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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f856ab0 Clive Swift] at the [[British Film Institute]]		*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f856ab0 Clive Swift] at the [[w:British Film Institute\|British Film Institute]]
	*{{IMDb name\|842578}}		*{{IMDb name\|842578}}
	* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47095343 Obituary] at Bbc.co.uk		* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47095343 Obituary] at Bbc.co.uk

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	'''Clive Walter Swift''' (9 February 1936 – 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included performances with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], but he was best known to television viewers for his role as [[Richard Bucket]] in the BBC sitcom ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''.<ref>{{cite web \| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/02/01/clive-swift-classically-trained-actor-rsc-best-known-television/ \| title= Clive Swift, classically trained actor with the RSC who was best known on television as the henpecked husband in 'Keeping Up Appearances' - obituary \| work=Telegraph \| date=1 February 2019 \| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> He played many other television and film roles.		'''Clive Walter Swift''' (9 February 1936 – 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included performances with the [[w:Royal Shakespeare Company\|Royal Shakespeare Company]], but he was best known to television viewers for his role as [[Richard Bucket]] in the BBC sitcom ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''.<ref>{{cite web \| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/02/01/clive-swift-classically-trained-actor-rsc-best-known-television/ \| title= Clive Swift, classically trained actor with the RSC who was best known on television as the henpecked husband in 'Keeping Up Appearances' - obituary \| work=Telegraph \| date=1 February 2019 \| access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> He played many other television and film roles.

	==Life and career==		==Life and career==
	Swift was born in [[Liverpool]] on 9 February 1936,<ref name=barker/> the son of Abram Sampson Swift, who owned a furniture shop in [[Bootle]], and Lily Rebecca, née Greenman.<ref name=obit>{{cite web \|last=Hayward\|first=Anthony\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/apr/18/david-swift-obituary \|title=David Swift obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=18 April 2016 \|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/41/Clive-Swift.html Clive Swift profile], filmreference.com; accessed 12 October 2016.</ref> His elder brother [[David Swift (actor)\|David]] was also an actor. Both were educated at [[Clifton College]] and [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]], where Clive read [[English literature]]. He was previously{{when\|date=May 2019}} a teacher at [[LAMDA]] and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]. His family was [[Jews\|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/31246/art-thou-contented-jew \|title=Art Thou Contented, Jew? \|author=Margaret Drabble \|access-date=30 July 2014 \|date=20 April 2010}}</ref>		Swift was born in [[w:Liverpool\|Liverpool]] on 9 February 1936,<ref name=barker/> the son of Abram Sampson Swift, who owned a furniture shop in [[w:Bootle\|Bootle]], and Lily Rebecca, née Greenman.<ref name=obit>{{cite web \|last=Hayward\|first=Anthony\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/apr/18/david-swift-obituary \|title=David Swift obituary\|work=The Guardian\|date=18 April 2016 \|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/41/Clive-Swift.html Clive Swift profile], filmreference.com; accessed 12 October 2016.</ref> His elder brother [[w:David Swift (actor)\|David]] was also an actor. Both were educated at [[w:Clifton College\|Clifton College]] and [[w:Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge\|Gonville and Caius College]], where Clive read [[w:English literature\|English literature]]. He was previously{{when\|date=May 2019}} a teacher at [[w:LAMDA\|LAMDA]] and the [[w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]. His family was [[w:Jews\|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/31246/art-thou-contented-jew \|title=Art Thou Contented, Jew? \|author=Margaret Drabble \|access-date=30 July 2014 \|date=20 April 2010}}</ref>

