Clive Swift
Acting
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.
Filmography 101
Movies (51)
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances2023Self (archive footage)
Excalibur: Behind the Movie2013Self
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned2007Mr. Copper- The Funny Blokes of British Comedy2005Self
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure2003Additional Voices (voice)- Young Arthur2002Illtud
Aristocrats1999King George II
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket1997Richard
The War That Never Ends1991Athenagoras
Othello1990Brabantio / Gratiano
Young Toscanini1988
Journey's End1988Captain Hardy
Cause Célèbre1987P.P. Croom Johnson
Pack of Lies1987Ellis
All Together Now1986James
What Mad Pursuit1985Bonwit Steinhauser
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks1985Professor Jobel
A Passage to India1984Major Callendar
Pericles, Prince of Tyre1984Lord Cerimon
Memed My Hawk1984Magistrate
Martin Luther, Heretic1983Johann Tetzel
Praying Mantis1982Dr. Faure
The Potsdam Quartet1981Aaron Green
Excalibur1981Ector
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde1980Hastie Lanyon- An Ordered Life1980Director of Austrian State Radio
Henry IV Part 11979Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester- Home-Movies1979Alec Thorne
The Sailor's Return1978Reverend Pottock
Foreign Affairs1978Adamson
Shows (50)
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family2015Edward Whiteley
SunTrap2015Colin
Cuckoo2012Dr. Rafferty
The Old Guys2009Roy- The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007Self
Hustle2004Yusef
Born and Bred2002Rev. Eustacius Brewer
Midsomer Murders1997Felix Hope
Peak Practice1993Norman Shorthose
Heartbeat1992Victor Kellerman
Keeping Up Appearances1990Richard Bucket- Gentlemen and Players1988Sammy
Inspector Morse1987Dr Bartlett
First Among Equals1986Alec Pimkin
ScreenPlay1986James
A Very Peculiar Practice1986Professor Piers Platt- Black Silk1985Oliver Hollingsworth
The Ray Bradbury Theater1985St. John Court
The Pickwick Papers1985Mr. Tupman
Storyboard1983Hewes
The Barchester Chronicles1982Dr Proudie
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years1981- The Nesbitts Are Coming1980
Cribb1980Dr Probert
Tales of the Unexpected1979Latham
Bless Me Father1978Fred Dobie- Send in the Girls1978Mr. Fenton
BBC2 Play of the Week1977Frank
Beasts1976'Bunny' Nettleton
Victorian Scandals1976William Hepworth-Dixon