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.
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Acting History
2023
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances as Self (archive footage)
2015Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family as Edward Whiteley
2013Excalibur: Behind the Movie as Self
2012Cuckoo as Dr. Rafferty
2009The Old Guys as Roy
2007Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned as Mr. Copper
2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
2004Hustle as Yusef
2003101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure as Additional Voices (voice)
2002Young Arthur as Illtud
2002Born and Bred as Rev. Eustacius Brewer
1999Aristocrats as King George II
1997The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket as Richard
1997Midsomer Murders as Felix Hope
1993Peak Practice as Norman Shorthose
1992Heartbeat as Victor Kellerman
1991The War That Never Ends as Athenagoras
1990Keeping Up Appearances as Richard Bucket
1990Othello as Brabantio / Gratiano
1988Young Toscanini
1988Gentlemen and Players as Sammy
1988Journey's End as Captain Hardy
1987Cause Célèbre as P.P. Croom Johnson
1987Pack of Lies as Ellis
1987Inspector Morse as Dr Bartlett
1986First Among Equals as Alec Pimkin
1986All Together Now as James
1986A Very Peculiar Practice as Professor Piers Platt
1985What Mad Pursuit as Bonwit Steinhauser
1985The Ray Bradbury Theater as St. John Court
1985Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks as Professor Jobel
1985The Pickwick Papers as Mr. Tupman
1984A Passage to India as Major Callendar
1984Pericles, Prince of Tyre as Lord Cerimon
1984Memed My Hawk as Magistrate
1983Martin Luther, Heretic as Johann Tetzel
1982The Barchester Chronicles as Dr. Proudie
1982Praying Mantis as Dr. Faure
1981Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981The Potsdam Quartet as Aaron Green
1981Excalibur as Ector
1980Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde as Hastie Lanyon
1980An Ordered Life as Director of Austrian State Radio
1980The Nesbitts Are Coming
1980The Gentle Touch
1979Henry IV Part 1 as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
1979Home-Movies as Alec Thorne
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Latham
1978The Sailor's Return as Reverend Pottock
1978Bless Me Father as Fred Dobie
1978Foreign Affairs as Adamson
1977The Kitchen as Frank
1977BBC2 Play of the Week as Frank
1977BBC2 Play of the Week as Adamson
1976Beasts: The Dummy as 'Bunny' Nettleton
1976Buffet as Air steward
1976Beasts as 'Bunny' Nettleton
1976Beloved as William Hepworth-Dixon
1976Romeo and Juliet as Friar Lawrence
1976Victorian Scandals as William Hepworth-Dixon
1976Clayhanger as Albert Benbow
1975Shadows as Devine
1975Goodbye as Savory
1975The Breakthrough as Robbie
1974South Riding
1974South Riding as Alfred E. Huggins
1974Playhouse as Robbie
1974Playhouse as Alec Thorne
1974Playhouse as Director of Austrian State Radio
1974Playhouse as Aaron Green
1973The National Health as Ash
1973Man at the Top as Massey
1972A Warning to the Curious as Dr. Black
1972Dead of Night as Dan
1972The Exorcism as Dan
1972Death Line as Inspector Richardson
1972The Frighteners as Machen
1972Frenzy as Johnny Porter
1971A Ghost Story for Christmas as Dr. Black
1971The Stalls of Barchester as Dr. Black
1970Roll On Four O'Clock as Max Fielder
1970Waugh on Crime
1970Play for Today as Air Steward
1970Play for Today as Savory
1970The Misfit as Gerald
1970Mad Jack
1969Dombey and Son as Major Bagstock
1969Birthday
1968A Midsummer Night's Dream as Snug
1968The Expert as Graham Richards
1968All's Well That Ends Well as Parolles
1965Catch Us If You Can as Duffie
1964Theatre 625
1963Doctor Who as Jobel
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Ellis