Clive Swift in his role as Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances.

Clive Walter Swift (born February 9, 1936) is a British actor originally from Liverpool, England. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1046x1554, 96 KB)Clive Swift as Richard Bucket File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1046x1554, 96 KB)Clive Swift as Richard Bucket File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Richard Bucket, played by Clive Swift. ... Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom starring Patricia Routledge as social snob Hyacinth Bucket. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Swift was educated at Clifton College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read English literature. He was previously a teacher at Lamda and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Swift has appeared in many TV series and movies. He is most noted for his performance in Keeping Up Appearances, starring as Richard Bucket, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth. He also starred in the BBC adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles and appeared in the Doctor Who story Revelation of the Daleks. On 7th July 2007 he was reported to be appearing in the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas special. An 1898 etching of the College Close Clifton College (grid reference ST569737) is a coeducational public school in Clifton, Bristol, England. ... Full name Gonville and Caius College Motto Named after Edmund Gonville & John Caius Previous names Gonville Hall (1348), Gonville & Caius (1557) Established 1348, refounded 1557 Sister College(s) Brasenose College Master Sir Christopher Hum Location Trinity St Undergraduates 468 Postgraduates 291 Homepage Boatclub Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge is a... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S... RADAs theatre in London The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is considered to be one of the most prestigious drama schools in the world. ... Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom starring Patricia Routledge as social snob Hyacinth Bucket. ... Richard Bucket, played by Clive Swift. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... The Barchester Chronicles on the cover of Radio Times magazine. ... For other uses, see Doctor Who (disambiguation). ... Revelation of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in two weekly parts from March 23 to March 30, 1985. ... For other uses, see Doctor Who (disambiguation). ... For the 1976 film of the same title, see Voyage of the Damned. ...

Clive Swift was formerly married to novelist Margaret Drabble (1960-75). He is the father of one daughter, Rebecca, who runs The Literary Consultancy and two sons, Adam, an academic, and Joe Swift, a TV gardener. Clive's brother, David Swift, is also a well-known actor. Margaret Drabble (born June 5, 1939) is an English novelist. ... Joe Swift is a British horticulturalist, journalist and television personality. ... David Swift (born 1933) is a British actor, best known for his role in the sitcom, Drop the Dead Donkey. ...

As well as acting, he is a talented songwriter. Many of his songs are included in his show, currently (2007) touring the UK, Richard Bucket Overflows: An Audience with Clive Swift.

Film

• Death Line (1972)
• Frenzy (1972)
• The National Health (1973)
• Excalibur (1981)
• A Passage to India (1984)

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Television

• Born and Bred as Reverend Brewer
• Peak Practice as Norman Shorthose
• Keeping Up Appearances as Richard Bucket
• Ripping Yarns as the Butler
• Doctor Who
  • Revelation of the Daleks as Jobel
  • "Voyage of the Damned"
• Waugh on Crime as Inspector Waugh
• Beasts - "The Dummy" as Bunny
• First Among Equals as Alec Pimkin
• Inspector Morse - The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn as Doctor Bartlett

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Radio

• Oblomov as the Doctor
• The Right Time

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Stage

• Cymbeline (1962) as Cloten

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External links

• Clive Swift at the Internet Movie Database