
Biography
Ronald Alfred Pickup (7 June 1940 β 24 February 2021) was an English actor. He was active in television, film, and theatre, beginning with a 1964 appearance in Doctor Who. Theatre critic Michael Billington described him as "a terrific stage star and an essential member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre company". His major screen roles included the title role in The Life of Verdi and Prince Yakimov in Fortunes of War (1987).
Filmography
All 118
Movies 73
TV Shows 45
Voice 2
Self 1
Narrator 1
Damian Self

End of Term (2021)
Movie
Judge

The Happy Prince (2018)
Movie
Neville Chamberlain

Darkest Hour (2017)
Movie
6.36
Udo

Stealing Silver (2017)
Movie
Frank

The Time of Their Lives (2017)
Movie
Geoffrey Fisher

The Crown (2016)
TV Show
7.1
Bentham

The Have-Nots (2016)
Movie
Norman Cousins

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
Movie
6.06
Bearded Man

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road (2014)
Movie
Orpheus

Atlantis (2013)
TV Show
1

Parade's End (2012)
Movie

Pramface (2012)
TV Show
8
Norman Cousins

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
Movie
6
M. Kipland

Vera (2011)
TV Show
4.72
Sir Michael Reresby

Downton Abbey (2010)
TV Show
4.65
King Sharaman

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Movie
6.29
Himself

Theatreland (2009)
Movie
Tobias

Dark Floors (2008)
Movie

Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
TV Show
5.38
William McDowell

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)
Movie
Cecil Johnson

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
Movie
Monsieur Moitessier

A Life in Suitcases (2005)
Movie
Professor Sir Roy Meadow

Cherished (2005)
Movie
Aron Richter

Evilenko (2004)
Movie
Ernest Sorrel

Feather Boy (2004)
TV Show
Fraser

The Worst Week of My Life (2004)
TV Show
Harry Holmes

Hustle (2004)
TV Show
5.35
Monsieur Moitessier

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004)
Movie

Sea of Souls (2004)
TV Show
Da Monte

Secret Passage (2004)
Movie
Colonel Winter

Cambridge Spies (2003)
TV Show
6

Foyle's War (2002)
TV Show
6
Sir Stuart Stinhurst

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
TV Show
6
Jeffrey Livingstone

The Jury (2002)
TV Show
Sir John Starr

Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2001)
TV Show
Dr. Maclaren

Breathtaking (2000)
Movie
Charles Sutton

Waking the Dead (2000)
TV Show
4.67
Don Massaredo

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999)
Movie
Don Massaredo

Hornblower (1998)
TV Show
Young Humbert's Father

Lolita (1997)
Movie
5.83
Rupert Smythe-Webster

Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV Show
6
Percy Stone

Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)
Movie
Waldemar Fitzurse

Ivanhoe (1997)
Movie
Waldemar Fitzurse

Ivanhoe (1997)
TV Show
Narrator

Samuel Beckett As the Story Was Told (1996)
Movie
Dr. Bartnik

Der Blinde (1996)
Movie

Silent Witness (1996)
TV Show
5.5
Lester Rose

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996)
TV Show
6
Brian Silcott

A Very Open Prison (1995)
Movie
King Henry IV

Henry IV (1995)
Movie
Jocelyn Fry

Milner (1994)
Movie
Richard Browning

Message for Posterity (1994)
Movie
Morris

In The Cold Light Of Day (1994)
Movie
Daniel Byrne

The Rector's Wife (1994)
TV Show
Sir Walter Raleigh

My Friend Walter (1992)
Movie
Andrew Powell

A Time to Dance (1992)
TV Show
Montezuma

The Golden Years (1992)
Movie
Siegfried Shrager

Absolute Hell (1991)
Movie
Felix D'Arcy

A Murder of Quality (1991)
Movie
Capt. Crawford

Journey of Honor (1991)
Movie
King Henry IV / Richard Browning / Siegfried Shrager

Performance (1991)
TV Show
Aslan

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (1990)
Movie
Brian Appleyard

Not with a Bang (1990)
TV Show
Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire

Jekyll & Hyde (1990)
Movie
Aslan

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989)
Movie
Putzi Hanfstaengl

The Nightmare Years (1989)
TV Show
Louw

A Dry White Season (1989)
Movie
Captain Lancaster

Danny the Champion of the World (1989)
Movie
Mark

Behaving Badly (1989)
TV Show
Aslan (voice)

The Chronicles of Narnia (1988)
TV Show
Aslan (voice)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1988)
Movie
Marshall Tukhachevsky

Testimony (1988)
Movie
Barrymore

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
Movie
Prince Yakimov

Fortunes of War (1987)
TV Show
6

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
TV Show
6
Wynne-Evans

The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Movie

Inspector Morse (1987)
TV Show
4.83
James Tripp

Ladies' Night (1986)
Movie
James Tripp

Unnatural Causes (1986)
TV Show
Hontar

The Mission (1986)
Movie
Martin / Reginald Freeborn

Casualty (1986)
TV Show

Matlock (1986)
TV Show
6

Lovejoy (1986)
TV Show
5
Spiro

Eleni (1985)
Movie
Frank Gladwyn

Moving (1985)
TV Show
Jean

Camille (1984)
Movie
6
Barrymore

Sherlock Holmes (1984)
TV Show
4.71
Jan Tyranowski

Pope John Paul II (1984)
Movie
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (1984)
TV Show
George Orwell

The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura (1983)
Movie
Elliott

Never Say Never Again (1983)
Movie
6
Giuseppe Verdi

Verdi (1982)
TV Show
Howard Joyce

The Letter (1982)
Movie
Prince John

Ivanhoe (1982)
Movie
Giuseppe Verdi

Verdi (1982)
Movie
Igor Stravinsky

Nijinsky (1980)
Movie
Lt. Harford

Zulu Dawn (1979)
Movie
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

Henry VIII (1979)
Movie

BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV Show
Bayliss

The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
Movie

Ghost Trio (1977)
Movie
Actor

...but the clouds... (1977)
Movie
Mr. Wilson

Joseph Andrews (1977)
Movie
Philip

The Philanthropist (1975)
Movie
William Pitt

The Fight Against Slavery (1975)
TV Show
Lord Randolph Churchill

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
Movie
Lord Randolph Churchill

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
TV Show

Father Brown (1974)
TV Show
Nick

Mahler (1974)
Movie

All Good Men (1974)
Movie
Reverend William Mompesson

The Roses of Eyam (1973)
Movie
The Forger

The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Movie
6
Edmund Tyrone

Long Day's Journey Into Night (1973)
Movie
Baron Tusenbach

Three Sisters (1970)
Movie
Don Pedro

Much Ado About Nothing (1967)
Movie
Physician

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror (1964)
Movie
Jean

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV Show
8.33
Roger - The Tundishes

The Riff Raff Element
TV Show
Ratings
Average 6.2
Based on 1.63 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1951
1984
1991
1986
2021
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Information
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1940-06-07
Deathday2021-02-24 (80 years old)
Birth nameRonald Alfred Pickup
Place of birthChester, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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