Ronald Pickup
Acting
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…
Filmography
80
Schadenfreude
2025
End of Term
2021
The Happy Prince
2018
Darkest Hour
2017
Stealing Silver
2017
The Time of Their Lives
2017
The Crown
2016
The Have-Nots
2016
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
2014
Atlantis
2013
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
Pramface
2012
Vera
2011
Downton Abbey
2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
Theatreland
2009
Dark Floors
2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
2007
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
2005
Supernova
2005
A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper
2005
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish
2005
Cherished
2005
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea
2004
Evilenko
2004
Feather Boy
2004
The Worst Week of My Life
2004
Benefit to Mankind
2004
Hustle
2004
Sea of Souls
2004
Secret Passage
2004
New Tricks
2004
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
Cambridge Spies
2003
Foyle's War
2002
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
The Jury
2002
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
2001
Waking the Dead
2001
Breathtaking
2000
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil
1999
Hornblower
1998
Lolita
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis
1997
Ivanhoe
1997
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Der Blinde
1996
Silent Witness
1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996
Black Hearts in Battersea
1995
A Very Open Prison
1995
Henry IV
Henry IV
1995
Milner
1994
Scarlett
1994
Message for Posterity
1994
In The Cold Light Of Day
1994
The Riff Raff Element
1994
The Rector's Wife
1994
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
1993
My Friend Walter
1992
A Time to Dance
1992
The Golden Years
The Golden Years
1992
Absolute Hell
1991
Performance
1991
A Murder of Quality
1991
Journey of Honor
1991
The War That Never Ends
1991
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
1990
Not with a Bang
1990
El C.I.D.
El C.I.D.
1990
Jekyll & Hyde
1990
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
1989
A Dry White Season
1989
Danny the Champion of the World
1989
Behaving Badly
1989
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
1988