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
A Passage to India
(1984)
Major Callendar
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
(2007)
Mr. Copper
Death Line
(1972)
Inspector Richardson
Full Filmography
Acting
Catch Us If You Can
(1965)
Duffie
All's Well That Ends Well
(1968)
Parolles
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1968)
Snug
Birthday
(1969)
Mad Jack
(1970)
Roll On Four O'Clock
(1970)
Max Fielder
The Stalls of Barchester
(1971)
Dr. Black
A Warning to the Curious
(1972)
Dr. Black
Death Line
(1972)
Inspector Richardson
Frenzy
(1972)
Johnny Porter
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
Romeo and Juliet
(1976)
Friar Lawrence
Beasts: The Dummy
(1976)
'Bunny' Nettleton
Buffet
(1976)
Air steward
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
What Mad Pursuit
(1985)
Bonwit Steinhauser
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
(1985)
Professor Jobel
The Pickwick Papers
(1985)
Mr. Tupman
All Together Now
(1986)
James
Pack of Lies
(1987)
Ellis
Cause célèbre
(1987)
P.P. Croom Johnson
Journey's End
(1988)
Captain Hardy
Young Toscanini
(1988)
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)
Self
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
(2023)
Self (archive footage)