Clive Swift

• Birth Name — Clive Walter Swift • Born — 9 February 1936 • Birthplace — Liverpool, England • Died — 1 February 2019 • Place of death — Paddington, London, England • Medium — Television, film • Years Active — 1962–2017 • Spouse — Margaret Drabble • Children — * Adam • Rebecca • Joe • Relatives — David Swift (brother)

Swift was born in Liverpool on 9 February 1936, the son of Abram Sampson Swift, who owned a furniture shop in Bootle, and Lily Rebecca, née Greenman. He was educated at Clifton College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge reading English literature. He was previously a teacher at LAMDA and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His family was Jewish. He appeared as Snug in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1968 film production of A Midsummer Night's Dream as part of a cast that included Diana Rigg, Helen Mirren and Ian Richardson. During the 1970s, he appeared as Doctor Black in two of the BBC's M. R. James adaptations: The Stalls of Barchester and in A Warning to the Curious, as well as the BBC adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles. He is best known for his role on Keeping Up Appearances as Richard Bucket, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth. Swift made two appearances in Doctor Who, in the 1985 story Revelation of the Daleks and the 2007 Christmas special. Around the time of his second appearance, he gave a "grumpy" interview to Doctor Who Magazine in which he bemoaned "not getting paid" to promote his episode, and belittled the show. He also played Sir Ector, the adoptive father of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur. In addition to acting, he was a songwriter. Many of his songs were included in his shows Richard Bucket Overflows: An Audience with Clive Swift, which toured the UK in 2007, and Clive Swift Entertains, in which he performed his own music and lyrics, which toured the UK in 2009. He also played the part of the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in Born and Bred, which aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005. His last performance was in an episode of Midsomer Murders in 2017, after which he retired.

