Acting

Clive Swift

Born 1936-02-09 · Liverpool, England, UK

Died 2019-02-01

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.

Credits

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Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
as Edward Whiteley
2015
SunTrap
as Colin
2015
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self
2013
Cuckoo
as Dr. Rafferty
2012
The Old Guys
as Roy
2009
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as Mr. Copper
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Self
2005
Hustle
as Yusef
2004
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
as Additional Voices (voice)
2003
Young Arthur
as Illtud
2002
Born and Bred
as Rev. Eustacius Brewer
2002
Aristocrats
as King George II
1999
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
as Richard
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Felix Hope
1997
Peak Practice
as Norman Shorthose
1993
Heartbeat
as Victor Kellerman
1992
The War That Never Ends
as Athenagoras
1991
Keeping Up Appearances
as Richard Bucket
1990
Othello
as Brabantio / Gratiano
1990
Young Toscanini
1988
Gentlemen and Players
as Sammy
1988
Journey's End
as Captain Hardy
1988
Cause Célèbre
as P.P. Croom Johnson
1987
Pack of Lies
as Ellis
1987
Inspector Morse
as Dr Bartlett
1987
First Among Equals
as Alec Pimkin
1986
All Together Now
as James
1986
ScreenPlay
as James
1986
A Very Peculiar Practice
as Professor Piers Platt
1986
Boon
as Charles Hasting
1986
What Mad Pursuit
as Bonwit Steinhauser
1985
Black Silk
as Oliver Hollingsworth
1985
Theatre Night
as Brabantio
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as St. John Court
1985
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
as Professor Jobel
1985
The Pickwick Papers
as Mr. Tupman
1985
A Passage to India
as Major Callendar
1984
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
as Lord Cerimon
1984
Memed My Hawk
as Magistrate
1984
Martin Luther, Heretic
as Johann Tetzel
1983
Storyboard
as Hewes
1983
The Barchester Chronicles
as Dr Proudie
1982
Praying Mantis
as Dr. Faure
1982
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
The Potsdam Quartet
as Aaron Green
1981
Excalibur
as Ector
1981
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
as Hastie Lanyon
1980
An Ordered Life
as Director of Austrian State Radio
1980
The Nesbitts Are Coming
1980
Cribb
as Dr Probert
1980
Henry IV Part 1
as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
1979
Home-Movies
as Alec Thorne
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as Latham
1979
The Sailor's Return
as Reverend Pottock
1978
Bless Me Father
as Fred Dobie
1978
Send in the Girls
as Mr Fenton
1978
Foreign Affairs
as Adamson
1978
The Kitchen
as Frank
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Frank
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Adamson
1977
Beasts: The Dummy
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
1976
Buffet
as Air steward
1976
Beasts
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
1976
Beloved
as William Hepworth-Dixon
1976
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Lawrence
1976
Victorian Scandals
as William Hepworth-Dixon
1976
Clayhanger
as Albert Benbow
1976
Shadows
as Devine
1975
Goodbye
as Savory
1975
The Breakthrough
as Robbie
1975
South Riding
1974
South Riding
as Alfred E. Huggins
1974
Playhouse
as Robbie
1974
Playhouse
as Alec Thorne
1974
Playhouse
as Director of Austrian State Radio
1974
Playhouse
as Aaron Green
1974
The National Health
as Ash
1973
Man at the Top
as Massey
1973