Portrait of Ronald Pickup

Acting

Ronald Pickup

Career

Active from 1967 to 2025, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Leading roles
25
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Verdi
Verdi
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 85 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ronald Pickup Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.0, average 2.0
  • Pop Culture
    1.2, average 2.2
  • Adrenaline
    3.9, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 5
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Character Study 5
  • Period Piece 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • British Television 2
  • Melancholy Tone 2
  • Period Drama 2
  • Classic Literature 2
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • Emotional Journey 2
  • Classical Music 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

143
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Still Got It
Still Got It

as Jim

2020s

2 titles
Schadenfreude
Schadenfreude (2025)

as The Gambler

End of Term
End of Term (2021)

as Damian Self

2010s

14 titles · average score 65
Darkest Hour
Darkest Hour (2017)
GoodWatch score 77

as Neville Chamberlain

Stealing Silver
Stealing Silver (2017)
GoodWatch score 68

as Udo

The Time of Their Lives
The Time of Their Lives (2017)
GoodWatch score 32

as Frank

The Crown
The Crown (2016)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Archbishop of Canterbury

The Have-Nots
The Have-Nots (2016)

as Bentham

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
GoodWatch score 60

as Norman Cousins

A Little Place Off the Edgware Road
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road (2014)

as Bearded Man

Atlantis
Atlantis (2013)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Orpheus

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
GoodWatch score 70

as Norman Cousins

Vera
Vera (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Mr. Kipford

Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey (2010)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Sir Michael Reresby

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
GoodWatch score 52

as King Sharaman

2000s

26 titles · average score 66
Dark Floors
Dark Floors (2008)
GoodWatch score 39

as Tobias

Lark Rise to Candleford
Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show

Lewis
Lewis (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Fr Moreno Mancini

The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby
The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

as Cecil Johnson

Evilenko
Evilenko (2004)
GoodWatch score 55

as Aron Richter

The Worst Week of My Life
The Worst Week of My Life (2004)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Fraser Cook

Feather Boy
Feather Boy (2004)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Ernest Sorrel

Hustle
Hustle (2004)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Harry Holmes

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Sir Wilfred Felspar

Foyle's War
Foyle's War (2002)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Sir Giles Messinger

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2002)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Sir Stuart Stinhurst

Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead (2001)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Charles Sutton

1990s

33 titles · average score 63
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Rupert Smythe-Webster / Ernest Balliol

Lolita
Lolita (1997)
GoodWatch score 62

as Young Humbert's Father

Silent Witness
Silent Witness (1996)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show

A Very Open Prison
A Very Open Prison (1995)

as Brian Silcott

The Riff Raff Element
The Riff Raff Element (1994)

TV show · as Roger Tundish

Milner
Milner (1994)

as Jocelyn Fry

The Rector's Wife
The Rector's Wife (1994)

TV show · as Daniel Byrne

A Time to Dance
A Time to Dance (1992)

TV show · as Andrew Powell

Absolute Hell
Absolute Hell (1991)

as Siegfried Shrager

A Murder of Quality
A Murder of Quality (1991)
GoodWatch score 60

as Felix D'Arcy

Not with a Bang
Not with a Bang (1990)

TV show · as Brian Appleyard

Jekyll & Hyde
Jekyll & Hyde (1990)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jeffrey Utterson, Esquire

1980s

37 titles · average score 66
Behaving Badly
Behaving Badly (1989)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show

The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
GoodWatch score 73

as Barrymore

The Mission
The Mission (1986)
GoodWatch score 68

as Hontar

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Martin / Reginald Freeborn

Eleni
Eleni (1985)
GoodWatch score 75

as Spiro

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (1984)
GoodWatch score 88

TV show · as Barrymore

Waters of the Moon
Waters of the Moon (1983)

as Julius Winterhalter

Verdi
Verdi (1982)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Giuseppe Verdi

Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe (1982)
GoodWatch score 68

as Prince John

Verdi
Verdi (1982)
GoodWatch score 90

as Giuseppe Verdi

The Letter
The Letter (1982)

as Howard Joyce

Nijinsky
Nijinsky (1980)
GoodWatch score 49

as Igor Stravinsky

1970s

22 titles · average score 67
Zulu Dawn
Zulu Dawn (1979)
GoodWatch score 61

as Lt. Harford

The Thirty Nine Steps
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
GoodWatch score 62

as Bayliss

The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)

TV show · as Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

BBC2 Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)

TV show · as Norman Reynolds / Ian

The Philanthropist
The Philanthropist (1975)

as Philip

The Fight Against Slavery
The Fight Against Slavery (1975)

TV show · as William Pitt

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
GoodWatch score 78

as Lord Randolph Churchill

Father Brown
Father Brown (1974)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Kalon

The Roses of Eyam
The Roses of Eyam (1973)

as Reverend William Mompesson

The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
GoodWatch score 82

as The Forger

Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1973)

as Edmund Tyrone

Play for Today
Play for Today (1970)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Richard Massingham

1960s

7 titles · average score 68
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)

TV show · as Edmund Tyrone

ITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse (1967)

TV show · as Graham

Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing (1967)

as Don Pedro

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet (1967)

as Mercutio

BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Edgar / Ariel

Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror (1964)
GoodWatch score 68

as Physician

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Physician

1950s

1 title · average score 84
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Jean