Martin / Reginald Freeborn
Sir Alec Moore
Edwin Felt
1985 Spiro
N/A
1984 Jean
Barrymore
Jan Tyranowski
Albert Einstein
Giulio Ricordi
1983 George Orwell
Elliott
1982 Giuseppe Verdi
Howard Joyce
Prince John
Giuseppe Verdi
1980 Igor Stravinsky
1979 Lt. Harford
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
1978 N/A
Bayliss
1977 N/A
N/A
Mr. Wilson
1975 Philip
William Pitt
1974 Lord Randolph Churchill
Randolph Churchill
N/A
Nick
N/A
1973 The Forger
Edmund Tyrone
1970 Richard Massingham
Baron Tusenbach
1967 Don Pedro
1964 Physician
1951 Jean
The Gambler
Year Character Movie/Tv

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