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Clive Swift

Clive Swift

Birthday: 1936-02-09 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances

as    Self (archive footage)

2013
2009
The Old Guys

as    Roy

2007
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

as    Mr. Copper

2002
Young Arthur

as    Illtud

2002
Born and Bred

as    Rev. Eustacius Brewer

1990
Othello

as    Brabantio / Gratiano

1990
Keeping Up Appearances

as    Richard Bucket

1987
Pack of Lies

as    Ellis

1987
Cause Célèbre

as    P.P. Croom Johnson

1986
First Among Equals

as    Alec Pimkin

1985
What Mad Pursuit

as    Bonwit Steinhauser

1985
The Pickwick Papers

as    Mr. Tupman

1985
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

as    Professor Jobel

1983
Martin Luther, Heretic

as    Johann Tetzel

1982
Praying Mantis

as    Dr. Faure

1982
The Barchester Chronicles

as    Dr. Proudie

1981
The Potsdam Quartet

as    Aaron Green

1980
An Ordered Life

as    Director of Austrian State Radio

1980
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

as    Hastie Lanyon

1979
Home-Movies

as    Alec Thorne

1979
Henry IV Part 1

as    Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester

1978
Foreign Affairs

as    Adamson