
Clive Swift
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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
Credits

Frenzy (1972)
as Johnny Porter
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Excalibur (1981)
as Ector

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003)
as Additional Voices (voice)

A Passage to India (1984)
as Major Callendar

Death Line (1972)
as Inspector Richardson

Beloved (1976)
as William Hepworth-Dixon

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1980)
as Hastie Lanyon

The Exorcism (1972)
as Dan

Cause Célèbre (1987)
as P.P. Croom Johnson

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)
as Mr. Copper

Memed My Hawk (1984)
as Magistrate

Goodbye (1975)
as Savory

The National Health (1973)
as Ash

Martin Luther, Heretic (1983)
as Johann Tetzel

Home-Movies (1979)
as Alec Thorne

Young Toscanini (1988)
Actor
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005)
as Self

A Warning to the Curious (1972)
as Dr. Black

The War That Never Ends (1991)
as Athenagoras

Excalibur: Behind the Movie (2013)
as Self

What Mad Pursuit (1985)
as Bonwit Steinhauser

Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1984)
as Lord Cerimon

Henry IV Part 1 (1979)
as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester

Beasts: The Dummy (1976)
as 'Bunny' Nettleton

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances (2023)
as Self (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks (1985)
as Professor Jobel

Romeo and Juliet (1976)
as Friar Lawrence

Pack of Lies (1987)
as Ellis
Birthday (1969)
Actor

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
as Snug

Catch Us If You Can (1965)
as Duffie

Praying Mantis (1982)
as Dr. Faure

The Sailor's Return (1978)
as Reverend Pottock
Young Arthur (2002)
as Illtud
All's Well That Ends Well (1968)
as Parolles

The Stalls of Barchester (1971)
as Dr. Black

An Ordered Life (1980)
as Director of Austrian State Radio

Man at the Top (1973)
as Massey

Aristocrats (1999)
as King George II

The Breakthrough (1975)
as Robbie

The Kitchen (1977)
as Frank

The Potsdam Quartet (1981)
as Aaron Green

Othello (1990)
as Brabantio / Gratiano

South Riding (1974)
Actor

Journey's End (1988)
as Captain Hardy

Roll On Four O'Clock (1970)
as Max Fielder

Foreign Affairs (1978)
as Adamson

Buffet (1976)
as Air steward

Mad Jack (1970)
Actor

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket (1997)
as Richard

All Together Now (1986)
as James





