Acting
Clive Swift
Feb 9, 1936 (died Feb 1, 2019, aged 82) 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.
Known for
7.9
Doctor Who
Jobel
7.5
Midsomer Murders
Felix Hope
7.0
Excalibur
Ector
6.0
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
Additional Voices (voice)
7.7
Hustle
Yusef
7.1
Frenzy
Johnny Porter
7.7
Keeping Up Appearances
Richard Bucket
7.9
Inspector Morse
Dr Bartlett
6.8
Tales of the Unexpected
Latham
7.1
Heartbeat
Victor Kellerman
6.8
A Passage to India
Major Callendar
6.7
Cuckoo
Dr. Rafferty
6.9
The Ray Bradbury Theater
St. John Court
7.6
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
Mr. Copper
6.6
Play for Today
Savory
Filmography
7.3
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023 · Self (archive footage)
5.9
SunTrap
2015 · Colin
10.0
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
2015 · Edward Whiteley
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
2013 · Self
6.7
Cuckoo
2012 · Dr. Rafferty
6.8
Little Crackers
2010 · Real Father Christmas
6.5
The Old Guys
2009 · Roy
7.6
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007 · Mr. Copper
7.7
Hustle
2004 · Yusef
6.0
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003 · Additional Voices (voice)
9.0
Born and Bred
2002 · Rev. Eustacius Brewer
6.0
Aristocrats
1999 · King George II
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Felix Hope
9.5
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
1997 · Richard
6.5
Peak Practice
1993 · Norman Shorthose
7.1
Heartbeat
1992 · Victor Kellerman
5.0
The War That Never Ends
1991 · Athenagoras
7.7
Keeping Up Appearances
1990 · Richard Bucket
7.3
Othello
1990 · Brabantio / Gratiano
6.7
Young Toscanini
1988
8.0
Journey's End
1988 · Captain Hardy
7.9
Inspector Morse
1987 · Dr Bartlett
6.8
Pack of Lies
1987 · Ellis
5.6
Cause Célèbre
1987 · P.P. Croom Johnson
5.8
Boon
1986 · Charles Hasting
8.2
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986 · Professor Piers Platt
6.0
ScreenPlay
1986 · James
7.0
First Among Equals
1986 · Alec Pimkin
All Together Now
1986 · James
6.9
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985 · St. John Court