Swift was married to novelist Margaret Drabble from 1960 until their divorce in 1975. He was the father of one daughter, Rebecca (who died in April 2017), known for running The Literary Consultancy in London, and two sons, Adam Swift, an academic, and Joe Swift, a garden designer, journalist and television presenter. Swift's elder brother, David, was also an actor. Swift died at home on 1 February 2019, at the age of 82. Paying tribute to Swift, fellow actor James Dreyfus said he "loved this extremely talented, subtle actor". His Keeping Up Appearances co-star Patricia Routledge said: "Clive was a skillful and inventive actor with wide experience, as his successful career proved", and that she was very sad to hear of her former co-star's death.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1961 — Theatre Night — The King — Episode: "Ondine" • 1963 — Love Story — Mervyn — Series 1; episode 11: "Dome Grist from Mervyn's Mill" • Compact — Mr. Perrett — Episode 172: "On the Run" • 1965 — Knock on Any Door — Arkwright — Series 1; episode 2: "The Knife" • 1966 — Armchair Theatre — The Camp Doctor — Series 6; episode 4: "The Sweet War Man" • Public Eye — West — Series 2; episode 11: "There Are More Things in Heaven and Earth" • 1968 — All's Well That Ends Well — Captain Parolles, a follower of Bertram — Television film • The Expert — Graham Richards — Series 1; episode 10: "He's Good for It" • 1969 — Dombey and Son — Major Bagstock — Mini-series; 7 episodes • Canterbury Tales — The Pardoner's Tale First Rioter — Episode 4: "The Friar's Tale / The Pardoner's Tale" • The Wednesday Play — Neil — Series 8; episode 18: "Birthday" • 1970 — Adjutant — Series 9; episode 16: "Mad Jack" • Ryan International — Inspector Jenet — Episode 6: "Evidence of Murder" • ITV Sunday Night Theatre — Max Fielder — Series 3; episode 5: "Roll on Four O'Clock" • 1970–1971 — Thirty-Minute Theatre — Inspector Waugh — Series 6 (Waugh on Crime); episodes 8–13 • 1971 — The Misfit — Gerald — Series 2; episode 5: "On the New Establishment" • A Ghost Story for Christmas — Dr. Black — Series 1; episode 1: "The Stalls of Barchester" • 1972 — The Liver Birds — Jim Royle — Series 3; episode 4: "Birds on Strike" • Villains — Mr. Clough — Episode 5: "Alice Sheree" • Dead of Night — Dan — Episode 1: "The Exorcism" • A Ghost Story for Christmas — Dr. Black — Series 2; episode 1: "A Warning to the Curious" • 1973 — The Moon Shines Bright on Charlie Chaplin — Captain — Television film • The Pearcross Girls — Frank Pledger — Episode 1: "Sweet Julia" • The Frighteners — James Machen — Episode 11: "The Classroom" • 1974 — South Riding — Alfred E. Higgins — Mini-series; 9 episodes • 1975 — BBC2 Playhouse — Robbie — Series 2; episode 1: "The Breakthrough" • Whodunnit? — Commander Blade — Series 3; episode 7: "Too Many Cooks" • Willow Cabins — Matthew — Television film • Play for Today — Savory — Series 5; episode 14: "Goodbye" • 1976 — Air Steward — Series 7; episode 7: "Buffet" • The Brothers — Griffith Trevelyan — Series 6; episodes 6 & 7: "Tender" & "The Mole" • Goodbye America — Lord North, the Prime Minister — Television film • Clayhanger — Albert Benbow — Recurring role. 10 episodes • Romeo and Juliet — Friar Lawrence — Television film. Also shown across 8 episodes of The English Programme in 1978 • Victorian Scandals — William Hepworth-Dixon — Episode 7: "Beloved" • Beasts — 'Bunny' Nettleton — Mini-series; episode 6: "The Dummy" • 1977 — The Game — Edmund Whitworth — Television film • BBC2 Play of the Week — Frank — Series 1; episode 7: "The Kitchen" • 1978 — Adamson — Series 1; episode 12: "Foreign Affairs" • 1990 — Tony Doran — Series 2; episodes 1, 2 & 4 • Jackanory Playhouse — Professor Marvel — Series 6; episode 4: "Big Pete, Little Pete" • Send in the Girls — Mr. Fenton — Episode 7: "Goosepimples" • Shadows — Devine — Series 3; episode 3: "And Now for My Next Trick..." • Bless Me, Father — Fred Dobie — Series 1; episode 5: "Father and Mother" • A Horseman Riding By — Watkins — Episode 6: "1905: The Hollow Victory" • 1979 — Hazell — Neville Fitch — Series 2; episode 1: "Hazell and the Baker Street Sleuth" • A Family Affair — Sir Charles Byford — Mini-series; episode 10: "Finding the Words..." • The First Part of King Henry the Forth — Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester — Television film • BBC2 Playhouse — Alec Thorne — Series 6; episode 5: "Home Movies" • 1980 — Director of Austrian State Radio — Series 6; episode 25: "An Ordered Life" • The Nesbitts Are Coming — Ernie Nesbitt — Episodes 1–6 • Cribb — Dr. Probert — Series 1; episode 8: "A Case of Spirits" • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Hastie Lanyon — Television film • 1981 — BBC2 Playhouse — Aaron Green — Series 