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Clive Swift

Clive Swift

Born: 1936-02-09 • 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
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances poster
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
2023 • Self (archive footage)
Excalibur: Behind the Movie poster
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013 • Self
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned poster
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007 • Mr. Copper
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 • Self
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure poster
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003 • Additional Voices (voice)
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Young Arthur
2002 • Illtud
Aristocrats poster
Aristocrats
1999 • King George II
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket poster
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
1997 • Richard
The War That Never Ends poster
The War That Never Ends
1991 • Athenagoras
Othello poster
Othello
1990 • Brabantio / Gratiano
Young Toscanini poster
Young Toscanini
1988
Journey's End poster
Journey's End
1988 • Captain Hardy
Cause Célèbre poster
Cause Célèbre
1987 • P.P. Croom Johnson
Pack of Lies poster
Pack of Lies
1987 • Ellis
All Together Now poster
All Together Now
1986 • James
What Mad Pursuit poster
What Mad Pursuit
1985 • Bonwit Steinhauser
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks poster
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
1985 • Professor Jobel
A Passage to India poster
A Passage to India
1984 • Major Callendar
Pericles, Prince of Tyre poster
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984 • Lord Cerimon
Memed My Hawk poster
Memed My Hawk
1984 • Magistrate
Martin Luther, Heretic poster
Martin Luther, Heretic
1983 • Johann Tetzel
Praying Mantis poster
Praying Mantis
1982 • Dr. Faure
The Potsdam Quartet poster
The Potsdam Quartet
1981 • Aaron Green
Excalibur poster
Excalibur
1981 • Ector
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde poster
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980 • Hastie Lanyon
An Ordered Life poster
An Ordered Life
1980 • Director of Austrian State Radio
Henry IV Part 1 poster
Henry IV Part 1
1979 • Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Home-Movies poster
Home-Movies
1979 • Alec Thorne
The Sailor's Return poster
The Sailor's Return
1978 • Reverend Pottock
Foreign Affairs poster
Foreign Affairs
1978 • Adamson
The Kitchen poster
The Kitchen
1977 • Frank
Beasts: The Dummy poster
Beasts: The Dummy
1976 • 'Bunny' Nettleton
Buffet poster
Buffet
1976 • Air steward
Beloved poster
Beloved
1976 • William Hepworth-Dixon
Romeo and Juliet poster
Romeo and Juliet
1976 • Friar Lawrence
Goodbye poster
Goodbye
1975 • Savory
The Breakthrough poster
The Breakthrough
1975 • Robbie
South Riding poster
South Riding
1974
The National Health poster
The National Health
1973 • Ash
Man at the Top poster
Man at the Top
1973 • Massey
A Warning to the Curious poster
A Warning to the Curious
1972 • Dr. Black
The Exorcism poster
The Exorcism
1972 • Dan
Death Line poster
Death Line
1972 • Inspector Richardson
Frenzy poster
Frenzy
1972 • Johnny Porter
The Stalls of Barchester poster
The Stalls of Barchester
1971 • Dr. Black
Roll On Four O'Clock poster
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970 • Max Fielder
Mad Jack poster
Mad Jack
1970
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Birthday
1969
A Midsummer Night's Dream poster
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968 • Snug
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All's Well That Ends Well
1968 • Parolles
Catch Us If You Can poster
Catch Us If You Can
1965 • Duffie