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 |
| 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 |