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 Kings 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 Days Journey Into Night. In 1973, he starred in the BBC drama series The Dragons 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, Foyles 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 BBCs 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 Amys 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 BBCs 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.
Aslan (voice)
Film 1989
King Sharaman
Film 2010
Tobias
Film 2008
Giulio Ricordi
Film 1984
The Gambler
Film
Bearded Man
Film 2014
Percy Stone
Film 1997
Himself
Film 2009
Morris
Film 1994
Damian Self
Film 2021
Henry IV
Film 1995
Edmund Tyrone
Film 1973
Film 1992
Don Pedro
Film 1967
Film 1977
Edgar
Film 1975
Film 1974
Philip
Film 1975
Da Monte
Film 2004
Aslan (voice)
Film 1988
Young Humbert's Father
Film 1997
Bentham
Film 2016
Giuseppe Verdi
Film 1982
Mercutio
Film 1967
Richard Browning
Film 1994
Jocelyn Fry
Film 1994
Professor Sir Roy Meadow
Film 2005
Frank
Film 2017
Neville Chamberlain
Film 2017
Nick
Film 1974
Cecil Johnson
Film 2005
Udo
Film 2017
Brian Silcott
Film 1995
Dr. Bartnik
Film 1996
Sir Walter Raleigh
Film 1992
Judge
Film 2018
Narrator
Film 1996
Physician
Film 1964
George Orwell
Film 1983
James Tripp
Film 1986
Film 1977
Ian
Film 1978
Norman Reynolds
Film 1979
Rupert Smythe-Webster
Tv 1997
Sir Stuart Stinhurst
Tv 2002
Harry Holmes
Tv 2004
Tv 1996
Tv 1985
Ian Matthews
Tv 1987
Edwin Felt
Tv 1986
Brian Appleyard
Tv 1990
Tv 1988
Alex Galt
Tv 2004
Tv 1989
Tv 1978
Tv 1974
James Tripp
Tv 1986
Lester Rose
Tv 1996
Orpheus
Tv 2013
Sir Giles Messinger
Tv 2002
Chief Inspector Moore
Tv 1987
Richard Massingham
Tv 1970
Sir John Starr
Tv 2001
Tv 2012
Tv 2008
Sir Michael Reresby
Tv 2010
Albert Einstein
Tv 1984
Mr. Kipford
Tv 2011
Sir Alec Moore
Tv 1986
Martin / Reginald Freeborn
Tv 1986
William Pitt
Tv 1975
Daniel Byrne
Tv 1994
Aslan (voice)
Tv 1988
Colonel Winter
Tv 2003
Giuseppe Verdi
Tv 1982
Sir Antony Villiers
Tv 1981
Jack
Tv 1990
Philip Worth
Tv 2012
Andrew Powell
Tv 1992
Ernest Balliol
Tv 1997