Clive Swift
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-02-09
Day of Death
2019-02-01 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
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
Acting
(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)
(1988)
Journey's End
as Captain Hardy
(1987)
Cause Célèbre
as P.P. Croom Johnson
(1987)
Pack of Lies
as Ellis
(1986)
All Together Now
as James
(1985)
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
as Professor Jobel
(1985)
What Mad Pursuit
as Bonwit Steinhauser
(1985)
The Pickwick Papers
as Mr. Tupman
(1984)
A Passage to India
as Major Callendar
(1984)
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
as Lord Cerimon
(1984)
Memed My Hawk
as Magistrate
(1983)
Martin Luther, Heretic
as Johann Tetzel
(1982)
Praying Mantis
as Dr. Faure
(1981)
Excalibur
as Ector
(1981)
The Potsdam Quartet
as Aaron Green
(1980)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
as Hastie Lanyon
(1980)
An Ordered Life
as Director of Austrian State Radio
(1979)
Henry IV Part 1
as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
(1979)
Home-Movies
as Alec Thorne
(1978)
The Sailor's Return
as Reverend Pottock
(1978)
Foreign Affairs
as Adamson
(1977)
The Kitchen
as Frank
(1976)
Buffet
as Air steward
(1976)
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Lawrence
(1976)
Beasts: The Dummy
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
(1976)
Beloved
as William Hepworth-Dixon
(1975)
Goodbye
as Savory
(1975)
The Breakthrough
as Robbie
(1974)
(1973)
(1973)
Man at the Top
as Massey
(1972)
Frenzy
as Johnny Porter
(1972)
A Warning to the Curious
as Dr. Black
(1972)
Death Line
as Inspector Richardson
(1972)
(1971)
The Stalls of Barchester
as Dr. Black
(1970)
Roll On Four O'Clock
as Max Fielder
(1970)
(1969)
(1968)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Snug
(1968)
All's Well That Ends Well
as Parolles
(1965)
Catch Us If You Can
as Duffie