Clive Swift

Personal Info

Birthday

February 9, 1936

Day of Death

2019-02-01

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Liverpool, England, UK

Also Known As

Clive Walter Swift

Clive Swift

Biography

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

Midsomer Murders

Doctor Who

Play for Today

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Hustle

Tales of the Unexpected

Heartbeat

Keeping Up Appearances

Filmography

2023
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self
2007
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as Mr. Copper
2003
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
as Additional Voices (voice)
2002
Young Arthur
as Illtud
1999
Aristocrats
as King George II
1997
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
as Richard
1991
The War That Never Ends
as Athenagoras
1990
Othello
as Brabantio / Gratiano
1988
Journey's End
as Captain Hardy
1987
Cause Célèbre
as P.P. Croom Johnson
Pack of Lies
as Ellis
1986
All Together Now
as James
1985
What Mad Pursuit
as Bonwit Steinhauser
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
as Professor Jobel
1984
A Passage to India
as Major Callendar
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
as Lord Cerimon
Memed My Hawk
as Magistrate
1983
Martin Luther, Heretic
as Johann Tetzel
1982
Praying Mantis
as Dr. Faure
1981
The Potsdam Quartet
as Aaron Green
Excalibur
as Ector
1980
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
as Hastie Lanyon
An Ordered Life
as Director of Austrian State Radio
1979
Henry IV Part 1
as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Home-Movies
as Alec Thorne
1978
The Sailor's Return
as Reverend Pottock
Foreign Affairs
as Adamson
1977
The Kitchen
as Frank
1976
Beasts: The Dummy
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
Buffet
as Air steward
Beloved
as William Hepworth-Dixon
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Lawrence
1975
Goodbye
as Savory
The Breakthrough
as Robbie
1973
The National Health
as Ash
Man at the Top
as Massey
1972
A Warning to the Curious
as Dr. Black
Death Line
as Inspector Richardson
Frenzy
as Johnny Porter
1971
The Stalls of Barchester
as Dr. Black
1970
Roll On Four O'Clock
as Max Fielder
1968
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Snug
All's Well That Ends Well
as Parolles
1965
Catch Us If You Can
as Duffie