Clive Swift
Known for Acting · 102 credits
- Born
- 1936-02-09
- Died
- 2019-02-01
- Place of birth
- Liverpool, England, UK
- Also known 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.
Known For
TV Shows (51)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Felix Hope
Play for Today
1970
as Savory / Air Steward
Doctor Who
1963
as Jobel
Heartbeat
1992
as Victor Kellerman
Peak Practice
1993
as Norman Shorthose
Playhouse
1974
as Robbie / Alec Thorne / Director of Austrian State Radio / Aaron Green
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Neil / Adjutant
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Latham
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Frank / Adamson
Theatre 625
1964
Hustle
2004
as Yusef
Inspector Morse
1987
as Dr Bartlett
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Inspector Waugh
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as St. John Court
Cuckoo
2012
as Dr. Rafferty
The Expert
1968
as Graham Richards
ScreenPlay
1986
as James
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Max Fielder
Keeping Up Appearances
1990
as Richard Bucket
Born and Bred
2002
as Rev. Eustacius Brewer
Clayhanger
1976
as Albert Benbow
Cribb
1980
as Dr Probert
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Dr. Black
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Ellis
Shadows
1975
as Devine
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Professor Piers Platt
Beasts
1976
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
Victorian Scandals
1976
as William Hepworth-Dixon
The Misfit
1970
as Gerald
The Frighteners
1972
as Machen
Villains
1972
as Mr Clough
South Riding
1974
as Alfred E. Huggins
Storyboard
1983
as Hewes
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
2015
as Edward Whiteley
Armchair Theatre
1956
First Among Equals
1986
as Alec Pimkin
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Dr Proudie
The Old Guys
2009
as Roy
Dead of Night
1972
as Dan
The Pickwick Papers
1985
as Mr. Tupman
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
Bless Me Father
1978
as Fred Dobie
Black Silk
1985
as Oliver Hollingsworth
Gentlemen and Players
1988
as Sammy
Send in the Girls
1978
as Mr. Fenton
SunTrap
2015
as Colin
Waugh on Crime
1970
Dig This Rhubarb
1963
Dombey and Son
1969
as Major Bagstock
The Nesbitts Are Coming
1980
Movies (51)
Excalibur
1981
as Ector
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003
as Additional Voices (voice)
Frenzy
1972
as Johnny Porter
A Passage to India
1984
as Major Callendar
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980
as Hastie Lanyon
Death Line
1972
as Inspector Richardson
Beloved
1976
as William Hepworth-Dixon
The National Health
1973
as Ash
The Exorcism
1972
as Dan
Home-Movies
1979
as Alec Thorne
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007
as Mr. Copper
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Self
Martin Luther, Heretic
1983
as Johann Tetzel
Memed My Hawk
1984
as Magistrate
Young Toscanini
1988
Goodbye
1975
as Savory
Romeo and Juliet
1976
as Friar Lawrence
What Mad Pursuit
1985
as Bonwit Steinhauser
Cause Célèbre
1987
as P.P. Croom Johnson
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985
as Professor Jobel
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Snug
Beasts: The Dummy
1976
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
Praying Mantis
1982
as Dr. Faure
Henry IV Part 1
1979
as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984
as Lord Cerimon
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
as Self
Pack of Lies
1987
as Ellis
Young Arthur
2002
as Illtud
The War That Never Ends
1991
as Athenagoras
The Sailor's Return
1978
as Reverend Pottock
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Catch Us If You Can
1965
as Duffie
Birthday
1969
South Riding
1974
Othello
1990
as Brabantio / Gratiano
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Parolles
A Warning to the Curious
1972
as Dr. Black
The Stalls of Barchester
1971
as Dr. Black
Journey's End
1988
as Captain Hardy
Man at the Top
1973
as Massey
The Potsdam Quartet
1981
as Aaron Green
The Kitchen
1977
as Frank
An Ordered Life
1980
as Director of Austrian State Radio
The Breakthrough
1975
as Robbie
Foreign Affairs
1978
as Adamson
Aristocrats
1999
as King George II
Buffet
1976
as Air steward
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
1997
as Richard
Mad Jack
1970
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970
as Max Fielder
All Together Now
1986
as James
About Clive Swift
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. With 102 credits spanning from 1951 to 2023, Clive Swift has appeared in 51 films and 51 TV shows.
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Most Popular Clive Swift Movies
- Excalibur (1981) — as Ector
- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) — as Additional Voices (voice)
- Frenzy (1972) — as Johnny Porter
- A Passage to India (1984) — as Major Callendar
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1980) — as Hastie Lanyon
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