Other film work included Never Say Never Again (1983), The Mission (1986) and The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby (2005).
Ronald Pickup, a highly respected stage actor best known for his roles in The Crown and the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films, has died at the age of 80.
But he became internationally recognised after playing an ageing lothario in 2011’s The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and its 2015 sequel.
Pickup played the archbishop of Canterbury in the 2016 season of The Crown and Neville Chamberlain in 2017 Churchill film Darkest Hour.