Post by matthewsee on Aug 15, 2021 13:10:15 GMT -5
Ronald Pickup has passed away.
Born on June 7 1940, Pickup appeared in Doctor Who in The Reign of Terror playing physician. In fact it was first ever acting role.
He later returned to the Whoniverse via Big Finish appearing in the Doctor Who stories Time Works playing Kestorian and Spaceport Fear playing Elder Bones and Jago & Litefoot Series Twelve playing The Old One.
He was also in Coronation Street playing Len Sheldon and in Call The Midwife for the 2014 Christmas Special playing Philip Worth.
Other work included The Thirty Nine Steps, Ivanhoe, Never Say Never Again, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe playing the Lion himself Aslan, Danny the Champion of the World, Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader again playing Aslan, The Silver Chair. again as Aslan, Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil, Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes, Waking the Dead, The Last Detective, Supernova, Sea of Souls, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Young Dracula, Atlantis, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Downton Abbey, The Crown & Darkest Hour playing real life British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
He died on February 24 2021, three and a half months before his 81st birthday.
Born on June 7 1940, Pickup appeared in Doctor Who in The Reign of Terror playing physician. In fact it was first ever acting role.
He later returned to the Whoniverse via Big Finish appearing in the Doctor Who stories Time Works playing Kestorian and Spaceport Fear playing Elder Bones and Jago & Litefoot Series Twelve playing The Old One.
He was also in Coronation Street playing Len Sheldon and in Call The Midwife for the 2014 Christmas Special playing Philip Worth.
Other work included The Thirty Nine Steps, Ivanhoe, Never Say Never Again, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe playing the Lion himself Aslan, Danny the Champion of the World, Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader again playing Aslan, The Silver Chair. again as Aslan, Horatio Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil, Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes, Waking the Dead, The Last Detective, Supernova, Sea of Souls, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Young Dracula, Atlantis, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Downton Abbey, The Crown & Darkest Hour playing real life British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
He died on February 24 2021, three and a half months before his 81st birthday.