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.
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Filmography
all 80
Movies 43
TV Shows 37
self 3
Voice 1
Director 1
Self (archive footage)
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances (2023)
Movie
Edward Whiteley
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family (2015)
TV
Himself
Excalibur: Behind the Movie (2013)
Movie
Dr. Rafferty
Cuckoo (2012)
TV
4
Roy
The Old Guys (2009)
TV
Mr. Copper
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)
Movie
Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
TV
Yusef
Hustle (2004)
TV
5.35
Additional Voices (voice)
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2002)
Movie
5.5
Reverend Brewer
Born and Bred (2002)
TV
King George II
Aristocrats (1999)
Movie
Richard
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket (1997)
Movie
Felix Hope
Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV
6
Norman Shorthose
Peak Practice (1993)
TV
Victor Kellerman
Heartbeat (1992)
TV
9
Richard
Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
TV
7.33
Brabantio / Gratiano
Othello (1990)
Movie
Young Toscanini (1988)
Movie
Sammy
Gentlemen and Players (1988)
TV
Captain Hardy
Journey's End (1988)
Movie
P.P. Croom Johnson
Cause célèbre (1987)
Movie
Ellis
Pack of Lies (1987)
Movie
Dr Bartlett
Inspector Morse (1987)
TV
4.83
Alec Pimkin
First Among Equals (1986)
TV
James
All Together Now (1986)
Movie
A Very Peculiar Practice (1986)
TV
Bonwit Steinhauser
What Mad Pursuit (1985)
Movie
St. John Court
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
TV
6
Professor Jobel
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks (1985)
Movie
Mr. Tupman
The Pickwick Papers (1985)
Movie
Mr. Tupman
The Pickwick Papers (1985)
TV
Major Callendar
A Passage to India (1984)
Movie
6
Lord Cerimon
Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1984)
Movie
Johann Tetzel
Martin Luther, Heretic (1983)
Movie
Dr. Proudie
The Barchester Chronicles (1982)
TV
Latham
Stranger in Town (1982)
Movie
Dr. Faure
Praying Mantis (1982)
Movie
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
TV
Sir Ector
Excalibur (1981)
Movie
1
Hastie Lanyon
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1980)
Movie
The Nesbitts Are Coming (1980)
TV
The Gentle Touch (1980)
TV
Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Henry IV Part 1 (1979)
Movie
Latham
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV
Reverend Pottock
The Sailor's Return (1978)
Movie
Fred Dobie
Bless Me Father (1978)
TV
Hazell (1978)
TV
'Bunny' Nettleton
Beasts: The Dummy (1976)
Movie
Air Steward
Buffet (1976)
Movie
'Bunny' Nettleton
Beasts (1976)
TV
Friar Lawrence
Romeo and Juliet (1976)
Movie
William Hepworth-Dixon
Victorian Scandals (1976)
TV
Shadows (1975)
TV
Savory
Goodbye (1975)
Movie
Robbie
The Breakthrough (1975)
Movie
Alfred E. Huggins
South Riding (1974)
Movie
Aaron Green / Alec Thorne / Director of Austrian State Radio
Playhouse (1974)
TV
The National Health (1973)
Movie
Massey
Man at the Top (1973)
Movie
Dr. Black
A Warning to the Curious (1972)
Movie
Dead of Night (1972)
TV
Dan
Dead of Night: The Exorcism (1972)
Movie
Inspector Richardson
Death Line (1972)
Movie
Johnny Porter
Frenzy (1972)
Movie
8
Dr. Black
The Stalls of Barchester (1971)
Movie
A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971)
TV
Max Fielder
Roll On Four O'Clock (1970)
Movie
Waugh on Crime (1970)
TV
Adjutant
Mad Jack (1970)
Movie
Major Bagstock
Dombey and Son (1969)
TV
Neil
Birthday (1969)
Movie
Snug
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
Movie
Graham Richards
The Expert (1968)
TV
Parolles
All's Well That Ends Well (1968)
Movie
Inspector Waugh
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
TV
Duffie
Catch Us If You Can (1965)
Movie
6
Jobel
Doctor Who (1963)
TV
5.28
Ellis
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Friar Lawrence
The English Programme
TV
Ratings
Average 6.07
Based on 335 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1951
1973
1981
1976
2023
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1936-02-09
Deathday2019-02-01 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceLiverpool, United Kingdom
RelationshipsMargaret Drabble (1960-06-01 - 1975-01-01)
ChildrenJoe Swift, Adam Swift
SiblingsDavid Swift
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsClive Walter Swift
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