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Born · June 7, 1940
Died · February 25, 2021 (80 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Chester, England, UK
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.
Damian Self
0.0
2021
Neville Chamberlain
7.4
2017
Udo
7.2
2017
Frank
5.1
2017
Bentham
5.3
2016
Norman Cousins
6.4
2015
Bearded Man
0.0
2014
Norman Cousins
6.9
2012
King Sharaman
6.3
2010
Himself
0.0
2009
Tobias
4.9
2008
William McDowell
5.9
2007
Cecil Johnson
5.7
2005
Monsieur Moitessier
5.5
2005
Dr. Malcolm Handey
4.3
2005
Professor Sir Roy Meadow
7.0
2005
Aron Richter
5.7
2004
Monsieur Moitessier
5.3
2004
Da Monte
2.5
2004
Don Massaredo
7.2
1999
Young Humbert's Father
7.1
1997
Percy Stone
4.1
1997
Dr. Bartnik
4.0
1996
Brian Silcott
10.0
1995
Henry IV
8.0
1995
Jocelyn Fry
6.0
1994
Richard Browning
0.0
1994
Morris
0.0
1994
Alan Coleman
5.3
1993
0.0
1992
Siegfried Shrager
5.7
1991
Felix D'Arcy
5.5
1991
Diodotus
0.0
1991
Aslan (voice)
6.1
1990
Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
5.8
1990
Aslan (voice)
5.4
1989
Louw
6.6
1989
Captain Lancaster
6.2
1989
Aslan (voice)
6.1
1988
Marshall Tukhachevsky
5.7
1988
Wynne-Evans
6.3
1987
Hontar
7.4
1986
Spiro
6.2
1985
Jean
5.6
1984
Jan Tyranowski
8.0
1984
Giulio Ricordi
1.0
1984
Howard Joyce
6.0
1982
Prince John
6.2
1982
The Gambler
0.0
Judge
6.4
2018
Archbishop of Canterbury · (4 episodes)
8.2
2016
Orpheus · (3 episodes)
6.5
2013
(1 episode)
7.3
2012
Philip Worth · (1 episode)
7.5
2012
Mr. Kipford · (1 episode)
7.4
2011
Sir Michael Reresby · (1 episode)
8.1
2010
(1 episode)
8.3
2008
Ernest Sorrel · (6 episodes)
10.0
2004
Fraser · (17 episodes)
8.1
2004
Harry Holmes · (1 episode)
7.6
2004
Alex Galt · (1 episode)
7.6
2004
Colonel Winter · (2 episodes)
6.4
2003
Sir Giles Messinger · (1 episode)
7.8
2002
Sir Stuart Stinhurst · (1 episode)
7.1
2002
Jeffrey Livingstone · (5 episodes)
6.0
2002
Sir John Starr · (1 episode)
7.8
2001
Charles Sutton · (2 episodes)
7.2
2001
Dr. Maclaren
3.0
2000
Don Massaredo · (1 episode)
7.5
1998
Rupert Smythe-Webster · (1 episode)
7.5
1997
Ernest Balliol · (1 episode)
7.5
1997
Waldemar Fitzurse · (6 episodes)
6.9
1997
Narrator
0.0
1996
(2 episodes)
7.5
1996
Lester Rose · (1 episode)
7.2
1996
Duke Of Battersea · (6 episodes)
0.0
1995
Daniel Byrne · (4 episodes)
8.0
1994
Roger Tundish · (12 episodes)
5.7
1993
Sir Walter Raleigh
0.0
1992
Andrew Powell · (3 episodes)
3.5
1992
Capt. Crawford
4.9
1991
King Henry IV · (1 episode)
6.0
1991
Siegfried Shrager · (1 episode)
6.0
1991
Brian Appleyard · (7 episodes)
6.0
1990
Jack · (1 episode)
0.0
1990
(4 episodes)
3.0
1989
(3 episodes)
7.4
1988
Aslan (voice) · (3 episodes)
7.4
1988
Barrymore
7.1
1988
Prince Yakimov · (7 episodes)
6.4
1987
Chief Inspector Moore · (2 episodes)
6.2
1987
Ian Matthews · (1 episode)
7.8
1987
James Tripp
0.0
1986
James Tripp · (1 episode)
5.5
1986
Martin / Reginald Freeborn · (1 episode)
6.0
1986
Sir Alec Moore · (2 episodes)
7.2
1986
Edwin Felt · (1 episode)
7.3
1986
(6 episodes)
9.0
1985
Barrymore · (1 episode)
8.1
1984
Albert Einstein · (4 episodes)
0.0
1984
George Orwell
0.0
1983
Elliott
6.1
1983
Giuseppe Verdi · (9 episodes)
5.0
1982
Giuseppe Verdi
0.0
1982
Sir Antony Villiers · (1 episode)
6.4
1981
Igor Stravinsky
5.3
1980
Norman Reynolds
0.0
1979
Lt. Harford
6.0
1979
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
6.5
1979
(1 episode)
5.2
1978
Bayliss
6.7
1978
Ian
0.0
1978
0.0
1977
0.0
1977
Mr. Wilson
4.7
1977
Philip
0.0
1975
Edgar
0.0
1975
William Pitt · (6 episodes)
8.0
1975
Lord Randolph Churchill
8.0
1974
Randolph Churchill · (4 episodes)
6.3
1974
(1 episode)
6.6
1974
Nick
6.7
1974
0.0
1974
The Forger
7.5
1973
Edmund Tyrone
7.0
1973
Richard Massingham · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
Baron Tusenbach
3.7
1970
Mercutio
0.0
1967
Don Pedro
5.0
1967
Mercutio · (1 episode)
5.0
1965
Physician
6.6
1964
Jean · (1 episode)
8.7
1951