Clive Swift

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

93

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-02-09

Day of death

2019-02-01 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Liverpool, England, UK

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

    Midsomer Murders

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Peak Practice

    Peak Practice

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Hustle

    Hustle

  • The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Keeping Up Appearances

    Keeping Up Appearances

  • The Expert

    The Expert

  • The Ray Bradbury Theater

    The Ray Bradbury Theater

  • Cuckoo

    Cuckoo

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

    101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

  • Born and Bred

    Born and Bred

  • Cause Célèbre

    Cause Célèbre

  • Frenzy

    Frenzy

  • Excalibur

    Excalibur

  • The Gentle Touch

    The Gentle Touch

  • Pack of Lies

    Pack of Lies

  • The Sailor's Return

    The Sailor's Return

  • Praying Mantis

    Praying Mantis

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • A Ghost Story for Christmas

    A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • Journey's End

    Journey's End

  • The War That Never Ends

    The War That Never Ends

  • A Passage to India

    A Passage to India

  • The National Health

    The National Health

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Death Line

    Death Line

  • Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

    Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

  • Pericles, Prince of Tyre

    Pericles, Prince of Tyre

  • The Barchester Chronicles

    The Barchester Chronicles

  • A Very Peculiar Practice

    A Very Peculiar Practice

  • Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

  • An Ordered Life

    An Ordered Life

  • Hazell

    Hazell

  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

  • The Frighteners

    The Frighteners

  • The Old Guys

    The Old Guys

  • Martin Luther, Heretic

    Martin Luther, Heretic

  • Man at the Top

    Man at the Top

  • The Misfit

    The Misfit

  • What Mad Pursuit

    What Mad Pursuit

  • Beasts

    Beasts

  • The Potsdam Quartet

    The Potsdam Quartet

  • The Pickwick Papers

    The Pickwick Papers

  • Victorian Scandals

    Victorian Scandals

  • A Warning to the Curious

    A Warning to the Curious

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Aristocrats

    Aristocrats

  • South Riding

    South Riding

  • Shadows

    Shadows

  • First Among Equals

    First Among Equals

  • The Kitchen

    The Kitchen

  • The Breakthrough

    The Breakthrough

  • Foreign Affairs

    Foreign Affairs

  • Gentlemen and Players

    Gentlemen and Players

  • Beasts: The Dummy

    Beasts: The Dummy

  • Clayhanger

    Clayhanger

  • Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

    Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

  • Excalibur: Behind the Movie

    Excalibur: Behind the Movie

  • All Together Now

    All Together Now

  • Young Toscanini

    Young Toscanini

  • Dombey and Son

    Dombey and Son

  • Bless Me Father

    Bless Me Father

  • All's Well That Ends Well

    All's Well That Ends Well

  • Othello

    Othello

  • Catch Us If You Can

    Catch Us If You Can

  • Beloved

    Beloved

  • The Nesbitts Are Coming

    The Nesbitts Are Coming

  • The Stalls of Barchester

    The Stalls of Barchester

  • Buffet

    Buffet

  • Memed My Hawk

    Memed My Hawk

  • Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

    Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

  • Henry IV Part 1

    Henry IV Part 1

  • Waugh on Crime

    Waugh on Crime

  • Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

  • Goodbye

    Goodbye

  • Roll On Four O'Clock

    Roll On Four O'Clock

  • Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances

    Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances

  • The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

    The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

  • Mad Jack

    Mad Jack

  • Young Arthur

    Young Arthur

  • Birthday

    Birthday

  • Home-Movies

    Home-Movies