The actor, who has died aged 80, had a thriving screen career but was also a terrific stage star and an essential member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre company Ronald Pickup, who has died aged 80, had the capacity to bring a gaunt gravitas to high-ranking establishment figures. It is no accident that he was cast as the archbishop of Canterbury in The Crown and Neville Chamberlain in Darkest Hour. Although Pic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM on February 26, 2021