Clive Swift
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-02-09 (83 years old)
Deathday
2019-02-01
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Also known As
Clive Walter Swift
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.
Acting
1972
as Johnny Porter
1972
as Inspector Richardson
1976
as Friar Lawrence
1978
as Reverend Pottock
1976
as 'Bunny' Nettleton
1987
as P.P. Croom Johnson
1988
1968
as Snug
1979
as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
1990
as Brabantio / Gratiano
1969
1971
as Dr. Black
1965
as Duffie
1980
as Hastie Lanyon
1972
as Dr. Black
2003
as Additional Voices (voice)
1986
as James
1970
1977
as Frank
2023
as Self (archive footage)
1974
1991
as Athenagoras
1973
as Ash
1968
as Parolles
2002
as Illtud
1973
as Massey
1982
as Dr. Faure
1981
as Ector
1975
as Robbie
1987
as Ellis
1997
as Richard
1988
as Captain Hardy
2007
as Mr. Copper
1984
as Major Callendar
1970
as Max Fielder
1985
as Bonwit Steinhauser
1984
as Lord Cerimon
1999
as King George II
1985
as Professor Jobel
1975
as Savory
1976
as Air steward
2013
as Self
1983
as Johann Tetzel
1980
as Director of Austrian State Radio
1979
as Alec Thorne
1981
as Aaron Green
1978
as Adamson
1976
as William Hepworth-Dixon
1984
as Magistrate
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