Clive Swift

Acting

Clive Swift

Born February 9, 1936Liverpool, England, UK92 credits

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

Filmography

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
2023Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Cuckoo
2012Cuckoo
as Dr. RaffertyTV
Hustle
2004Hustle
as YusefTV
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
2003101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
as Additional Voices (voice)Movie
Y
2002Young Arthur
as IlltudMovie
Born and Bred
2002Born and Bred
as Rev. Eustacius BrewerTV
Aristocrats
1999Aristocrats
as King George IIMovie
Midsomer Murders
1997Midsomer Murders
as Felix HopeTV
Peak Practice
1993Peak Practice
as Norman ShorthoseTV
Heartbeat
1992Heartbeat
as Victor KellermanTV
The War That Never Ends
1991The War That Never Ends
as AthenagorasMovie
Keeping Up Appearances
1990Keeping Up Appearances
as Richard BucketTV
Othello
1990Othello
as Brabantio / GratianoMovie
Journey's End
1988Journey's End
as Captain HardyMovie
Cause Célèbre
1987Cause Célèbre
as P.P. Croom JohnsonMovie
Pack of Lies
1987Pack of Lies
as EllisMovie
Inspector Morse
1987Inspector Morse
as Dr BartlettTV
First Among Equals
1986First Among Equals
as Alec PimkinTV
A Very Peculiar Practice
1986A Very Peculiar Practice
as Professor Piers PlattTV
What Mad Pursuit
1985What Mad Pursuit
as Bonwit SteinhauserMovie
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985The Ray Bradbury Theater
as St. John CourtTV
A Passage to India
1984A Passage to India
as Major CallendarMovie
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984Pericles, Prince of Tyre
as Lord CerimonMovie
Memed My Hawk
1984Memed My Hawk
as MagistrateMovie
Martin Luther, Heretic
1983Martin Luther, Heretic
as Johann TetzelMovie
Praying Mantis
1982Praying Mantis
as Dr. FaureMovie
The Potsdam Quartet
1981The Potsdam Quartet
as Aaron GreenMovie
Excalibur
1981Excalibur
as EctorMovie
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
as Hastie LanyonMovie
An Ordered Life
1980An Ordered Life
as Director of Austrian State RadioMovie
Cribb
1980Cribb
as Dr ProbertTV
Henry IV Part 1
1979Henry IV Part 1
as Thomas Percy, Earl of WorcesterMovie
Home-Movies
1979Home-Movies
as Alec ThorneMovie
The Sailor's Return
1978The Sailor's Return
as Reverend PottockMovie
Bless Me Father
1978Bless Me Father
as Fred DobieTV
Foreign Affairs
1978Foreign Affairs
as AdamsonMovie
The Kitchen
1977The Kitchen
as FrankMovie
Beasts: The Dummy
1976Beasts: The Dummy
as 'Bunny' NettletonMovie
Buffet
1976Buffet
as Air stewardMovie
Beasts
1976Beasts
as 'Bunny' NettletonTV
Beloved
1976Beloved
as William Hepworth-DixonMovie
Romeo and Juliet
1976Romeo and Juliet
as Friar LawrenceMovie
Victorian Scandals
1976Victorian Scandals
as William Hepworth-DixonTV
Clayhanger
1976Clayhanger
as Albert BenbowTV
Shadows
1975Shadows
as DevineTV
Goodbye
1975Goodbye
as SavoryMovie
The Breakthrough
1975The Breakthrough
as RobbieMovie
South Riding
1974South Riding
as Alfred E. HugginsTV
Playhouse
1974Playhouse
as RobbieTV
Man at the Top
1973Man at the Top
as MasseyMovie
The Exorcism
1972The Exorcism
as DanMovie
Death Line
1972Death Line
as Inspector RichardsonMovie
Frenzy
1972Frenzy
as Johnny PorterMovie
Roll On Four O'Clock
1970Roll On Four O'Clock
as Max FielderMovie
The Misfit
1970The Misfit
as GeraldTV
Dombey and Son
1969Dombey and Son
as Major BagstockTV
The Expert
1968The Expert
as Graham RichardsTV
Doctor Who
1963Doctor Who
as JobelTV