Clive Swift
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
2015
as Edward Whiteley
SunTrap
2015
as Colin
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
as Self
Cuckoo
2012
as Dr. Rafferty
The Old Guys
2009
as Roy
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007
as Mr. Copper
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Self
Hustle
2004
as Yusef
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003
as Additional Voices (voice)
Young Arthur
2002
as Illtud
Born and Bred
2002
as Rev. Eustacius Brewer
Aristocrats
1999
as King George II
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
1997
as Richard
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Felix Hope
Peak Practice
1993
as Norman Shorthose
Heartbeat
1992
as Victor Kellerman
The War That Never Ends
1991
as Athenagoras
Othello
1990
as Brabantio / Gratiano
Keeping Up Appearances
1990
as Richard Bucket
Young Toscanini
1988
Journey's End
1988
as Captain Hardy
Gentlemen and Players
1988
as Sammy
Cause Célèbre
1987
as P.P. Croom Johnson
Pack of Lies
1987
as Ellis
Inspector Morse
1987
as Dr Bartlett
All Together Now
1986
as James
First Among Equals
1986
as Alec Pimkin
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Professor Piers Platt
ScreenPlay
1986
as James
What Mad Pursuit
1985
as Bonwit Steinhauser
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985
as Professor Jobel
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as St. John Court
The Pickwick Papers
1985
as Mr. Tupman
Black Silk
1985
as Oliver Hollingsworth
A Passage to India
1984
as Major Callendar
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984
as Lord Cerimon
Memed My Hawk
1984
as Magistrate
Martin Luther, Heretic
1983
as Johann Tetzel
Storyboard
1983
as Hewes
Praying Mantis
1982
as Dr. Faure
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Dr Proudie
Excalibur
1981
as Ector
The Potsdam Quartet
1981
as Aaron Green
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980
as Hastie Lanyon
An Ordered Life
1980
as Director of Austrian State Radio
The Nesbitts Are Coming
1980
Cribb
1980
as Dr Probert
Henry IV Part 1
1979
as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Home-Movies
1979
as Alec Thorne
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Latham
The Sailor's Return
1978
as Reverend Pottock
Foreign Affairs
1978
as Adamson
Bless Me Father
1978
as Fred Dobie
Send in the Girls
1978
as Mr Fenton
The Kitchen
1977
as Frank
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Frank
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Adamson
Romeo and Juliet
1976
as Friar Lawrence
Beasts: The Dummy
1976
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
Buffet
1976
as Air steward
Beloved
1976
as William Hepworth-Dixon
Beasts
1976
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
Clayhanger
1976
as Albert Benbow
Victorian Scandals
1976
as William Hepworth-Dixon
The Breakthrough
1975
as Robbie
Goodbye
1975
as Savory
Shadows
1975
as Devine
South Riding
1974
Playhouse
1974
as Robbie
Playhouse
1974
as Alec Thorne
Playhouse
1974
as Director of Austrian State Radio
Playhouse
1974
as Aaron Green
South Riding
1974
as Alfred E. Huggins
The National Health
1973
as Ash
Man at the Top
1973
as Massey
Frenzy
1972
as Johnny Porter
Death Line
1972
as Inspector Richardson
A Warning to the Curious
1972
as Dr. Black
The Exorcism
1972
as Dan
Dead of Night
1972
as Dan
Villains
1972
as Mr Clough
The Frighteners
1972
as Machen
The Stalls of Barchester
1971
as Dr. Black
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Dr. Black
Mad Jack
1970
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970
as Max Fielder
Waugh on Crime
1970
Play for Today
1970
as Air Steward
Play for Today
1970
as Savory
The Misfit
1970
as Gerald
Birthday
1969
Dombey and Son
1969
as Major Bagstock
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Max Fielder
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Snug
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Parolles
The Expert
1968
as Graham Richards
Catch Us If You Can
1965
as Duffie
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Inspector Waugh
Knock on Any Door
1965
as Arkwright
Theatre 625
1964
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Neil
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Adjutant
Doctor Who
1963
as Jobel
Dig This Rhubarb
1963
Armchair Theatre
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Ellis