	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]].<ref name="GUAR">{{cite web \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/clive-swift-obituary?CMP=twt_a-culture_b-gdnculture \|title=Clive Swift Obituary \|work=The Guardian \|date=1 February 2019}}</ref> During the 1970s, he appeared as Doctor Black in two of the [[BBC]]'s [[M. R. James]] [[A Ghost Story for Christmas\|adaptations]]: ''[[The Stalls of Barchester]]'' and ''[[A Warning to the Curious]]'', as well as the BBC adaptation of ''[[The Barchester Chronicles]]''.<ref name="GUAR" /> He is best known for his role on ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' as [[Richard Bucket]], the long-suffering husband of [[Hyacinth Bucket\|Hyacinth]].<ref name="GUAR" /> Swift made two appearances in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', in the 1985 story ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' and the 2007 [[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)\|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.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Warner \|first1=Sam \|title=Hilariously grumpy Doctor Who interview resurfaces \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a841841/doctor-who-grumpy-interview-resurfaces-clive-swift/ \|website=Digital Spy \|access-date=3 February 2019\|date=30 October 2017 }}</ref> He also played [[Sir Ector]], the adoptive father of [[King Arthur]] in [[John Boorman]]'s 1981 film ''[[Excalibur (film)\|Excalibur]]''.<ref name="GUAR" />		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 [[w:Diana Rigg\|Diana Rigg]], [[w:Helen Mirren\|Helen Mirren]] and [[w:Ian Richardson\|Ian Richardson]].<ref name="GUAR">{{cite web \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/clive-swift-obituary?CMP=twt_a-culture_b-gdnculture \|title=Clive Swift Obituary \|work=The Guardian \|date=1 February 2019}}</ref> During the 1970s, he appeared as Doctor Black in two of the [[w:BBC\|BBC]]'s [[w:M. R. James\|M. R. James]] [[w:A Ghost Story for Christmas\|adaptations]]: ''[[w:The Stalls of Barchester\|The Stalls of Barchester]]'' and ''[[w:A Warning to the Curious\|A Warning to the Curious]]'', as well as the BBC adaptation of ''[[w:The Barchester Chronicles\|The Barchester Chronicles]]''.<ref name="GUAR" /> He is best known for his role on ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' as [[Richard Bucket]], the long-suffering husband of [[Hyacinth Bucket\|Hyacinth]].<ref name="GUAR" /> Swift made two appearances in ''[[w:Doctor Who\|Doctor Who]]'', in the 1985 story ''[[w:Revelation of the Daleks\|Revelation of the Daleks]]'' and the 2007 [[w:Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)\|Christmas special]]. Around the time of his second appearance, he gave a "grumpy" interview to ''[[w:Doctor Who Magazine\|Doctor Who Magazine]]'' in which he bemoaned "not getting paid" to promote his episode, and belittled the show.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Warner \|first1=Sam \|title=Hilariously grumpy Doctor Who interview resurfaces \|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a841841/doctor-who-grumpy-interview-resurfaces-clive-swift/ \|website=Digital Spy \|access-date=3 February 2019\|date=30 October 2017 }}</ref> He also played [[w:Sir Ector\|Sir Ector]], the adoptive father of [[w:King Arthur\|King Arthur]] in [[w:John Boorman\|John Boorman]]'s 1981 film ''[[w:Excalibur (film)\|Excalibur]]''.<ref name="GUAR" />

	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,<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Padman \|first1=Tony \|title=Whatever happened to Keeping Up Appearances' Richard Bucket? \|url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/468624/Richard-Bucket-in-Keeping-Up-Appearances-played-by-Clive-Swift \|access-date=3 February 2019 \|publisher=Daily Express \|date=5 April 2014}}</ref> and ''Clive Swift Entertains'', in which he performed his own music and lyrics, which toured the UK in 2009.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Clive Swift, star of Keeping Up Appearances, dies \|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph/20190202/281784220329807 \|access-date=3 February 2019 \|publisher=Daily Telegraph \|date=2 February 2019}}</ref> He also played the part of the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in ''[[Born and Bred]]'', which aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005.<ref name=barker>{{cite web \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/clive-swift-obituary \|title=Clive Swift obituary \|first=Dennis \|last=Barker \|date=1 February 2019 \|access-date=1 February 2019 \|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref> His last performance was in an episode of ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' in 2017, after which he retired.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/itv-midsomer-murders-late-tv-22006592\|title=The TV legend whose last major role was on tonight's episode of Midsomer Murders\|date=29 October 2021}}</ref>		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,<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Padman \|first1=Tony \|title=Whatever happened to Keeping Up Appearances' Richard Bucket? \|url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/468624/Richard-Bucket-in-Keeping-Up-Appearances-played-by-Clive-Swift \|access-date=3 February 2019 \|publisher=Daily Express \|date=5 April 2014}}</ref> and ''Clive Swift Entertains'', in which he performed his own music and lyrics, which toured the UK in 2009.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Clive Swift, star of Keeping Up Appearances, dies \|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph/20190202/281784220329807 \|access-date=3 February 2019 \|publisher=Daily Telegraph \|date=2 February 2019}}</ref> He also played the part of the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in ''[[Born and Bred]]'', which aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005.<ref name=barker>{{cite web \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/clive-swift-obituary \|title=Clive Swift obituary \|first=Dennis \|last=Barker \|date=1 February 2019 \|access-date=1 February 2019 \|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref> His last performance was in an episode of ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' in 2017, after which he retired.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/itv-midsomer-murders-late-tv-22006592\|title=The TV legend whose last major role was on tonight's episode of Midsomer Murders\|date=29 October 2021}}</ref>

