Clive Swift

Born: 1936-02-09

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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Excalibur

as Ector
Released: 1981-04-10

A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's...

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101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

as Additional Voices (voice)
Released: 2002-11-06

Being one of 101 takes its toll on Patch, who doesn't feel unique. When he's accidentally left...

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Death Line

as Inspector Richardson
Released: 1972-10-13

There's something pretty grisly going on under London in the Tube tunnels between Holborn and...

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A Passage to India

as Major Callendar
Released: 1984-12-14

Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British...

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Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

as Mr. Copper
Released: 2007-12-25

When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling...

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Frenzy

as Johnny Porter
Released: 1972-05-25

After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a...

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Snug
Released: 1968-09-30

Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country...

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The National Health

as uncredited
Released: 1973-03-06

Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A...

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

as Hastie Lanyon
Released: 1980-11-20

Adaptation of the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson

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A Warning to the Curious

as Dr. Black
Released: 1972-12-24

Paxton, an amateur archeologist, travels to the town of Seaburgh and inadvertently stumbles...

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Othello

as Brabantio / Gratiano
Released: 1990-06-23

Noble Moroccan Othello finds his life with beautiful, fiercely loyal Desdemona thrown tragically...

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The War That Never Ends

as Athenagoras
Released: 1991-03-28

The Peloponnesian Wars (Athens versus Sparta for twenty-seven years) told in the format of news...

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Pericles, Prince of Tyre

as Lord Cerimon
Released: 1984-12-08

When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight...

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Journey's End

as Captain Hardy
Released: 1988-01-01

A British Company in the WWI trenches await an inevitable German attack in this 1988 adaptation...

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Goodbye

as Savory
Released: 1975-03-06

"All I said was the gramophone's too loud." Tony and Zoe Lyle 's silly row starts like any...

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Pack of Lies

as Ellis
Released: 1987-04-26

A British couple are shocked out of their suburban malaise when British intelligence agent...

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Dead of Night: The Exorcism

as Dan
Released: 1972-11-05

Four wealthy, middle-class friends gather for a Christmas dinner in a country cottage only to...

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Aristocrats

as King George II
Released: 1999-06-20

18th-century England and Ireland viewed through the eyes of four beautiful high-born sisters -...

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The Stalls of Barchester

as Dr. Black
Released: 1971-12-24

Scholar Dr. Black's seemingly mundane assignment of sorting through the assets of the Barchester...

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Man at the Top

as Massey
Released: 1973-01-01

Northerner Joe Lampton becomes involved with Lord Ackerman, the powerful chairman of a...

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Excalibur: Behind the Movie

as Self
Released: 2013-12-20

This retrospective documentary looks back on the making of director John Boorman's 1981 movie,...

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Praying Mantis

as Dr. Faure
Released: 1982-01-01

A middle-aged professor's young bride and his assistant plan to commit a double murder disguised...

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The Sailor's Return

as Reverend Pottock
Released: 1978-11-15

Based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. A sailor returns to his hometown...

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Catch Us If You Can

as Duffie
Released: 1965-07-15

Dinah is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to...

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Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

as Professor Jobel
Released: 1985-03-30

At the Tranquil Repose mortuary, the Doctor and Peri uncover a sinister plot to create a new...

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Young Toscanini

as uncredited
Released: 1988-10-07

A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.

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Mad Jack

as uncredited
Released: 1970-02-04

Play dealing with the life of British Army lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon, and his protests...

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Cause Célèbre

as P.P. Croom Johnson
Released: 1987-08-23

When the ailing husband of an adulterous wife is discovered bludgeoned to death and suspicions...

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All Together Now

as James
Released: 1986-07-09

The weekly brass band rehearsal is an enjoyable, light-hearted occasion. Then Mathew, the...

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Roll On Four O'Clock

as Max Fielder
Released: 1970-12-19

Compelling drama from screenwriter Colin Welland set in a city comprehensive school of low...

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Henry IV Part 1

as Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
Released: 1979-12-09

Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the...

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Buffet

as Air steward
Released: 1976-11-02

A quick drink in the buffet before going home. Freddie's nerves are taking a hammering lately;...

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Comedy Classics: Keeping Up Appearances

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2023-01-14

Keeping Up Appearances remains one of Britain's best loved series. Running for 5 years...

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Romeo and Juliet

as Friar Lawrence
Released: 1976-09-26

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

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Beasts: The Dummy

as 'Bunny' Nettleton
Released: 1976-11-20

A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that...

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The Breakthrough

as Robbie
Released: 1975-01-08

An adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1966 short story of the same title, broadcast as part of...

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The Potsdam Quartet

as Aaron Green
Released: 1981-05-13

' They're mortal enemies, we just hate each other. So surely if they can agree about the destiny...

