Clive Swift

Known for: Acting

Born: 1936-02-09 – 2019-02-01 (aged 82)

From: Liverpool, England, UK

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.

Filmography (101)

MOVIE★ 7.3
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 10.0
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
2015
as Edward Whiteley
TV★ 5.9
SunTrap
2015
as Colin
MOVIE
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013
as Self
TV★ 6.7
Cuckoo
2012
as Dr. Rafferty
TV★ 6.5
The Old Guys
2009
as Roy
MOVIE★ 7.6
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007
as Mr. Copper
TV★ 4.5
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Self
TV★ 7.7
Hustle
2004
as Yusef
MOVIE★ 6.0
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003
as Additional Voices (voice)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Young Arthur
2002
as Illtud
TV★ 9.0
Born and Bred
2002
as Rev. Eustacius Brewer
MOVIE★ 6.0
Aristocrats
1999
as King George II
MOVIE★ 9.5
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
1997
as Richard
TV★ 7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Felix Hope
TV★ 6.5
Peak Practice
1993
as Norman Shorthose
TV★ 7.2
Heartbeat
1992
as Victor Kellerman
MOVIE★ 5.0
The War That Never Ends
1991
as Athenagoras
TV★ 7.7
Keeping Up Appearances
1990
as Richard Bucket
MOVIE★ 7.3
Othello
1990
as Brabantio / Gratiano
MOVIE★ 6.3
Young Toscanini
1988
TV★ 6.5
Gentlemen and Players
1988
as Sammy
MOVIE★ 8.0
Journey's End
1988
as Captain Hardy
MOVIE★ 5.6
Cause Célèbre
1987
as P.P. Croom Johnson
MOVIE★ 6.8
Pack of Lies
1987
as Ellis
TV★ 7.9
Inspector Morse
1987
as Dr Bartlett
TV★ 7.0
First Among Equals
1986
as Alec Pimkin
MOVIE
All Together Now
1986
as James
TV★ 6.0
ScreenPlay
1986
as James
TV★ 8.2
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Professor Piers Platt
MOVIE★ 10.0
What Mad Pursuit
1985
as Bonwit Steinhauser
TV★ 6.9
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as St. John Court
MOVIE★ 8.7
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985
as Professor Jobel
TV★ 7.3
The Pickwick Papers
1985
as Mr. Tupman
MOVIE★ 6.8
A Passage to India
1984
as Major Callendar
MOVIE★ 7.5
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984
as Lord Cerimon
MOVIE★ 6.0
Memed My Hawk
1984
as Magistrate
MOVIE★ 7.0
Martin Luther, Heretic
1983
as Johann Tetzel
TV★ 8.0
Storyboard
1983
as Hewes
TV★ 7.3
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Dr Proudie
MOVIE★ 6.0
Praying Mantis
1982
as Dr. Faure
TV★ 6.3
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
MOVIE
The Potsdam Quartet
1981
as Aaron Green
MOVIE★ 7.0
Excalibur
1981
as Ector
MOVIE★ 6.2
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980
as Hastie Lanyon
MOVIE
An Ordered Life
1980
as Director of Austrian State Radio
TV
The Nesbitts Are Coming
1980
TV★ 8.0
Cribb
1980
as Dr Probert
MOVIE★ 7.3
Henry IV Part 1
1979
as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
MOVIE
Home-Movies
1979
as Alec Thorne
TV★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Latham
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Sailor's Return
1978
as Reverend Pottock
TV★ 6.3
Bless Me Father
1978
as Fred Dobie
TV
Send in the Girls
1978
as Mr. Fenton
MOVIE
Foreign Affairs
1978
as Adamson
MOVIE
The Kitchen
1977
as Frank
TV★ 7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Frank
MOVIE★ 4.3
Beasts: The Dummy
1976
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
MOVIE★ 9.0
Buffet
1976
as Air steward
TV★ 7.0
Beasts
1976
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
MOVIE
Beloved
1976
as William Hepworth-Dixon
MOVIE★ 6.5
Romeo and Juliet
1976
as Friar Lawrence
TV★ 10.0
Victorian Scandals
1976
as William Hepworth-Dixon
TV★ 6.0
Clayhanger
1976
as Albert Benbow
TV★ 6.8
Shadows
1975
as Devine
MOVIE★ 9.0
Goodbye
1975
as Savory
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Breakthrough
1975
as Robbie
MOVIE
South Riding
1974
TV★ 9.0
South Riding
1974
as Alfred E. Huggins
TV★ 7.0
Playhouse
1974
as Robbie
MOVIE★ 7.0
The National Health
1973
as Ash
MOVIE★ 5.2
Man at the Top
1973
as Massey
MOVIE★ 6.9
A Warning to the Curious
1972
as Dr. Black
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Exorcism
1972
as Dan
TV★ 8.0
Dead of Night
1972
as Dan
MOVIE★ 5.8
Death Line
1972
as Inspector Richardson
TV★ 7.5
Villains
1972
as Mr Clough
TV★ 8.5
The Frighteners
1972
as Machen
MOVIE★ 7.1
Frenzy
1972
as Johnny Porter
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Stalls of Barchester
1971
as Dr. Black
TV★ 7.4
A Ghost Story for Christmas
1971
as Dr. Black
MOVIE★ 6.0
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970
as Max Fielder
TV
Waugh on Crime
1970
TV★ 6.6
Play for Today
1970
as Air Steward
TV★ 9.0
The Misfit
1970
as Gerald
MOVIE★ 9.0
Mad Jack
1970
TV★ 10.0
Dombey and Son
1969
as Major Bagstock
TV★ 7.0
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Max Fielder
MOVIE★ 9.0
Birthday
1969
MOVIE★ 6.3
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Snug
TV★ 9.0
The Expert
1968
as Graham Richards
MOVIE★ 10.0
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Parolles
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Inspector Waugh
MOVIE★ 5.4
Catch Us If You Can
1965
as Duffie
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Neil
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
TV★ 7.9
Doctor Who
1963
as Jobel
TV
Dig This Rhubarb
1963
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Ellis