Clive Swift

Actor Feb 9 (died age 82) Liverpool, England, UK 1951–2023 (72 year career)

6.7 avg rating

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

Film

Excalibur

Ector

Film

Frenzy

Johnny Porter

Film

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

Additional Voices (voice)

Film

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

Mr. Copper

Film

A Passage to India

Major Callendar

Film

Keeping Up Appearances

Richard Bucket

Film

Death Line

Inspector Richardson

Film

A Warning to the Curious

Dr. Black

Filmography

Acting (95)

Movies (51)

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances

2023

as Self (archive footage)

7.3

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

2013

as Self

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

2007

as Mr. Copper

7.6

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

2005

as Self

6.0

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

2003

as Additional Voices (voice)

6.0

Young Arthur

2002

as Illtud

Aristocrats

1999

as King George II

6.0

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

1997

as Richard

9.0

The War That Never Ends

1991

as Athenagoras

1.0

Othello

1990

as Brabantio / Gratiano

Journey's End

as Captain Hardy

Young Toscanini

Pack of Lies

as Ellis

Cause Célèbre

as P.P. Croom Johnson

5.2

All Together Now

1986

as James

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

1985

as Professor Jobel

8.7

What Mad Pursuit

1985

as Bonwit Steinhauser

A Passage to India

as Major Callendar

Memed My Hawk

as Magistrate

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

1984

as Lord Cerimon

7.0

Martin Luther, Heretic

1983

as Johann Tetzel

Praying Mantis

as Dr. Faure

Excalibur

as Ector

The Potsdam Quartet

as Aaron Green

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

1980

as Hastie Lanyon

6.0

An Ordered Life

1980

as Director of Austrian State Radio

Home-Movies

1979

as Alec Thorne

Henry IV Part 1

1979

as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester

7.0

Foreign Affairs

1978

as Adamson

The Sailor's Return

1978

as Reverend Pottock

6.0

The Kitchen

1977

as Frank

Buffet

1976

as Air steward

Beloved

1976

as William Hepworth-Dixon

Romeo and Juliet

as Friar Lawrence

Beasts: The Dummy

as 'Bunny' Nettleton

The Breakthrough

as Robbie

Goodbye

as Savory

South Riding

Man at the Top

as Massey

The National Health

as Ash

Frenzy

as Johnny Porter

Death Line

as Inspector Richardson

5.8

The Exorcism

1972

as Dan

10.0

A Warning to the Curious

1972

as Dr. Black

6.9

The Stalls of Barchester

as Dr. Black

Roll On Four O'Clock

as Max Fielder

Mad Jack

Birthday

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1968

as Snug

6.0

All's Well That Ends Well

1968

as Parolles

Catch Us If You Can

1965

as Duffie

5.2

Television (44)

Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

as Edward Whiteley

Cuckoo

as Dr. Rafferty

The Old Guys

as Roy

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

Doctor Who

as Mr Copper

Hustle

as Yusef

Born and Bred

as Rev. Eustacius Brewer

8.5

Born and Bred

2002

as Rev. Eustacius Brewer

Midsomer Murders

as Felix Hope

Peak Practice

as Norman Shorthose

Heartbeat

as Victor Kellerman

Keeping Up Appearances

1990

as Richard Bucket

7.7

Gentlemen and Players

as Sammy

Inspector Morse

as Dr Bartlett

A Very Peculiar Practice

1986

as Professor Piers Platt

8.0

First Among Equals

1986

as Alec Pimkin

The Ray Bradbury Theater

as St. John Court

The Pickwick Papers

as Mr. Tupman

The Barchester Chronicles

1982

as Dr Proudie

7.0

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

The Gentle Touch

Cribb

as Dr Probert

The Nesbitts Are Coming

1980

Tales of the Unexpected

as Latham

Bless Me Father

as Fred Dobie

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Frank

7.0

Victorian Scandals

1976

as William Hepworth-Dixon

Beasts

as 'Bunny' Nettleton

Clayhanger

as Albert Benbow

Shadows

as Devine

Playhouse

as Robbie

South Riding

as Alfred E. Huggins

The Frighteners

as Machen

Dead of Night

as Dan

A Ghost Story for Christmas

as Dr. Black

Play for Today

as Savory

Waugh on Crime

The Misfit

as Gerald

Dombey and Son

1969

as Major Bagstock

The Expert

as Graham Richards

Theatre 625

Doctor Who

as Jobel

Armchair Theatre

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Ellis

8.6