RIP Ronald Pickup

Philly_Q

Never really a famous name - although it was an unusual name - but one of those fine British character actors I was always pleased to see in any film or TV show he appeared in.  RIP.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56200988

AlexC

Decent, solid 'character' actor. The number of British films I've got on DVD I've probably got about 50 of his performances!

JohnS37

A really great supporting actor, totally reliable.  Had his own series too - ‘Hadleigh’ I think, great stuff.

ICBM

He was brilliant as Neville Chamberlain in Darkest Hour - which I think might have been his last role.

Never a star, but a very good actor.

RIP.

Kittyfrisk

A tremendous actor, much underrated.
His later role as John Hector in Radio 4's 'Holding Back the Tide' redefined hilarious delusional curmudgeon's. RIP

Philly_Q

JohnS37 said:

A really great supporting actor, totally reliable.  Had his own series too - ‘Hadleigh’ I think, great stuff.

That was Gerald Harper, the bloke who played Adam Adamant in the '60s - similar looking guy, slim with quite angular features. 

Redlester

Yes, a fabulous actor. 

He steals a couple of scenes in one of my favourite films, The Day of the Jackal, where he plays the seedy forger in Genoa who meets a swift end.