Ronald Pickup
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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...
Known For
Filmography
Schadenfreude
2025
as The Gambler
End of Term
2021
as Damian Self
The Happy Prince
2018
as Judge
The Time of Their Lives
2017
as Frank
Darkest Hour
2017
as Neville Chamberlain
Stealing Silver
2017
as Udo
The Have-Nots
2016
as Bentham
The Crown
2016
as Archbishop of Canterbury
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Norman Cousins
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
2014
as Bearded Man
Atlantis
2013
as Orpheus
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Norman Cousins
Pramface
2012
Vera
2011
as Mr. Kipford
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
as King Sharaman
Downton Abbey
2010
as Sir Michael Reresby
Theatreland
2009
as Self
Dark Floors
2008
as Tobias
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
2007
as William McDowell
Lewis
2007
as Fr Moreno Mancini
Supernova
2005
as Dr. Malcolm Handey
Cherished
2005
as Professor Sir Roy Meadow
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
as Cecil Johnson
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
2005
as Monsieur Moitessier
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005
as Monsieur Moitessier
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
2004
as Monsieur Moitessier (uncredited)
Evilenko
2004
as Aron Richter
Secret Passage
2004
as Da Monte
Benefit to Mankind
2004
as Professor Quentin Tapscott
Hustle
2004
as Harry Holmes
The Worst Week of My Life
2004
as Fraser Cook
Sea of Souls
2004
as Alex Galt
Feather Boy
2004
as Ernest Sorrel
New Tricks
2004
as Sir Wilfred Felspar
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
as Monsieur Moitessier
Cambridge Spies
2003
as Colonel Winter
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Sir Stuart Stinhurst
The Jury
2002
as Jeffrey Livingstone
Foyle's War
2002
as Sir Giles Messinger
Waking the Dead
2001
as Charles Sutton
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001
as Sir John Starr
Breathtaking
2000
as Dr. Maclaren
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
1999
as Don Massaredo
The Untitled
1998
as Robert Kennings
Hornblower
1998
as Don Massaredo
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
1997
as Percy Stone
Lolita
1997
as Young Humbert's Father
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Rupert Smythe-Webster
Ivanhoe
1997
as Waldemar Fitzurse
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Ernest Balliol
Der Blinde
1996
as Dr. Bartnik
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996
as Narrator
Silent Witness
1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
as Lester Rose
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
as Walter Wulfstan
Henry IV
1995
as Henry IV
A Very Open Prison
1995
as Brian Silcott
Black Hearts in Battersea
1995
as Duke Of Battersea
In The Cold Light Of Day
1994
as Morris
Message for Posterity
1994
as Richard Browning
Milner
1994
as Jocelyn Fry
The Riff Raff Element
1994
as Roger Tundish
The Rector's Wife
1994
as Daniel Byrne
Scarlett
1994
as Whitlock
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1993
as Alan Coleman
The Golden Years
1992
My Friend Walter
1992
as Sir Walter Raleigh
A Time to Dance
1992
as Andrew Powell
A Murder of Quality
1991
as Felix D'Arcy
The War That Never Ends
1991
as Diodotus
Absolute Hell
1991
as Siegfried Shrager
Journey of Honor
1991
as Capt. Crawford
Performance
1991
as King Henry IV
Performance
1991
as Siegfried Shrager
Performance
1991
as Richard Browning
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
1990
as Aslan (voice)
Jekyll & Hyde
1990
as Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire
Not with a Bang
1990
as Brian Appleyard
El C.I.D.
1990
as Jack
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1989
as Aslan (voice)
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
as Captain Lancaster
A Dry White Season
1989
as Louw
Behaving Badly
1989
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
1988
as Aslan (voice)
Testimony
1988
as Marshall Tukhachevsky
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1988
as Barrymore
Chekhov in Yalta
1988
as Konstantin Stanislavski
The Chronicles of Narnia
1988
as Aslan (voice)
The Fourth Protocol
1987
as Wynne-Evans
Inspector Morse
1987
as Ian Matthews
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Chief Inspector Moore
Fortunes of War
1987
as Prince Yakimov
The Mission
1986
as Hontar
Ladies' Night
1986
as James Tripp
Lovejoy
1986
as Edwin Felt
Matlock
1986
as Sir Alec Moore
Casualty
1986
as Martin / Reginald Freeborn
Unnatural Causes
1986
as James Tripp
Eleni
1985
as Spiro
Moving
1985
Screen Two
1985
as Brian Silcott
Puccini
1984
as Giulio Ricordi
Pope John Paul II
1984
as Jan Tyranowski
Camille
1984
as Jean
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Barrymore
Albert Einstein
1984
as Albert Einstein
Sharing Time
1984
as Philip
Never Say Never Again
1983
as Elliott
The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura
1983
as George Orwell
Waters of the Moon
1983
as Julius Winterhalter
Ivanhoe
1982
as Prince John
The Letter
1982
as Howard Joyce
Verdi
1982
as Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi
1982
as Giuseppe Verdi
Bergerac
1981
as Sir Antony Villiers
Nijinsky
1980
as Igor Stravinsky
Zulu Dawn
1979
as Lt. Harford
Henry VIII
1979
as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
In England's Green and Pleasant Land
1979
as Norman Reynolds
The Thirty Nine Steps
1978
as Bayliss
For Tea on Sunday
1978
as Ian
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury
Joseph Andrews
1977
as Mr. Wilson
...but the clouds...
1977
Ghost Trio
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Ian
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Norman Reynolds
Romance
1977
as Rory Balneath
The Lively Arts
1976
as Self
King Lear
1975
as Edgar
The Philanthropist
1975
as Philip
The Fight Against Slavery
1975
as William Pitt
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
as Lord Randolph Churchill
All Good Men
1974
Mahler
1974
as Nick
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
1974
as Randolph Churchill
Father Brown
1974
as Kalon
Long Day's Journey Into Night
1973
as Edmund Tyrone
The Day of the Jackal
1973
as The Forger
The Roses of Eyam
1973
as Reverend William Mompesson
The Dragon's Opponent
1973
as Charles "Mad Jack" Howard
Three Sisters
1970
as Baron Tusenbach
Play for Today
1970
as Richard Massingham
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Edmund Tyrone
Much Ado About Nothing
1967
as Don Pedro
Romeo and Juliet
1967
as Mercutio
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Graham
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Mercutio
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Ariel
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Brother Martin Ladvenu
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Edgar
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
1964
as Physician
Doctor Who
1963
as Physician
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Jean