Acting
Clive Swift
EN, IT cinema · 50 credits
Born
9 February 1936
Died
1 February 2019 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Liverpool, England, UK
Also known as Clive Walter Swift
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
Filmography
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as Mr. Copper
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
as Additional Voices (voice)
The War That Never Ends
as Athenagoras
Othello
as Brabantio / Gratiano
Journey's End
as Captain Hardy
Cause Célèbre
as P.P. Croom Johnson
Pack of Lies
as Ellis
Praying Mantis
as Dr. Faure
What Mad Pursuit
as Bonwit Steinhauser
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
as Professor Jobel
A Passage to India
as Major Callendar
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
as Lord Cerimon
Memed My Hawk
as Magistrate
Martin Luther, Heretic
as Johann Tetzel
Excalibur
as Ector
The Potsdam Quartet
as Aaron Green
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
as Hastie Lanyon
An Ordered Life
as Director of Austrian State Radio
Henry IV Part 1
as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Home-Movies
as Alec Thorne
The Sailor's Return
as Reverend Pottock
Foreign Affairs
as Adamson
The Kitchen
as Frank
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Lawrence
Beasts: The Dummy
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
Buffet
as Air steward
Beloved
as William Hepworth-Dixon
The Breakthrough
as Robbie
Goodbye
as Savory
Man at the Top
as Massey
Frenzy
as Johnny Porter
Death Line
as Inspector Richardson
A Warning to the Curious
as Dr. Black
The Stalls of Barchester
as Dr. Black
Mad Jack
Actor
Roll On Four O'Clock
as Max Fielder
Catch Us If You Can
as Duffie