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Clive Swift

Cast & creator

Clive Swift

1936-02-09 (died at 82) Liverpool, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who, Play for Today

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.

Also known as: Clive Walter Swift

Movies

51

film credits

Series

58

television credits

Career

109

1951–2023 · acting roles

Credit score

7.2

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Felix Hope · 1997

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Jobel · 1963

Play for Today

Play for Today

Savory · 1970

Play for Today

Play for Today

Air Steward · 1970

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Neil · 1964

Across film & television

Filmography (109)

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Showing 109 of 109 credits

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Felix Hope

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Jobel

Play for Today

Play for Today

Savory

Play for Today

Play for Today

Air Steward

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Neil

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

Adjutant

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

Norman Shorthose

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Victor Kellerman

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

Latham

Playhouse

Playhouse

Robbie

Playhouse

Playhouse

Alec Thorne

Playhouse

Playhouse

Director of Austrian State Radio

Playhouse

Playhouse

Aaron Green

Hustle

Hustle

Yusef

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Inspector Waugh

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse

Dr Bartlett

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

Self

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Max Fielder

ScreenPlay

ScreenPlay

James

The Ray Bradbury Theater

The Ray Bradbury Theater

St. John Court

Keeping Up Appearances

Keeping Up Appearances

Richard Bucket

The Expert

The Expert

Graham Richards

Cuckoo

Cuckoo

Dr. Rafferty

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

Frank

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

Adamson

Born and Bred

Born and Bred

Rev. Eustacius Brewer

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

Additional Voices (voice)

Villains

Villains

Mr Clough

A Ghost Story for Christmas

A Ghost Story for Christmas

Dr. Black

Excalibur

Excalibur

Ector

Cribb

Cribb

Dr Probert

The Misfit

The Misfit

Gerald

A Very Peculiar Practice

A Very Peculiar Practice

Professor Piers Platt

The Frighteners

The Frighteners

Machen

Storyboard

Storyboard

Hewes

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Ellis

Victorian Scandals

Victorian Scandals

William Hepworth-Dixon

Shadows

Shadows

Devine

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Knock on Any Door

Arkwright

Beasts

Beasts

'Bunny' Nettleton

Clayhanger

Clayhanger

Albert Benbow

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

A Passage to India

A Passage to India

Major Callendar

First Among Equals

First Among Equals

Alec Pimkin

South Riding

South Riding

Alfred E. Huggins

The Barchester Chronicles

The Barchester Chronicles

Dr Proudie

SunTrap

SunTrap

Colin

The Old Guys

The Old Guys

Roy

Frenzy

Frenzy

Johnny Porter

Send in the Girls

Mr Fenton

Dead of Night

Dead of Night

Dan

Black Silk

Oliver Hollingsworth

Death Line

Death Line

Inspector Richardson

Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

Edward Whiteley

Bless Me Father

Bless Me Father

Fred Dobie

Gentlemen and Players

Sammy

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances

Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances

Self (archive footage)

The Nesbitts Are Coming

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

Mr. Copper

Dombey and Son

Dombey and Son

Major Bagstock

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

Self

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Snug

The Pickwick Papers

The Pickwick Papers

Mr. Tupman

The Exorcism

The Exorcism

Dan

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

Professor Jobel

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Self

Catch Us If You Can

Catch Us If You Can

Duffie

Waugh on Crime

Henry IV Part 1

Henry IV Part 1

Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester

The Sailor's Return

The Sailor's Return

Reverend Pottock

Man at the Top

Man at the Top

Massey

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Hastie Lanyon

Beloved

Beloved

William Hepworth-Dixon

The War That Never Ends

The War That Never Ends

Athenagoras

Dig This Rhubarb

The National Health

The National Health

Ash

Cause Célèbre

Cause Célèbre

P.P. Croom Johnson

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Lord Cerimon

Goodbye

Goodbye

Savory

Memed My Hawk

Memed My Hawk

Magistrate

A Warning to the Curious

A Warning to the Curious

Dr. Black

Home-Movies

Home-Movies

Alec Thorne

Roll On Four O'Clock

Roll On Four O'Clock

Max Fielder

Martin Luther, Heretic

Martin Luther, Heretic

Johann Tetzel

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

Richard

Othello

Othello

Brabantio / Gratiano

What Mad Pursuit

What Mad Pursuit

Bonwit Steinhauser

All's Well That Ends Well

Parolles

Birthday

An Ordered Life

An Ordered Life

Director of Austrian State Radio

Pack of Lies

Pack of Lies

Ellis

Aristocrats

Aristocrats

King George II

Young Toscanini

Young Toscanini

The Stalls of Barchester

The Stalls of Barchester

Dr. Black

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Friar Lawrence

Beasts: The Dummy

Beasts: The Dummy

'Bunny' Nettleton

Young Arthur

Illtud

Praying Mantis

Praying Mantis

Dr. Faure

South Riding

South Riding

The Breakthrough

The Breakthrough

Robbie

The Kitchen

The Kitchen

Frank

Journey's End

Journey's End

Captain Hardy

Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Adamson

Mad Jack

Mad Jack

Buffet

Buffet

Air steward

All Together Now

All Together Now

James

The Potsdam Quartet

The Potsdam Quartet

Aaron Green