Biography
Ronald Alfred Pickup (7 June 1940 – 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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