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South Riding

as uncredited
Released: 1974-09-16

An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel

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Beloved

as William Hepworth-Dixon
Released: 1976-10-15

When Henry James Prince is dismissed from his post as a curate, he decides to found his own...

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Martin Luther, Heretic

as Johann Tetzel
Released: 1983-11-08

Martin Luther inspires a breakaway from the Roman Catholic church and is the founder of...

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The Pickwick Papers

as Mr. Tupman
Released: 1985-01-06

The Pickwick Papers is a twelve-part BBC adaption of The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens,...

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The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket

as Richard
Released: 1997-05-20

Daisy and Onslow find the secret diary of Hyacinth and start reading in it. The rest of this...

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The Kitchen

as Frank
Released: 1977-11-02

Alvin Rakoff's adaptation of Arnold Wesker's The Kitchen for Play of the Week. The Kitchen,...

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Home-Movies

as Alec Thorne
Released: 1979-12-05

A 1979 production from BBC2 Playhouse by Denis Cannan

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An Ordered Life

as Director of Austrian State Radio
Released: 1980-08-10

Colin Jeavons is the German composer Anton Webern who survives Naziism only to be shot by an...

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Young Arthur

as Illtud
Released: 2002-05-02

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Foreign Affairs

as Adamson
Released: 1978-01-25

Moscow is the setting for a reunion between Susan and Viktor - a reunion which leads to...

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Midsomer Murders

as Felix Hope
First aired: 1997-03-23

The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed...

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Doctor Who

as Mr Copper
First aired: 2005-03-26

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...

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Doctor Who

as Jobel
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Heartbeat

as Victor Kellerman
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Hustle

as Yusef
First aired: 2004-02-24

A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.

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Inspector Morse

as Dr Bartlett
First aired: 1987-01-06

Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse...

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Latham
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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Play for Today

as Savory
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Play for Today

as Air Steward
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Peak Practice

as Norman Shorthose
First aired: 1993-05-10

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...

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The Expert

as Graham Richards
First aired: 1968-07-05

The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series...

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The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-09-03

The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was...

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Keeping Up Appearances

as Richard Bucket
First aired: 1990-10-29

Hyacinth Bucket (whose name, she insists, is pronounced "Bouquet") is a suburban housewife in...

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Cuckoo

as Dr. Rafferty
First aired: 2012-09-25

Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is...

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The Ray Bradbury Theater

as St. John Court
First aired: 1985-05-21

A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray...

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BBC Television Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-12-03

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...

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Born and Bred

as Reverend Brewer
First aired: 2002-04-21

Born and Bred is a light-hearted British drama series that aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005....

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The Gentle Touch

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-04-11

The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television...

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A Ghost Story for Christmas

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-12-24

A strand of annual British short television adaptations of classic ghost stories, referencing...

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Beasts

as 'Bunny' Nettleton
First aired: 1976-10-16

Beasts is a series of six television plays by Manx writer Nigel Kneale, unconnected but for a...

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Hazell

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-01-16

Hazell is a British television series that ran from 1978–1979, about a fictional private...

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A Very Peculiar Practice

as uncredited
First aired: 1986-05-21

A young and idealistic Doctor Stephen Daker arrives at Lowlands University to work at the Health...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Ellis
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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The Barchester Chronicles

as Dr. Proudie
First aired: 1982-11-10

Against the sumptuous background of Peterborough Cathedral and its environs, one is carried into...

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First Among Equals

as Alec Pimkin
First aired: 1986-09-30

First Among Equals is a ten-part serial based on Jeffrey Archer's 1984 novel First Among Equals,...

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The Old Guys

as Roy
First aired: 2009-01-31

The Old Guys is a British comedy television series that revolves around two aging housemates:...

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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-09-06

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of...

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Dead of Night

as Dan
First aired: 1972-11-05

Dead of Night was a British television anthology series of supernatural fiction, produced by the...

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Shadows

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-03

Shadows is a British Supernatural television anthology series produced by Thames Television for...

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The Pickwick Papers

as Mr. Tupman
First aired: 1985-01-06

Mr Pickwick, Tupman, Winkle, Snodgrass and Sam Weller begin their travels through the England of...

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Bless Me Father

as Fred Dobie
First aired: 1978-09-24

Bless Me Father is a British sitcom starring Arthur Lowe, Daniel Abineri, Gabrielle Daye,...

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Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family

as Edward Whiteley
First aired: 2015-10-19

Valentine is famous for writing parenting guide books and being the perfect woman, wife and...

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Dombey and Son

as Major Bagstock
First aired: 1969-08-17

Charles Dickens' classic novel is given its first television adaptation in this classic 1969 BBC...

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