7; episode 18: "The Potsdam Quartet" • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years — Sir Horace Wilson — Mini-series; episodes 7 & 8 • 1982 — Tales of the Unexpected — Latham — Series 5; episode 5 "Stranger in Town" • The Gentle Touch — Dalziel — Series 4; episode 1: "Right of Entry" • Praying Mantis — Dr. Faure — Television film • The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim — Lord Davenport — Episode 5: "Eckersley Revisited" • The Barchester Chronicles — Dr. Proudie — Mini-series; episodes 3–7 • 1983 — Martin Luther, Heretic — Johann Tetzel — Television films • Events in a Museum — Mr. Sloane • 1984 — Pericles, Prince of Tyre — Lord Cerimon • 1985 — The Pickwick Papers — Tracy Tupman — Episodes 1–12 • Doctor Who — Professor Jobel — Series 22; episodes 12 & 13: "Revelation of the Daleks: Parts 1 & 2" • Black Silk — Oliver Hollingsworth — Episode 3: "Barrister on Trial" • What Mad Pursuit? — Bonwit Steinhauser — Television film • 1986 — ScreenPlay — James — Series 1; episode 1: "All Together Now" • First Among Equals — Alec Pimkin — Mini-series; episodes 1–10 • 1987 — Pack of Lies — Ellis — Television film • Inspector Morse — Dr. Bartlett — Series 1; episode 2: "The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn" • Cause célèbre — R.P. Croom Johnson K.C. — Television film • 1988 — A Very Peculiar Practice — Prof. Piers Platt — Series 2; episode 2: "Art and Illusion" • The Ray Bradbury Theater — St. John Court — Season 2; episode 9: "The Coffin" • Les Girls — Mr. Tobler — Episode 2: "Spanners" • Double First — Mr. Swift — Episodes 3 & 4 • Minder — Chisholm's Director — Series 7; episode: "An Officer and a Car Salesman" • Journey's End — Captain Hardy — Television film • 1989 — Laura and Disorder — Barry Page — Episode 6: "The Metal Detector" • Storyboard — Hewes — Series 4; episode 4: "Hunted Down" • Gentlemen and Players — Sammy — Series 2; episode 6: "Another Square Mile" • Hard Cases — Judge — Series 2; episode 5 • British Telecom — Cyril (Beatie's brother-in-law in Australia) — Television advertisement • 1990 — The Return of Shelley — Robson — Series 2; episode 12: "A Problem Aired" • Theatre Night — Brabantio / Gratiano — Series 5; episode 1: "Othello" • This Is David Harper — Parapope Joshua — Episode 6: "Born Again Testerday" • 1990–1995 — Keeping Up Appearances — Richard Bucket — Main role. Series 1–5; 44 episodes • 1991 — The War That Never Ends — Athenagoras — Television film • 1992 — Boon — Charles Hastings — Series 7; episode 2: "Queen's Gambit" • 1993 — Noel's House Party — Richard Bucket — Series 3; episode 2 • Heartbeat — Victor Kellerman — Series 3; episode 4: "Going Home" • 1994 — Woof! — Alex Pardoe — Series 7; episode 3: "Doggy Business" • 1997 — The Famous Five — Mr. Pottersham — Series 2; episodes 7 & 8: "Five Have a Wonderful Time: Parts 1 & 2" • The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket — Richard Bucket — Television film (archive footage only) • 1998 — Peak Practice — Norman Shorthose — Recurring role. Series 6; 10 episodes • 1999 — Aristocrats — King George II — Mini-series; episodes 1–3 • 2002 — Young Arthur — Illtud — Television film. Pilot for cancelled series • 2002–2005 — Born and Bred — Reverend Eustacius Brewer — Series 1–4; 36 episodes • 2007 — Doctor Who — Mr. Copper — Series 4; Christmas Special episode: "Voyage of the Damned" • 2008 — Keeping Up Appearances: Life Lessons from Onslow — Richard Bucket — Television film (archive footage only) • 2009–2010 — The Old Guys — Roy — Series 1 & 2; 12 episodes • 2010 — Little Crackers — Real Father Christmas — Series 1; episode 2: "Chris O'Dowd's Little Cracker: Capturing Santa" • 2011 — Hustle — Yusef — Series 7; episode 6: "The Delivery" • 2014 — Cuckoo — Dr. Rafferty — Series 2; episode 4: "Funeral" • 2015 — Rosamunde Pilcher — Edward Whiteley — Episode: "Valentine's Kiss" • SunTrap — Colin — Episode 2: "In the Line of Fire" • 2017 — Midsomer Murders — Felix Hope — Series 19; episode 2: "Crime and Punishment" (final appearance)

• "Vivat Rex" as Lord Talbot in "Henry VI" by William Shakespeare, in episodes 15–16, BBC (1977) • Souvenirs of Chabrier - five-part series on the life and music of Emmanuel Chabrier, with Swift as the composer (1981) • Measure for Measure as Escalus (2004) • Oblomov as the Doctor (2005) • The Right Time (2008) • Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities as Nash (2011) • The Price of Fear – Remains to be Seen as Fred Treiber (2012)

• Cymbeline (1962) as Cloten • The Physicists (1963) as Inspector Richard Voss (Aldwych Theatre) • The Tempest (1966) as Caliban (Prospect Theatre Company)

Clive Swift is recorded as actor and composer. The authorities additionally record the heading Clive Walter Swift.