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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 9, 1936
Died
February 1, 2019
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Also Known As
- Clive Walter Swift
Clive Swift
1.1 Popularity
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
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
10.0
Edward Whiteley
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
2015
0.0
Self
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
6.8
Dr. Rafferty
Cuckoo
2012
6.5
Roy
The Old Guys
2009
7.6
Mr. Copper
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007
🎬
3.7
Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
7.7
Yusef
Hustle
2004
6.0
Additional Voices (voice)
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003
0.0
Illtud
Young Arthur
2002
Credits
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.0
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
as Edward Whiteley
2015
10.0
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self
2013
0.0
Cuckoo
as Dr. Rafferty
2012
6.8
The Old Guys
as Roy
2009
6.5
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as Mr. Copper
2007
7.6
🎬
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
3.7
Hustle
as Yusef
2004
7.7
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
as Additional Voices (voice)
2003
6.0
Young Arthur
as Illtud
2002
0.0
Born and Bred
as Rev. Eustacius Brewer
2002
8.5
Aristocrats
as King George II
1999
6.0
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
as Richard
1997
9.0
Midsomer Murders
as Felix Hope
1997
7.5
Peak Practice
as Norman Shorthose
1993
6.1
Heartbeat
as Victor Kellerman
1992
7.1
The War That Never Ends
as Athenagoras
1991
1.0
Keeping Up Appearances
as Richard Bucket
1990
7.7
Othello
as Brabantio / Gratiano
1990
7.0
Young Toscanini
1988
5.9
🎬
Gentlemen and Players
as Sammy
1988
5.0
Journey's End
as Captain Hardy
1988
7.0
Cause Célèbre
as P.P. Croom Johnson
1987
5.2
Pack of Lies
as Ellis
1987
6.6
Inspector Morse
as Dr Bartlett
1987
7.8
First Among Equals
as Alec Pimkin
1986
0.0
All Together Now
as James
1986
0.0
A Very Peculiar Practice
as Professor Piers Platt
1986
8.0
What Mad Pursuit
as Bonwit Steinhauser
1985
0.0
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as St. John Court
1985
6.8
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
as Professor Jobel
1985
9.2
The Pickwick Papers
as Mr. Tupman
1985
6.3
A Passage to India
as Major Callendar
1984
6.8
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
as Lord Cerimon
1984
7.0
Memed My Hawk
as Magistrate
1984
5.0
Martin Luther, Heretic
as Johann Tetzel
1983
0.0
The Barchester Chronicles
as Dr Proudie
1982
7.0
Praying Mantis
as Dr. Faure
1982
5.0
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
5.0
The Potsdam Quartet
as Aaron Green
1981
0.0
Excalibur
as Ector
1981
7.0
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
as Hastie Lanyon
1980
6.0
An Ordered Life
as Director of Austrian State Radio
1980
0.0
🎬
The Nesbitts Are Coming
1980
0.0
The Gentle Touch
1980
6.9
Henry IV Part 1
as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
1979
7.0
Home-Movies
as Alec Thorne
1979
0.0
Tales of the Unexpected
as Latham
1979
6.7
The Sailor's Return
as Reverend Pottock
1978
6.0
Bless Me Father
as Fred Dobie
1978
6.2
Foreign Affairs
as Adamson
1978
0.0
The Kitchen
as Frank
1977
0.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Frank
1977
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Adamson
1977
7.0
Beasts: The Dummy
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
1976
4.0
Buffet
as Air steward
1976
0.0
Beasts
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
1976
7.0
Beloved
as William Hepworth-Dixon
1976
0.0
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Lawrence
1976
5.0
🎬
Victorian Scandals
as William Hepworth-Dixon
1976
0.0
Clayhanger
as Albert Benbow
1976
5.0
Shadows
as Devine
1975
5.7
Goodbye
as Savory
1975
10.0
The Breakthrough
as Robbie
1975
0.0
South Riding
1974
0.0
South Riding
as Alfred E. Huggins
1974
0.0
Playhouse
as Robbie
1974
7.0
Playhouse
as Alec Thorne
1974
7.0
Playhouse
as Director of Austrian State Radio
1974
7.0
Playhouse
as Aaron Green
1974
7.0
The National Health
as Ash
1973
6.8
Man at the Top
as Massey
1973
4.8
A Warning to the Curious
as Dr. Black
1972
6.9
Dead of Night
as Dan
1972
7.6
The Exorcism
as Dan
1972
10.0
Death Line
as Inspector Richardson
1972
5.8
The Frighteners
as Machen
1972
8.5
Frenzy
as Johnny Porter
1972
7.1
A Ghost Story for Christmas
as Dr. Black
1971
7.4
The Stalls of Barchester
as Dr. Black
1971
6.2
Roll On Four O'Clock
as Max Fielder
1970
6.0
🎬
Waugh on Crime
1970
0.0
Play for Today
as Savory
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Air Steward
1970
6.3
The Misfit
as Gerald
1970
0.0
Mad Jack
1970
0.0
Dombey and Son
as Major Bagstock
1969
0.0
🎬
Birthday
1969
0.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Snug
1968
6.0
The Expert
as Graham Richards
1968
10.0
🎬
All's Well That Ends Well
as Parolles
1968
0.0
Catch Us If You Can
as Duffie
1965
5.2
Theatre 625
1964
7.2
Doctor Who
as Jobel
1963
7.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ellis
1951
8.6