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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-02-09 (89 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)

2015

2013

2012

Cuckoo as Dr. Rafferty

2009

2007

2005

Doctor Who as Mr Copper

2004

Hustle as Yusef

2003

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure as Additional Voices (voice)

2002

Young Arthur as Illtud
Born and Bred as Reverend Brewer

1999

Aristocrats as King George II

1997

Midsomer Murders as Felix Hope

1993

Peak Practice as Norman Shorthose

1992

Heartbeat as Victor Kellerman

1991

1990

Othello as Brabantio / Gratiano
Keeping Up Appearances as Richard Bucket

1988

Journey's End as Captain Hardy

1987

Cause Célèbre as P.P. Croom Johnson
Pack of Lies as Ellis
Inspector Morse as Dr Bartlett

1986

First Among Equals as Alec Pimkin

1985

The Pickwick Papers as Mr. Tupman
What Mad Pursuit as Bonwit Steinhauser
The Ray Bradbury Theater as St. John Court
The Pickwick Papers as Mr. Tupman

1984

A Passage to India as Major Callendar
Pericles, Prince of Tyre as Lord Cerimon
Memed My Hawk as Magistrate

1983

Martin Luther, Heretic as Johann Tetzel

1982

Praying Mantis as Dr. Faure

1981

Excalibur as Ector
The Potsdam Quartet as Aaron Green

1980

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as Hastie Lanyon
An Ordered Life as Director of Austrian State Radio

1979

Henry IV Part 1 as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Home-Movies as Alec Thorne

1978

The Sailor's Return as Reverend Pottock
Foreign Affairs as Adamson
Bless Me Father as Fred Dobie

1977

The Kitchen as Frank

1976

Romeo and Juliet as Friar Lawrence
Beasts: The Dummy as 'Bunny' Nettleton
Buffet as Air steward
Beloved as William Hepworth-Dixon
Beasts as 'Bunny' Nettleton
Victorian Scandals as William Hepworth-Dixon

1975

Goodbye as Savory

1974

1973

Man at the Top as Massey

1972

Frenzy as Johnny Porter
Death Line as Inspector Richardson
The Frighteners as Machen

1971

1970

Roll On Four O'Clock as Max Fielder
Play for Today as Savory
Play for Today as Air Steward

1969

Dombey and Son as Major Bagstock

1968

The Expert as Graham Richards

1965

1963

Doctor Who as Jobel

1951