Clive Swift
Biography
Clive Swift was an English actor and songwriter who began as a classically trained stage performer, working with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and became best known for the role of Richard Bucket on Keeping Up Appearances, the BBC sitcom. He was born in Liverpool, read English literature at Cambridge, and later taught at LAMDA and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Early screen roles included Snug in a 1968 Royal Shakespeare Company film of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Doctor Black in BBC adaptations of M. R. James stories. He played Sir Ector in John Boorman's Excalibur (1981) and made two appearances in Doctor Who, in Revelation of the Daleks, a 1985 story, and in the Christmas special of 2007. He also wrote and performed his own songs and played the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in Born and Bred from 2002 to 2005. He died in 2019.
82years old at death
- Born Liverpool
- Died London
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Clive Walter Swift
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 35 years1972 to 2007
Every film, newest first
- 2007Doctor Who: Voyage of the DamnedIMDb rating 7.6
- 1984A Passage to IndiaIMDb rating 7.3
- 1981ExcaliburIMDb rating 7.3
- 1972Death LineIMDb rating 5.9
- 1972FrenzyIMDb rating 7.4
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A change of course
Clive Swift had worked as a teacher at LAMDA and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before his acting career.
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Worked with
Clive Swift shares two films with Bernard Cribbins, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bernard Cribbins's page
Christopher Lee's page
Liam Neeson's page
Donald Pleasence's page
Helen Mirren's page
Patrick Stewart's page
All films by John Boorman
All films by Alfred Hitchcock
David LeanDirector, 1 film, 1984
All films by David Lean
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