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
Excalibur
(1981)
Ector
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
(2002)
Additional Voices (voice)
Frenzy
(1972)
Johnny Porter
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
(2007)
Mr. Copper
A Passage to India
(1984)
Major Callendar
Death Line
(1972)
Inspector Richardson
Full Filmography
Acting
Catch Us If You Can
(1965)
Duffie
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1968)
Snug
All's Well That Ends Well
(1968)
Parolles
Birthday
(1969)
Mad Jack
(1970)
Roll On Four O'Clock
(1970)
Max Fielder
The Stalls of Barchester
(1971)
Dr. Black
Frenzy
(1972)
Johnny Porter
Death Line
(1972)
Inspector Richardson
A Warning to the Curious
(1972)
Dr. Black
Dead of Night: The Exorcism
(1972)
Dan
The National Health
(1973)
Man at the Top
(1973)
Massey
South Riding
(1974)
The Breakthrough
(1975)
Robbie
Goodbye
(1975)
Savory
Buffet
(1976)
Air steward
Beasts: The Dummy
(1976)
'Bunny' Nettleton
Romeo and Juliet
(1976)
Friar Lawrence
The Kitchen
(1977)
Frank
The Sailor's Return
(1978)
Reverend Pottock
Henry IV Part 1
(1979)
Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
(1980)
Hastie Lanyon
Excalibur
(1981)
Ector
Praying Mantis
(1982)
Dr. Faure
A Passage to India
(1984)
Major Callendar
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
(1984)
Lord Cerimon
The Pickwick Papers
(1985)
Mr. Tupman
What Mad Pursuit
(1985)
Bonwit Steinhauser
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
(1985)
Professor Jobel
All Together Now
(1986)
James
Cause célèbre
(1987)
P.P. Croom Johnson
Pack of Lies
(1987)
Ellis
Young Toscanini
(1988)
Journey's End
(1988)
Captain Hardy
Othello
(1990)
Brabantio / Gratiano
The War That Never Ends
(1991)
Athenagoras
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
(1997)
Richard
Aristocrats
(1999)
King George II
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
(2002)
Additional Voices (voice)
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
(2007)
Mr. Copper
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
(2013)
Himself
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
(2023)
Self (archive footage)