
Clive Swift
Acting
Born: 1936-02-09 Β· Liverpool, England, UK
Died: 2019-02-01
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.
π¬ Movies (20)

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
Self (archive footage)

Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
Self

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007
Mr. Copper
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
Self

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003
Additional Voices (voice)
Young Arthur
2002
Illtud

Aristocrats
1999
King George II

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
1997
Richard

The War That Never Ends
1991
Athenagoras

Othello
1990
Brabantio / Gratiano

Young Toscanini
1988

Journey's End
1988
Captain Hardy

Cause Célèbre
1987
P.P. Croom Johnson

Pack of Lies
1987
Ellis

All Together Now
1986
James

What Mad Pursuit
1985
Bonwit Steinhauser

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985
Professor Jobel

A Passage to India
1984
Major Callendar

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984
Lord Cerimon

Memed My Hawk
1984
Magistrate
πΊ TV Shows (20)

Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
2015
Edward Whiteley

SunTrap
2015
Colin

Cuckoo
2012
Dr. Rafferty

The Old Guys
2009
Roy
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Self

Hustle
2004
Yusef

Born and Bred
2002
Rev. Eustacius Brewer

Midsomer Murders
1997
Felix Hope

Peak Practice
1993
Norman Shorthose

Heartbeat
1992
Victor Kellerman

Keeping Up Appearances
1990
Richard Bucket
Gentlemen and Players
1988
Sammy

Inspector Morse
1987
Dr Bartlett

First Among Equals
1986
Alec Pimkin

ScreenPlay
1986
James

A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
Professor Piers Platt

The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
St. John Court

The Pickwick Papers
1985
Mr. Tupman

The Barchester Chronicles
1982
Dr Proudie

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981