Clive Swift

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

95

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

  • Hustle

    Hustle

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Peak Practice

    Peak Practice

  • Keeping Up Appearances

    Keeping Up Appearances

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

  • The Expert

    The Expert

  • Cuckoo

    Cuckoo

  • The Ray Bradbury Theater

    The Ray Bradbury Theater

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • All's Well That Ends Well

    All's Well That Ends Well

  • The Exorcism

    The Exorcism

  • A Passage to India

    A Passage to India

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • Cause Célèbre

    Cause Célèbre

  • The Breakthrough

    The Breakthrough

  • 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

    101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

  • Excalibur

    Excalibur

  • Born and Bred

    Born and Bred

  • The Gentle Touch

    The Gentle Touch

  • The Kitchen

    The Kitchen

  • Death Line

    Death Line

  • South Riding

    South Riding

  • A Ghost Story for Christmas

    A Ghost Story for Christmas

  • Foreign Affairs

    Foreign Affairs

  • A Very Peculiar Practice

    A Very Peculiar Practice

  • Othello

    Othello

  • A Warning to the Curious

    A Warning to the Curious

  • Buffet

    Buffet

  • Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

    Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

  • The Misfit

    The Misfit

  • Pack of Lies

    Pack of Lies

  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

  • Frenzy

    Frenzy

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The War That Never Ends

    The War That Never Ends

  • The Frighteners

    The Frighteners

  • What Mad Pursuit

    What Mad Pursuit

  • Aristocrats

    Aristocrats

  • Journey's End

    Journey's End

  • Clayhanger

    Clayhanger

  • Beasts: The Dummy

    Beasts: The Dummy

  • Shadows

    Shadows

  • Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

    Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

  • The Old Guys

    The Old Guys

  • The Barchester Chronicles

    The Barchester Chronicles

  • Man at the Top

    Man at the Top

  • Young Toscanini

    Young Toscanini

  • All Together Now

    All Together Now

  • The Sailor's Return

    The Sailor's Return

  • Pericles, Prince of Tyre

    Pericles, Prince of Tyre

  • Bless Me Father

    Bless Me Father

  • Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

  • Martin Luther, Heretic

    Martin Luther, Heretic

  • An Ordered Life

    An Ordered Life

  • Memed My Hawk

    Memed My Hawk

  • Gentlemen and Players

    Gentlemen and Players

  • The Pickwick Papers

    The Pickwick Papers

  • Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

    Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

  • Beasts

    Beasts

  • Victorian Scandals

    Victorian Scandals

  • Beloved

    Beloved

  • The Stalls of Barchester

    The Stalls of Barchester

  • Catch Us If You Can

    Catch Us If You Can

  • First Among Equals

    First Among Equals

  • Roll On Four O'Clock

    Roll On Four O'Clock

  • Goodbye

    Goodbye

  • Waugh on Crime

    Waugh on Crime

  • Excalibur: Behind the Movie

    Excalibur: Behind the Movie

  • South Riding

    South Riding

  • Praying Mantis

    Praying Mantis

  • Home-Movies

    Home-Movies

  • Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

  • Young Arthur

    Young Arthur

  • The Nesbitts Are Coming

    The Nesbitts Are Coming

  • Dombey and Son

    Dombey and Son

  • The National Health

    The National Health

  • Henry IV Part 1

    Henry IV Part 1

  • The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

    The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

  • Mad Jack

    Mad Jack

  • Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances

    Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances

  • Birthday

    Birthday

  • The Potsdam Quartet

    The Potsdam Quartet