Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 9, 1936
Place of Birth:
Liverpool, England, UK
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Excalibur: Behind the Movie | Self |
| 2007 | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | Mr. Copper |
| 2003 | 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2002 | Young Arthur | Illtud |
| 1999 | Aristocrats | King George II |
| 1997 | The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket | Richard |
| 1991 | The War That Never Ends | Athenagoras |
| 1990 | Othello | Brabantio / Gratiano |
| 1988 | Young Toscanini | |
| 1988 | Journey's End | Captain Hardy |
| 1987 | Cause Célèbre | P.P. Croom Johnson |
| 1987 | Pack of Lies | Ellis |
| 1986 | All Together Now | James |
| 1985 | What Mad Pursuit | Bonwit Steinhauser |
| 1985 | Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks | Professor Jobel |
| 1984 | A Passage to India | Major Callendar |
| 1984 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | Lord Cerimon |
| 1984 | Memed My Hawk | Magistrate |
| 1983 | Martin Luther, Heretic | Johann Tetzel |
| 1982 | Praying Mantis | Dr. Faure |
| 1981 | Excalibur | Ector |
| 1981 | The Potsdam Quartet | Aaron Green |
| 1980 | Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Hastie Lanyon |
| 1980 | An Ordered Life | Director of Austrian State Radio |
| 1979 | Henry IV Part 1 | Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester |
| 1979 | Home-Movies | Alec Thorne |
| 1978 | The Sailor's Return | Reverend Pottock |
| 1978 | Foreign Affairs | Adamson |
| 1977 | The Kitchen | Frank |
| 1976 | Romeo and Juliet | Friar Lawrence |
| 1976 | Beasts: The Dummy | 'Bunny' Nettleton |
| 1976 | Buffet | Air steward |
| 1976 | Beloved | William Hepworth-Dixon |
| 1975 | The Breakthrough | Robbie |
| 1975 | Goodbye | Savory |
| 1974 | South Riding | |
| 1973 | The National Health | Ash |
| 1973 | Man at the Top | Massey |
| 1972 | Frenzy | Johnny Porter |
| 1972 | Death Line | Inspector Richardson |
| 1972 | A Warning to the Curious | Dr. Black |
| 1972 | The Exorcism | Dan |
| 1971 | The Stalls of Barchester | Dr. Black |
| 1970 | Mad Jack | |
| 1970 | Roll On Four O'Clock | Max Fielder |
| 1969 | Birthday | |
| 1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Snug |
| 1968 | All's Well That Ends Well | Parolles |
| 1965 | Catch Us If You Can | Duffie |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family | Edward Whiteley |
| 2012 | Cuckoo | Dr. Rafferty |
| 2009 | The Old Guys | Roy |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self |
| 2004 | Hustle | Yusef |
| 2002 | Born and Bred | Rev. Eustacius Brewer |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Felix Hope |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Norman Shorthose |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Victor Kellerman |
| 1990 | Keeping Up Appearances | Richard Bucket |
| 1988 | Gentlemen and Players | Sammy |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Dr Bartlett |
| 1986 | First Among Equals | Alec Pimkin |
| 1986 | A Very Peculiar Practice | Professor Piers Platt |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | St. John Court |
| 1985 | The Pickwick Papers | Mr. Tupman |
| 1982 | The Barchester Chronicles | Dr. Proudie |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | |
| 1980 | The Gentle Touch | |
| 1980 | The Nesbitts Are Coming | |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Latham |
| 1978 | Bless Me Father | Fred Dobie |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Frank |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Adamson |
| 1976 | Beasts | 'Bunny' Nettleton |
| 1976 | Victorian Scandals | William Hepworth-Dixon |
| 1976 | Clayhanger | Albert Benbow |
| 1975 | Shadows | Devine |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Robbie |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Alec Thorne |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Director of Austrian State Radio |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Aaron Green |
| 1974 | South Riding | Alfred E. Huggins |
| 1972 | The Frighteners | Machen |
| 1972 | Dead of Night | Dan |
| 1971 | A Ghost Story for Christmas | Dr. Black |
| 1970 | Waugh on Crime | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Savory |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Air Steward |
| 1970 | The Misfit | Gerald |
| 1969 | Dombey and Son | Major Bagstock |
| 1968 | The Expert | Graham Richards |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Jobel |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Ellis |