Clive Swift

Clive Swift

Acting

Birthday

1936/02/09

Day of death

2019/02/01 (83 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Liverpool, England, UK

Also know as

Clive Walter 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.

Acting
Frenzy
7.1

(1972) Frenzy

as Johnny Porter

Death Line
5.8

(1972) Death Line

as Inspector Richardson

Romeo and Juliet
5.0

(1976) Romeo and Juliet

as Friar Lawrence

The Sailor's Return
6.0

(1978) The Sailor's Return

as Reverend Pottock

Beasts: The Dummy
0.0

(1976) Beasts: The Dummy

as 'Bunny' Nettleton

Cause Célèbre
6.0

(1987) Cause Célèbre

as P.P. Croom Johnson

Il giovane Toscanini
5.9

(1988) Young Toscanini

as ---

A Midsummer Night's Dream
5.4

(1968) A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Snug

Henry IV Part 1
7.0

(1979) Henry IV Part 1

as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester

Othello
7.0

(1990) Othello

as Brabantio / Gratiano

0.0

(1969) Birthday

as ---

The Stalls of Barchester
6.2

(1971) The Stalls of Barchester

as Dr. Black

Catch Us If You Can
5.2

(1965) Catch Us If You Can

as Duffie

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
6.0

(1980) Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

as Hastie Lanyon

A Warning to the Curious
6.9

(1972) A Warning to the Curious

as Dr. Black

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
6.0

(2003) 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

as Additional Voices (voice)

All Together Now
0.0

(1986) All Together Now

as James

Dead of Night: The Exorcism
7.5

(1972) Dead of Night: The Exorcism

as Dan

Mad Jack
0.0

(1970) Mad Jack

as ---

The Kitchen
0.0

(1977) The Kitchen

as Frank

Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
7.0

(2023) Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances

as Self (archive footage)

South Riding
0.0

(1974) South Riding

as ---

The War That Never Ends
0.0

(1991) The War That Never Ends

as Athenagoras

The National Health
6.9

(1973) The National Health

as ---

0.0

(1968) All's Well That Ends Well

as Parolles

Young Arthur
0.0

(2002) Young Arthur

as Illtud

Man at the Top
5.1

(1973) Man at the Top

as Massey

Praying Mantis
5.0

(1982) Praying Mantis

as Dr. Faure

Excalibur
6.9

(1981) Excalibur

as Ector

The Breakthrough
0.0

(1975) The Breakthrough

as Robbie

Pack of Lies
6.6

(1987) Pack of Lies

as Ellis

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
9.0

(1997) The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

as Richard

Journey's End
7.0

(1988) Journey's End

as Captain Hardy

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
7.5

(2007) Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

as Mr. Copper

A Passage to India
6.8

(1984) A Passage to India

as Major Callendar

The Pickwick Papers
0.0

(1985) The Pickwick Papers

as Mr. Tupman

Roll On Four O'Clock
6.0

(1970) Roll On Four O'Clock

as Max Fielder

What Mad Pursuit
0.0

(1985) What Mad Pursuit

as Bonwit Steinhauser

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
7.0

(1984) Pericles, Prince of Tyre

as Lord Cerimon

Aristocrats
6.0

(1999) Aristocrats

as King George II

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
9.2

(1985) Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

as Professor Jobel

Goodbye
10.0

(1975) Goodbye

as Savory

Buffet
0.0

(1976) Buffet

as Air steward

Excalibur: Behind the Movie
0.0

(2013) Excalibur: Behind the Movie

as Self

Martin Luther, Heretic
0.0

(1983) Martin Luther, Heretic

as Johann Tetzel

An Ordered Life
0.0

(1980) An Ordered Life

as Director of Austrian State Radio

Home-Movies
0.0

(1979) Home-Movies

as Alec Thorne

The Potsdam Quartet
0.0

(1981) The Potsdam Quartet

as Aaron Green

Foreign Affairs
0.0

(1978) Foreign Affairs

as Adamson

Beloved
0.0

(1976) Beloved

as William Hepworth-Dixon

Keeping Up Appearances
7.6

(1990) Keeping Up Appearances

as Richard Bucket

Doctor Who
7.9

(1963) Doctor Who

as Jobel

A Very Peculiar Practice
8.0

(1986) A Very Peculiar Practice

as ---

The Gentle Touch
6.9

(1980) The Gentle Touch

as ---

Tales of the Unexpected
6.7

(1979) Tales of the Unexpected

as Latham

Heartbeat
7.0

(1992) Heartbeat

as Victor Kellerman

Inspector Morse
7.8

(1987) Inspector Morse

as Dr Bartlett

The Ray Bradbury Theater
6.9

(1985) The Ray Bradbury Theater

as St. John Court

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Ellis

Beasts
6.8

(1976) Beasts

as 'Bunny' Nettleton

Hazell
5.3

(1978) Hazell

as ---

5.0

(1988) Gentlemen and Players

as Sammy

Born and Bred
8.5

(2002) Born and Bred

as Reverend Brewer

The Expert
9.5

(1968) The Expert

as Graham Richards

3.7

(2007) The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

Dead of Night
7.6

(1972) Dead of Night

as Dan

The Old Guys
6.5

(2009) The Old Guys

as Roy

First Among Equals
0.0

(1986) First Among Equals

as Alec Pimkin

Cuckoo
6.7

(2012) Cuckoo

as Dr. Rafferty

The BBC Television Shakespeare
5.2

(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare

as ---

0.0

(1970) Waugh on Crime

as ---

0.0

(1976) Victorian Scandals

as William Hepworth-Dixon

Playhouse
7.0

(1974) Playhouse

as ---

0.0

(1980) The Nesbitts Are Coming

as ---

The Pickwick Papers
5.5

(1985) The Pickwick Papers

as Mr. Tupman

Peak Practice
6.1

(1993) Peak Practice

as Norman Shorthose

Bless Me Father
6.2

(1978) Bless Me Father

as Fred Dobie

Shadows
5.7

(1975) Shadows

as ---

Hustle
7.6

(2004) Hustle

as Yusef

A Ghost Story for Christmas
7.4

(1971) A Ghost Story for Christmas

as Dr. Black

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
5.0

(1981) Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

as ---

Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
10.0

(2015) Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

as Edward Whiteley

The Barchester Chronicles
7.0

(1982) The Barchester Chronicles

as Dr. Proudie

Midsomer Murders
7.5

(1997) Midsomer Murders

as Felix Hope

Dombey and Son
0.0

(1969) Dombey and Son

as Major Bagstock

Doctor Who
7.5

(2005) Doctor Who

as Mr Copper

Play for Today
6.1

(1970) Play for Today

as Air Steward

Play for Today
6.1

(1970) Play for Today

as Savory

The Frighteners
8.5

(1972) The Frighteners

as Machen