Clive Swift
February 9, 1936 (88 years old) in Liverpool, England, UK
Clive Swift was a British actor known to millions as Hyacinth Bucket's hen-pecked husband Richard in BBC One's 90s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC before breaking into television, also acted in such series as Peak Practice, Born and Bred and The Old Guys.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family as Edward Whiteley
- 2013 · Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
- 2012 · Cuckoo as Dr. Rafferty
- 2009 · The Old Guys as Roy
- 2007 · Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned as Mr. Copper
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Mr Copper
- 2004 · Hustle as Yusef
- 2002 · 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2002 · Young Arthur as Illtud
- 2002 · Born and Bred as Reverend Brewer
- 1999 · Aristocrats as King George II
- 1997 · The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket as Richard
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Felix Hope
- 1993 · Peak Practice as Norman Shorthose
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Victor Kellerman
- 1991 · The War That Never Ends as Athenagoras
- 1990 · Keeping Up Appearances as Richard Bucket
- 1990 · Othello as Brabantio / Gratiano
- 1988 · Young Toscanini as
- 1988 · Gentlemen and Players as Sammy
- 1988 · Journey's End as Captain Hardy
- 1987 · Cause Célèbre as P.P. Croom Johnson
- 1987 · Pack of Lies as Ellis
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Dr Bartlett
- 1986 · First Among Equals as Alec Pimkin
- 1986 · All Together Now as James
- 1986 · A Very Peculiar Practice as
- 1985 · What Mad Pursuit as Bonwit Steinhauser
- 1985 · The Ray Bradbury Theater as St. John Court
- 1985 · Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks as Professor Jobel
- 1985 · The Pickwick Papers as Mr. Tupman
- 1985 · The Pickwick Papers as Mr. Tupman
- 1984 · A Passage to India as Major Callendar
- 1984 · Pericles, Prince of Tyre as Lord Cerimon
- 1983 · Martin Luther, Heretic as Johann Tetzel
- 1982 · The Barchester Chronicles as Dr. Proudie
- 1982 · Praying Mantis as Dr. Faure
- 1981 · Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years as
- 1981 · The Potsdam Quartet as Aaron Green
- 1981 · Excalibur as Ector
- 1980 · Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as Hastie Lanyon
- 1980 · An Ordered Life as Director of Austrian State Radio
- 1980 · The Nesbitts Are Coming as
- 1980 · The Gentle Touch as
- 1979 · Henry IV Part 1 as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
- 1979 · Home-Movies as Alec Thorne
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Latham
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1978 · The Sailor's Return as Reverend Pottock
- 1978 · Bless Me Father as Fred Dobie
- 1978 · Foreign Affairs as Adamson
- 1978 · Hazell as
- 1977 · The Kitchen as Frank
- 1976 · Beasts: The Dummy as 'Bunny' Nettleton
- 1976 · Buffet as Air steward
- 1976 · Beasts as 'Bunny' Nettleton
- 1976 · Beloved as William Hepworth-Dixon
- 1976 · Romeo and Juliet as Friar Lawrence
- 1976 · Victorian Scandals as William Hepworth-Dixon
- 1975 · Shadows as
- 1975 · Goodbye as Savory
- 1975 · The Breakthrough as Robbie
- 1974 · South Riding as
- 1974 · Playhouse as
- 1973 · The National Health as
- 1973 · Man at the Top as Massey
- 1972 · A Warning to the Curious as Dr. Black
- 1972 · Dead of Night: The Exorcism as Dan
- 1972 · Dead of Night as Dan
- 1972 · Death Line as Inspector Richardson
- 1972 · Frenzy as Johnny Porter
- 1971 · A Ghost Story for Christmas as
- 1971 · The Stalls of Barchester as Dr. Black
- 1970 · Roll On Four O'Clock as Max Fielder
- 1970 · Waugh on Crime as
- 1970 · Play for Today as Air Steward
- 1970 · Play for Today as Savory
- 1969 · Dombey and Son as Major Bagstock
- 1968 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Snug
- 1968 · The Expert as Graham Richards
- 1965 · Catch Us If You Can as Duffie
- 1963 · Doctor Who as Jobel
- Future · Keeping Up Appearances -The Christmas Specials as
- 1970 · Mad Jack as
- 1969 · Birthday as
- 1968 · All's Well That Ends Well as Parolles
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ellis
- Future · Born and Bred: A Very Ormston Christmas as