Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
February 9, 1936
Died
February 1, 2019
Age
82
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Popularity
1.4
Clive Swift
Acting
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.
Also known as
Clive Walter Swift
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Known For
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV
6.6
Play for Today
1970 · TV
7.9
Doctor Who
1963 · TV
7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · TV
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · TV
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964 · TV
6.5
Peak Practice
1993 · TV
7.2
Heartbeat
1992 · TV
7.7
Hustle
2004 · TV
4.5
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · TV
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV
7.9
Inspector Morse
1987 · TV
Filmography
2023
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.3
2015
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
TV · Edward Whiteley
10.0
2015
SunTrap
TV · Colin
5.9
2013
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
Movie · Self
0.0
2012
Cuckoo
TV · Dr. Rafferty
6.7
2009
The Old Guys
TV · Roy
6.5
2007
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
Movie · Mr. Copper
7.6
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV · Self
4.5
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie · Self
6.5
2004
Hustle
TV · Yusef
7.7
2003
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
Movie · Additional Voices (voice)
6.0
2002
Young Arthur
Movie · Illtud
8.0
2002
Born and Bred
TV · Rev. Eustacius Brewer
9.0
1999
Aristocrats
Movie · King George II
6.0
1997
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
Movie · Richard
9.5
1997
Midsomer Murders
TV · Felix Hope
7.5
1993
Peak Practice
TV · Norman Shorthose
6.5
1992
Heartbeat
TV · Victor Kellerman
7.2
1991
The War That Never Ends
Movie · Athenagoras
5.0
1990
Keeping Up Appearances
TV · Richard Bucket
7.7
1990
Othello
Movie · Brabantio / Gratiano
7.3
1988
Young Toscanini
Movie
6.7
1988
Gentlemen and Players
TV · Sammy
6.5
1988
Journey's End
Movie · Captain Hardy
8.0