Clive Swift

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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Doctor Who

Play for Today

Play for Today

Heartbeat

Peak Practice

Tales of the Unexpected

Hustle

All Movies (51)

• Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Excalibur: Behind the Movie2013 · as Self
• Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned2007 · as Mr. Copper
• The Funny Blokes of British Comedy2005 · as Self
• 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure2003 · as Additional Voices (voice)
• Young Arthur2002 · as Illtud
• Aristocrats1999 · as King George II
• The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket1997 · as Richard
• The War That Never Ends1991 · as Athenagoras
• Othello1990 · as Brabantio / Gratiano
• Young Toscanini1988
• Journey's End1988 · as Captain Hardy
• Cause Célèbre1987 · as P.P. Croom Johnson
• Pack of Lies1987 · as Ellis
• All Together Now1986 · as James
• What Mad Pursuit1985 · as Bonwit Steinhauser
• Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks1985 · as Professor Jobel
• A Passage to India1984 · as Major Callendar
• Pericles, Prince of Tyre1984 · as Lord Cerimon
• Memed My Hawk1984 · as Magistrate
• Martin Luther, Heretic1983 · as Johann Tetzel
• Praying Mantis1982 · as Dr. Faure
• The Potsdam Quartet1981 · as Aaron Green
• Excalibur1981 · as Ector
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde1980 · as Hastie Lanyon
• An Ordered Life1980 · as Director of Austrian State Radio
• Henry IV Part 11979 · as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
• Home-Movies1979 · as Alec Thorne
• The Sailor's Return1978 · as Reverend Pottock
• Foreign Affairs1978 · as Adamson
• The Kitchen1977 · as Frank
• Beasts: The Dummy1976 · as 'Bunny' Nettleton
• Buffet1976 · as Air steward
• Beloved1976 · as William Hepworth-Dixon
• Romeo and Juliet1976 · as Friar Lawrence
• Goodbye1975 · as Savory
• The Breakthrough1975 · as Robbie
• South Riding1974
• The National Health1973 · as Ash
• Man at the Top1973 · as Massey
• A Warning to the Curious1972 · as Dr. Black
• The Exorcism1972 · as Dan
• Death Line1972 · as Inspector Richardson
• Frenzy1972 · as Johnny Porter
• The Stalls of Barchester1971 · as Dr. Black
• Roll On Four O'Clock1970 · as Max Fielder
• Mad Jack1970
• Birthday1969
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1968 · as Snug
• All's Well That Ends Well1968 · as Parolles
• Catch Us If You Can1965 · as Duffie

All TV Shows (54)

• Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family2015 · as Edward Whiteley
• SunTrap2015 · as Colin
• Cuckoo2012 · as Dr. Rafferty
• The Old Guys2009 · as Roy
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · as Self
• Hustle2004 · as Yusef
• Born and Bred2002 · as Rev. Eustacius Brewer
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Felix Hope
• Peak Practice1993 · as Norman Shorthose
• Heartbeat1992 · as Victor Kellerman
• Keeping Up Appearances1990 · as Richard Bucket
• Gentlemen and Players1988 · as Sammy
• Inspector Morse1987 · as Dr Bartlett
• First Among Equals1986 · as Alec Pimkin
• ScreenPlay1986 · as James
• A Very Peculiar Practice1986 · as Professor Piers Platt
• The Ray Bradbury Theater1985 · as St. John Court
• The Pickwick Papers1985 · as Mr. Tupman
• The Barchester Chronicles1982 · as Dr Proudie
• Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years1981
• The Nesbitts Are Coming1980
• Cribb1980 · as Dr Probert
• Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Latham
• Bless Me Father1978 · as Fred Dobie
• Send in the Girls1978 · as Mr. Fenton
• BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Frank
• BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Adamson
• Beasts1976 · as 'Bunny' Nettleton
• Victorian Scandals1976 · as William Hepworth-Dixon
• Clayhanger1976 · as Albert Benbow
• Shadows1975 · as Devine
• South Riding1974 · as Alfred E. Huggins
• Playhouse1974 · as Robbie
• Playhouse1974 · as Alec Thorne
• Playhouse1974 · as Director of Austrian State Radio
• Playhouse1974 · as Aaron Green
• Dead of Night1972 · as Dan
• Villains1972 · as Mr Clough
• The Frighteners1972 · as Machen
• A Ghost Story for Christmas1971 · as Dr. Black
• Waugh on Crime1970
• Play for Today1970 · as Air Steward
• Play for Today1970 · as Savory
• The Misfit1970 · as Gerald
• Dombey and Son1969 · as Major Bagstock
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Max Fielder
• The Expert1968 · as Graham Richards
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Neil
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as Adjutant
• Theatre 6251964
• Doctor Who1963 · as Jobel
• Dig This Rhubarb1963
• Armchair Theatre1956
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Ellis