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