Ronald Pickup, ‘Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ and ‘The Crown’ Star, Dies at 80 Abid Rahman
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films and played the Archbishop of Canterbury in
The Crown, has died. He was 80.
His agent told the BBC that Pickup had “passed away peacefully [on Wednesday] after a long illness surrounded by his wife and family.”
In a career that spanned over half a century, Pickup was an accomplished theater, film and television actor. On the stage, he starred alongside British theater icons such as Laurence Olivier, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in everything from Shakespeare to the plays of Samuel Beckett. On the big screen, he had roles in Oscar-nominated films such as
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Ronald Pickup, the British actor who starred in
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films and played the Archbishop of Canterbury in
The Crown, has died. He was 80.
His agent told the BBC that Pickup had passed away peacefully [on Wednesday] after a long illness surrounded by his wife and family.
In a career that spanned over half a century, Pickup was an accomplished theater, film and television actor. On the stage, he starred alongside British theater icons such as Laurence Olivier, Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in everything from Shakespeare to the plays of Samuel Beckett. On the big screen, he had roles in Oscar-nominated films such as
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