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 ep ... isode 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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The Worst Week of My Life
as Fraser
Episodes: 17
First Aired: Mar 12, 2004
The Riff Raff Element
as Roger Tundish
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Apr 02, 1993
Verdi
as Giuseppe Verdi
Episodes: 9
First Aired: Oct 13, 1982
Not with a Bang
as Brian Appleyard
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Mar 25, 1990
Fortunes of War
as Prince Yakimov
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Oct 11, 1987
Feather Boy
as Ernest Sorrel
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Mar 16, 2004
Ivanhoe
as Waldemar Fitzurse
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jan 12, 1997
The Fight Against Slavery
as William Pitt
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Mar 19, 1975
Black Hearts in Battersea
as Duke Of Battersea
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Dec 31, 1995
The Jury
as Jeffrey Livingstone
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Feb 17, 2002
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
as Randolph Churchill
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 05, 1974
Albert Einstein
as Albert Einstein
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Apr 18, 1984
The Rector's Wife
as Daniel Byrne
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Mar 04, 1994
The Crown
as Archbishop of Canterbury
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Nov 04, 2016
Atlantis
as Orpheus
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 28, 2013
The Chronicles of Narnia
as Aslan (voice)
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Nov 13, 1988
A Time to Dance
as Andrew Powell
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 12, 1992
Waking the Dead
as Charles Sutton
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 18, 2001
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Chief Inspector Moore
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 02, 1987
Matlock
as Sir Alec Moore
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 03, 1986
Cambridge Spies
as Colonel Winter
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 09, 2003
Midsomer Murders
as Rupert Smythe-Webster
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 1997
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Sir Stuart Stinhurst
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 08, 2002
Hustle
as Harry Holmes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 24, 2004
Inspector Morse
as Ian Matthews
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 06, 1987
Lovejoy
as Edwin Felt
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 10, 1986
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jean
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
Sea of Souls
as Alex Galt
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 02, 2004
Hornblower
as Don Massaredo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1998
Unnatural Causes
as James Tripp
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 08, 1986
Performance
as King Henry IV
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 22, 1991
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Lester Rose
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 03, 1996
Foyle's War
as Sir Giles Messinger
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 2002
Play for Today
as Richard Massingham
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1970
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes
as Sir John Starr
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 04, 2001
Sherlock Holmes
as Barrymore
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 24, 1984
Downton Abbey
as Sir Michael Reresby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2010
Vera
as Mr. Kipford
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 01, 2011
Casualty
as Martin / Reginald Freeborn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1986
Bergerac
as Sir Antony Villiers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 18, 1981
El C.I.D.
as Jack
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 07, 1990
Call the Midwife
as Philip Worth
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 15, 2012
BBC Play of the Month
as Mercutio
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 19, 1965
Midsomer Murders
as Ernest Balliol
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 1997
Performance
as Siegfried Shrager
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 22, 1991
Screen Two
as Brian Silcott
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 06, 1985
Moving
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jan 09, 1985
Behaving Badly
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Feb 20, 1989
The Chronicles of Narnia
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Nov 13, 1988
Silent Witness
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 21, 1996
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 03, 1978
Father Brown
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1974
Pramface
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 23, 2012
Lark Rise to Candleford
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 13, 2008
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