Ronald Pickup
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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.
Known for
Credits
Lolita (1997)
as Young Humbert's Father
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
as King Sharaman
Never Say Never Again (1983)
as Elliott
Darkest Hour (2017)
as Neville Chamberlain
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989)
as Aslan (voice)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
as The Forger
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
as Norman Cousins
The Mission (1986)
as Hontar
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
as Cecil Johnson
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
as Norman Cousins
Ivanhoe (1982)
as Prince John
Evilenko (2004)
as Aron Richter
A Murder of Quality (1991)
as Felix D'Arcy
The Happy Prince (2018)
as Judge
Mahler (1974)
as Nick
A Dry White Season (1989)
as Louw
Zulu Dawn (1979)
as Lt. Harford
Danny the Champion of the World (1989)
as Captain Lancaster
Absolute Hell (1991)
as Siegfried Shrager
Romeo and Juliet (1967)
as Mercutio
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
as Barrymore
The Time of Their Lives (2017)
as Frank
Dark Floors (2008)
as Tobias
Waters of the Moon (1983)
as Julius Winterhalter
Ladies' Night (1986)
as James Tripp
Much Ado About Nothing (1967)
as Don Pedro
Milner (1994)
as Jocelyn Fry
The Untitled (1998)
as Robert Kennings
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
as Wynne-Evans
Eleni (1985)
as Spiro
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999)
as Don Massaredo
Pope John Paul II (1984)
as Jan Tyranowski
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
as Bayliss
Camille (1984)
as Jean
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003)
as Monsieur Moitessier
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper (2005)
as Monsieur Moitessier
The Have-Nots (2016)
as Bentham
My Friend Walter (1992)
as Sir Walter Raleigh
The War That Never Ends (1991)
as Diodotus
Theatreland (2009)
as Self
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
as Lord Randolph Churchill
Journey of Honor (1991)
as Capt. Crawford
Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1993)
as Alan Coleman
Joseph Andrews (1977)
as Mr. Wilson
King Lear (1975)
as Edgar
Supernova (2005)
as Dr. Malcolm Handey
Henry VIII (1979)
as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
All Good Men (1974)
Actor
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea (2004)
as Monsieur Moitessier (uncredited)
Benefit to Mankind (2004)
as Professor Quentin Tapscott
Schadenfreude (2025)
as The Gambler
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey (2007)
as William McDowell
Chekhov in Yalta (1988)
as Konstantin Stanislavski
Nijinsky (1980)
as Igor Stravinsky
In The Cold Light Of Day (1994)
as Morris
Jekyll & Hyde (1990)
as Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
The Golden Years (1992)
Actor
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)
as Percy Stone
A Very Open Prison (1995)
as Brian Silcott
Three Sisters (1970)
as Baron Tusenbach
Testimony (1988)
as Marshall Tukhachevsky
Message for Posterity (1994)
as Richard Browning
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror (1964)
as Physician
Der Blinde (1996)
as Dr. Bartnik
Stealing Silver (2017)
as Udo
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told (1996)
as Narrator
Cherished (2005)
as Professor Sir Roy Meadow
For Tea on Sunday (1978)
as Ian
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (1990)
as Aslan (voice)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1988)
as Aslan (voice)
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish (2005)
as Monsieur Moitessier
Henry IV (1995)
as Henry IV
End of Term (2021)
as Damian Self
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1973)
as Edmund Tyrone
Puccini (1984)
as Giulio Ricordi
The Letter (1982)
as Howard Joyce
The Philanthropist (1975)
as Philip
Breathtaking (2000)
as Dr. Maclaren
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura (1983)
as George Orwell
Secret Passage (2004)
as Da Monte
In England's Green and Pleasant Land (1979)
as Norman Reynolds
...but the clouds... (1977)
Actor
Verdi (1982)
as Giuseppe Verdi
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road (2014)
as Bearded Man
Ghost Trio (1977)
Actor