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
1997
Doctor Who
1963
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
The Wednesday Play
1964
The Wednesday Play
1964
Peak Practice
1993
Heartbeat
1992
Playhouse
1974
Playhouse
1974
Playhouse
1974
Playhouse
1974
Filmography
Midsomer Murders
as Felix Hope · 1997
Doctor Who
as Jobel · 1963
Play for Today
as Savory · 1970
Play for Today
as Air Steward · 1970
The Wednesday Play
as Neil · 1964
The Wednesday Play
as Adjutant · 1964
Peak Practice
as Norman Shorthose · 1993
Heartbeat
as Victor Kellerman · 1992
Playhouse
as Robbie · 1974
Playhouse
as Alec Thorne · 1974
Playhouse
as Director of Austrian State Radio · 1974
Playhouse
as Aaron Green · 1974
Hustle
as Yusef · 2004
Inspector Morse
as Dr Bartlett · 1987
Tales of the Unexpected
as Latham · 1979
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Inspector Waugh · 1965
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self · 2007
Theatre 625
· 1964
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Max Fielder · 1969
Keeping Up Appearances
as Richard Bucket · 1990
ScreenPlay
as James · 1986
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as St. John Court · 1985
Theatre Night
as Brabantio · 1985
The Expert
as Graham Richards · 1968
Cuckoo
as Dr. Rafferty · 2012
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Frank · 1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Adamson · 1977
Boon
as Charles Hasting · 1986
Born and Bred
as Rev. Eustacius Brewer · 2002
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
as Additional Voices (voice) · 2003
Cribb
as Dr Probert · 1980
A Ghost Story for Christmas
as Dr. Black · 1971
Excalibur
as Ector · 1981
Villains
as Mr Clough · 1972
A Very Peculiar Practice
as Professor Piers Platt · 1986
The Frighteners
as Machen · 1972
The Misfit
as Gerald · 1970
Storyboard
as Hewes · 1983
Shadows
as Devine · 1975
Clayhanger
as Albert Benbow · 1976
Victorian Scandals
as William Hepworth-Dixon · 1976
The Barchester Chronicles
as Dr Proudie · 1982
A Passage to India
as Major Callendar · 1984
Dead of Night
as Dan · 1972
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ellis · 1951
Beasts
as 'Bunny' Nettleton · 1976
Knock on Any Door
as Arkwright · 1965
SunTrap
as Colin · 2015
South Riding
as Alfred E. Huggins · 1974
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
· 1981
The Old Guys
as Roy · 2009
First Among Equals
as Alec Pimkin · 1986
Frenzy
as Johnny Porter · 1972
Armchair Theatre
· 1956
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
as Edward Whiteley · 2015
Bless Me Father
as Fred Dobie · 1978
The Pickwick Papers
as Mr. Tupman · 1985
Gentlemen and Players
as Sammy · 1988
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as Mr. Copper · 2007
Black Silk
as Oliver Hollingsworth · 1985
Send in the Girls
as Mr Fenton · 1978
Death Line
as Inspector Richardson · 1972
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self (archive footage) · 2023
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Snug · 1968
Dombey and Son
as Major Bagstock · 1969
The Nesbitts Are Coming
· 1980
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
as Professor Jobel · 1985
Henry IV Part 1
as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester · 1979
Catch Us If You Can
as Duffie · 1965
The War That Never Ends
as Athenagoras · 1991
Waugh on Crime
· 1970
Young Toscanini
· 1988
Memed My Hawk
as Magistrate · 1984
A Warning to the Curious
as Dr. Black · 1972
Martin Luther, Heretic
as Johann Tetzel · 1983
Dig This Rhubarb
· 1963
The Sailor's Return
as Reverend Pottock · 1978
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
as Hastie Lanyon · 1980
The Exorcism
as Dan · 1972
Man at the Top
as Massey · 1973
An Ordered Life
as Director of Austrian State Radio · 1980
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Self · 2005
Young Arthur
as Illtud · 2002
Roll On Four O'Clock
as Max Fielder · 1970
The National Health
as Ash · 1973
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self · 2013
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
as Richard · 1997
The Stalls of Barchester
as Dr. Black · 1971
Romeo and Juliet
as Friar Lawrence · 1976
All's Well That Ends Well
as Parolles · 1968
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
as Lord Cerimon · 1984
Pack of Lies
as Ellis · 1987
Goodbye
as Savory · 1975
Othello
as Brabantio / Gratiano · 1990
Home-Movies
as Alec Thorne · 1979
Beloved
as William Hepworth-Dixon · 1976
Aristocrats
as King George II · 1999
Praying Mantis
as Dr. Faure · 1982
Mad Jack
· 1970
Journey's End
as Captain Hardy · 1988
Cause Célèbre
as P.P. Croom Johnson · 1987
Birthday
· 1969
The Breakthrough
as Robbie · 1975
Beasts: The Dummy
as 'Bunny' Nettleton · 1976
South Riding
· 1974
What Mad Pursuit
as Bonwit Steinhauser · 1985
Buffet
as Air steward · 1976
The Kitchen
as Frank · 1977
Foreign Affairs
as Adamson · 1978
The Potsdam Quartet
as Aaron Green · 1981
All Together Now
as James · 1986