Acting credits
84
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Clive Swift
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.9
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Movies: 48Series: 36
TMDB ID: 33108
IMDb ID: nm0842578
Known for: Acting
Born: February 9, 1936
Died: February 1, 2019
Age: 82
Place of birth: Liverpool, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2023
Years active: 73
Average TMDB rating: 7.08
Wikidata: Q776860
Also known as
Clive Walter 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Clive Swift.
7.0
Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Excalibur: Behind the Movie
as Self
2013 Movie
7.6
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as Mr. Copper
2007 Movie
6.0
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
as Additional Voices (voice)
2003 Movie
Young Arthur
as Illtud
2002 Movie
6.0
Aristocrats
as King George II
1999 Movie
9.0
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
as Richard
1997 Movie
1.0
The War That Never Ends
as Athenagoras
1991 Movie
7.0
Othello
as Brabantio / Gratiano
1990 Movie
5.9
Young Toscanini
1988 Movie
7.0
Journey's End
as Captain Hardy
1988 Movie
5.2
Cause Célèbre
as P.P. Croom Johnson
1987 Movie
6.6
Pack of Lies
as Ellis
1987 Movie
All Together Now
as James
1986 Movie
What Mad Pursuit
as Bonwit Steinhauser
1985 Movie
8.7
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks
as Professor Jobel
1985 Movie
6.8
A Passage to India
as Major Callendar
1984 Movie
7.0
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
as Lord Cerimon
1984 Movie
5.0
Memed My Hawk
as Magistrate
1984 Movie
Martin Luther, Heretic
as Johann Tetzel
1983 Movie
5.0
Praying Mantis
as Dr. Faure
1982 Movie
The Potsdam Quartet
as Aaron Green
1981 Movie
7.0
Excalibur
as Ector
1981 Movie
6.0
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
as Hastie Lanyon
1980 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Clive Swift.
10.0
Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
as Edward Whiteley • 2 eps
2015 Series
6.8
Cuckoo
as Dr. Rafferty • 1 eps
2012 Series
6.5
The Old Guys
as Roy • 12 eps
2009 Series
7.7
Hustle
as Yusef • 1 eps
2004 Series
8.5
Born and Bred
as Rev. Eustacius Brewer • 35 eps
2002 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Felix Hope • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.1
Peak Practice
as Norman Shorthose • 10 eps
1993 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Victor Kellerman • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.7
Keeping Up Appearances
as Richard Bucket • 40 eps
1990 Series
7.9
Inspector Morse
as Dr Bartlett • 1 eps
1987 Series
First Among Equals
as Alec Pimkin • 10 eps
1986 Series
8.0
A Very Peculiar Practice
as Professor Piers Platt • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.8
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as St. John Court • 1 eps
1985 Series
6.3
The Pickwick Papers
as Mr. Tupman • 12 eps
1985 Series
7.0
The Barchester Chronicles
as Dr Proudie • 5 eps
1982 Series
5.0
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
2 eps
1981 Series
6.9
The Gentle Touch
1 eps
1980 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Latham • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.2
Bless Me Father
as Fred Dobie • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Frank • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.0
Beasts
as 'Bunny' Nettleton • 1 eps
1976 Series
Victorian Scandals
as William Hepworth-Dixon • 1 eps
1976 Series
5.0
Clayhanger
as Albert Benbow • 11 eps
1976 Series
5.7
Shadows
as Devine • 1 eps
1975 Series