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Clive Walter Swift was an English actor and songwriter. He was best known for his role as Richard Bucket, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances, but played many other film and television roles.
Birth Name
Clive Walter Swift
Born
Sunday, 09 February 1936
Died
Friday, 01 February 2019
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Keeping Up Appearances: 30 Years of Laughs | Richard | 2023 |
| Behind the Sword in the Stone | Self / Himself | 2021 |
| What We Were Watching | Richard Bucket | 2018 |
| SunTrap | Colin | 2015 |
| Valentine's Kiss | Edward Whiteley | 2015 |
| Cuckoo | Dr. Rafferty | 2012 |
| Little Crackers | Real Father Christmas | 2010 |
| The Old Guys | Roy | 2009 |
| Star Spell | Self | 2005 |
| Doctor Who | Mr Copper | 2005 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Keeping Up Appearances: 30 Years of Laughs | Richard | 2023 |
| Behind the Sword in the Stone | Self / Himself | 2021 |
| What We Were Watching | Richard Bucket | 2018 |
| SunTrap | Colin | 2015 |
| Valentine's Kiss | Edward Whiteley | 2015 |
| Cuckoo | Dr. Rafferty | 2012 |
| Little Crackers | Real Father Christmas | 2010 |
| The Old Guys | Roy | 2009 |
| Star Spell | Self | 2005 |
| Doctor Who | Mr Copper | 2005 |
| The Funny Blokes of British Comedy | Self | 2005 |
| Hustle | Yusef | 2004 |
| Comedy Connections | Self / Various Characters | 2003 |
| Vacuums | AJ Johnson | 2003 |
| 101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure | (voice) / Additional Voices (voice) | 2002 |
| Born and Bred | Reverend Brewer | 2002 |
| Young Arthur | Illtud | 2002 |
| Aristocrats | King George II | 1999 |
| Gaston's War | General James | 1997 |
| Funny Women | Self | 1997 |
| Midsomer Murders | Felix Hope | 1997 |
| The Famous Five | Mr. Pottersham | 1995 |
| Ken Dodd: An Audience with Ken Dodd | Self | 1994 |
| Peak Practice | Norman Shorthose | 1993 |
| Heartbeat | Victor Kellerman | 1992 |
| The War That Never Ends | Athenagoras | 1991 |
| Keeping Up Appearances | Richard / Richard Bucket | 1990 |
| Young Toscanini | Comparsa | 1988 |
| Woof! | Mr Pardoe | 1989 |
| Cause célèbre | P.P. Croom Johnson / R.P. Croom Johnson K.C. | 1987 |
| Pack of Lies | Ellis | 1987 |
| Inspector Morse | Dr Bartlett | 1987 |
| A Very Peculiar Practice | Prof. Piers Platt | 1986 |
| Boon | Charles Hastings | 1986 |
| The Ray Bradbury Theater | St. John Court | 1985 |
| The Pickwick Papers | Mr. Tupman | 1985 |
| A Passage to India | Major Callendar | 1984 |
| Pericles, Prince of Tyre | Lord Cerimon | 1984 |
| Memed My Hawk | Magistrate | 1984 |
| Martin Luther, Heretic | Johann Tetzel | 1983 |
| The Barchester Chronicles | Dr. Proudie | 1982 |
| The New Adventures of Lucky Jim | Lord Davenport | 1982 |
| Praying Mantis | Dr. Faure | 1982 |
| Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Sir Horace Wilson | 1981 |
| Excalibur | Ector / Sir Ector | 1981 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Hastie Lanyon | 1980 |
| The Nesbitts Are Coming | Ernie Nesbitt | 1980 |
| Cribb | Dr. Probert | 1980 |
| The Gentle Touch | Dalziel | 1980 |
| Henry IV Part I | Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester | 1979 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Latham | 1979 |
| Bless Me, Father | Fred Dobie | 1978 |
| The Sailor's Return | Reverend Pottock | 1978 |
| Send in the Girls | Mr. Fenton | 1978 |
| Hazell | Neville Fitch | 1978 |
| 1990 | Tony Doran | 1977 |
| The Game | Edmund Whitworth | 1977 |
| Beasts | 'Bunny' Nettleton | 1976 |
| Romeo and Juliet | Friar Lawrence | 1976 |
| Victorian Scandals | William Hepworth-Dixon | 1976 |
| Clayhanger | Albert Benbow | 1976 |
| Willow Cabins | Matthew | 1975 |
| Shadows | Devine | 1975 |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Aaron Green / Alec Thorne / Director of Austrian State Radio / Robbie | 1974 |
| The National Health | Ash | 1973 |
| Man at the Top | Massey | 1973 |
| A Warning to the Curious | Dr. Black | 1972 |
| Jackanory Playhouse | Professor Marvel | 1972 |
| Dead of Night | Dan | 1972 |
| Death Line | Inspector Richardson | 1972 |
| Whodunnit? | Commander Blade | 1972 |
| Frenzy | Johnny Porter | 1972 |
| The Frighteners | Machen | 1972 |
| The Brothers | Trevelyan / Griffith Trevelyan | 1972 |
| The Stalls of Barchester | Dr. Black | 1971 |
| Play for Today | Savory / Air steward | 1970 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Max Fielder | 1969 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Snug | 1968 |
| The Expert | Graham Richards | 1968 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Inspector Waugh | 1965 |
| Knock on Any Door | Arkwright | 1965 |
| Having a Wild Weekend | Duffie | 1965 |
| Public Eye | West | 1965 |
| The Wednesday Play | Neil / Adjutant | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | Jobel | 1963 |
| Love Story | Mervyn | 1963 |
