Portrait of Clive Swift

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.

Born: February 9, 1936

Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, UK

Filmography

2023
2012
Cuckoo

as Dr. Rafferty

2009
2004
Hustle

as Yusef

2003
2002
Young Arthur

as Illtud

2002
Born and Bred

as Rev. Eustacius Brewer

1999
Aristocrats

as King George II

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Felix Hope

1993
Peak Practice

as Norman Shorthose

1992
Heartbeat

as Victor Kellerman

1991
1990
Keeping Up Appearances

as Richard Bucket

1990
Othello

as Brabantio / Gratiano

1988
Journey's End

as Captain Hardy

1987
Cause Célèbre

as P.P. Croom Johnson

1987
Pack of Lies

as Ellis

1987
Inspector Morse

as Dr Bartlett

1986
First Among Equals

as Alec Pimkin

1986
1986
A Very Peculiar Practice

as Professor Piers Platt

1985
What Mad Pursuit

as Bonwit Steinhauser

1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater

as St. John Court

1985
The Pickwick Papers

as Mr. Tupman

1984
A Passage to India

as Major Callendar

1984
1984
Memed My Hawk

as Magistrate

1983
Martin Luther, Heretic

as Johann Tetzel

1982
1982
Praying Mantis

as Dr. Faure

1981
The Potsdam Quartet

as Aaron Green

1981
Excalibur

as Ector

1980
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

as Hastie Lanyon

1980
An Ordered Life

as Director of Austrian State Radio

1979
Henry IV Part 1

as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester

1979
Home-Movies

as Alec Thorne

1978
The Sailor's Return

as Reverend Pottock

1978
Bless Me Father

as Fred Dobie

1978
Foreign Affairs

as Adamson

1977
The Kitchen

as Frank

1977
1976
Beasts: The Dummy

as 'Bunny' Nettleton

1976
Buffet

as Air steward

1976
Beasts

as 'Bunny' Nettleton

1976
Beloved

as William Hepworth-Dixon

1976
Romeo and Juliet

as Friar Lawrence

1976
Clayhanger

as Albert Benbow

1975
Shadows

as Devine

1975
Goodbye

as Savory

1975
1974
South Riding

as Alfred E. Huggins

1974
Playhouse

as Robbie

1974
Playhouse

as Alec Thorne

1974
Playhouse

as Director of Austrian State Radio

1974
Playhouse

as Aaron Green

1973
1972
1972
1972
1972
Death Line

as Inspector Richardson

1972
1972
Frenzy

as Johnny Porter

1971
1970
Roll On Four O'Clock

as Max Fielder

1970
Play for Today

as Air Steward

1970
1970
The Misfit

as Gerald

1969
Dombey and Son

as Major Bagstock

1968
The Expert

as Graham Richards

1965
1963
Doctor Who

as Jobel