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Ronald Pickup
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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 Da…
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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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Ronald Pickup's Filmography
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Schadenfreude
as The Gambler
End of Term
as Damian Self
The Happy Prince
as Judge
Darkest Hour
as Neville Chamberlain
Stealing Silver
as Udo
The Time of Their Lives
as Frank
The Have-Nots
as Bentham
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Norman Cousins
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
as Bearded Man
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Norman Cousins
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
as King Sharaman
Theatreland
as Self
Dark Floors
as Tobias
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
as William McDowell
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
as Cecil Johnson
Supernova
as Dr. Malcolm Handey
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
as Monsieur Moitessier
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
as Monsieur Moitessier
Cherished
as Professor Sir Roy Meadow
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
as Monsieur Moitessier (uncredited)
Evilenko
as Aron Richter
Benefit to Mankind
as Professor Quentin Tapscott
Secret Passage
as Da Monte
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Monsieur Moitessier
Breathtaking
as Dr. Maclaren
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
as Don Massaredo
The Untitled
as Robert Kennings
Lolita
as Young Humbert's Father
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
as Percy Stone
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
as Narrator
Der Blinde
as Dr. Bartnik
A Very Open Prison
as Brian Silcott
Henry IV
as Henry IV
Milner
as Jocelyn Fry
Message for Posterity
as Richard Browning
In The Cold Light Of Day
as Morris
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
as Alan Coleman
My Friend Walter
as Sir Walter Raleigh
No Poster
The Golden Years
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
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
as Aslan (voice)
Jekyll & Hyde
as Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
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
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
as Aslan (voice)
Testimony
as Marshall Tukhachevsky
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Barrymore
No Poster
Chekhov in Yalta
as Konstantin Stanislavski
The Fourth Protocol
as Wynne-Evans
Ladies' Night
as James Tripp
The Mission
as Hontar
Eleni
as Spiro
Camille
as Jean
Pope John Paul II
as Jan Tyranowski
Puccini
as Giulio Ricordi
No Poster
Waters of the Moon
as Julius Winterhalter
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
as George Orwell
Never Say Never Again
as Elliott
The Letter
as Howard Joyce
Ivanhoe
as Prince John
Verdi
as Giuseppe Verdi
Nijinsky
as Igor Stravinsky
In England's Green and Pleasant Land
as Norman Reynolds
Zulu Dawn
as Lt. Harford
Henry VIII
as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
The Thirty Nine Steps
as Bayliss
For Tea on Sunday
as Ian
Ghost Trio
...but the clouds...
Joseph Andrews
as Mr. Wilson
No Poster
The Philanthropist
as Philip
King Lear
as Edgar
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Lord Randolph Churchill
Mahler
as Nick
All Good Men
The Roses of Eyam
as Reverend William Mompesson
The Day of the Jackal
as The Forger
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Edmund Tyrone
Three Sisters
as Baron Tusenbach
Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don Pedro
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
as Physician
Still Got It
as Jim