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	\| image = Clive Swift 2007.jpg		\| image = Clive Swift 2007.jpg
	\| caption = Swift in [[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)\|''Doctor Who'': "Voyage of the Damned"]]		\| caption = Swift in [[w:Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)\|''Doctor Who'': "Voyage of the Damned"]]
	\| birth_name = Clive Walter Swift		\| birth_name = Clive Walter Swift
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1936\|2\|9\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1936\|2\|9\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Liverpool]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2019\|2\|1\|1936\|2\|9\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2019\|2\|1\|1936\|2\|9\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[London]], England		\| death_place = [[w:London\|London]], England
	\| medium = Television, film		\| medium = Television, film
	\| years_active = 1965–2017		\| years_active = 1965–2017
	\| genre =		\| genre =
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	\| influences = [[Barry Humphries]]		\| influences = [[w:Barry Humphries\|]]
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	\| spouse = {{married\|[[Margaret Drabble]]\|1960\|1975\|reason=divorced}}		\| spouse = {{married\|[[Margaret Drabble]]\|1960\|1975\|reason=divorced}}
	\| children = [[Rebecca Swift]]<br>[[Adam Swift]]<br>[[Joe Swift]]		\| children = [[w:Rebecca Swift\|Rebecca Swift]]<br>[[w:Adam Swift\|Adam Swift]]<br>[[w:Joe Swift\|Joe Swift]]
	\| relatives = [[David Swift (actor)\|David Swift]] (brother)		\| relatives = [[w:David Swift (actor)\|David Swift]] (brother)
	\| website =		\| website =
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{{short description|British actor}}
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{{Infobox comedian
| image = Clive Swift 2007.jpg
| caption = Swift in [[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|''Doctor Who'': "Voyage of the Damned"]]
| birth_name = Clive Walter Swift
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|2|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|2|1|1936|2|9|df=y}}
| death_place = [[London]], England
| medium = Television, film
| years_active = 1965–2017
| genre =

| spouse = {{married|[[Margaret Drabble]]|1960|1975|reason=divorced}}
| children = [[Rebecca Swift]]<br>[[Adam Swift]]<br>[[Joe Swift]]
| relatives = [[David Swift (actor)|David Swift]] (brother)
| website =
}}
'''Clive Walter Swift''' (9 February 1936 – 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included performances with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], but he was best known to television viewers for his role as [[Richard Bucket]] in the BBC sitcom ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/02/01/clive-swift-classically-trained-actor-rsc-best-known-television/ | title= Clive Swift, classically trained actor with the RSC who was best known on television as the henpecked husband in 'Keeping Up Appearances' - obituary | work=Telegraph | date=1 February 2019 | access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> He played many other television and film roles.

==Life and career==
Swift was born in [[Liverpool]] on 9 February 1936,<ref name=barker/> the son of Abram Sampson Swift, who owned a furniture shop in [[Bootle]], and Lily Rebecca, née Greenman.<ref name=obit>{{cite web |last=Hayward|first=Anthony|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/apr/18/david-swift-obituary |title=David Swift obituary|work=The Guardian|date=18 April 2016 |access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/41/Clive-Swift.html Clive Swift profile], filmreference.com; accessed 12 October 2016.</ref> His elder brother [[David Swift (actor)|David]] was also an actor. Both were educated at [[Clifton College]] and [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]], where Clive read [[English literature]]. He was previously{{when|date=May 2019}} a teacher at [[LAMDA]] and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]. His family was [[Jews|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/31246/art-thou-contented-jew |title=Art Thou Contented, Jew? |author=Margaret Drabble |access-date=30 July 2014 |date=20 April 2010}}</ref>

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]].<ref name="GUAR">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/clive-swift-obituary?CMP=twt_a-culture_b-gdnculture |title=Clive Swift Obituary |work=The Guardian |date=1 February 2019}}</ref> During the 1970s, he appeared as Doctor Black in two of the [[BBC]]'s [[M. R. James]] [[A Ghost Story for Christmas|adaptations]]: ''[[The Stalls of Barchester]]'' and ''[[A Warning to the Curious]]'', as well as the BBC adaptation of ''[[The Barchester Chronicles]]''.<ref name="GUAR" /> He is best known for his role on ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' as [[Richard Bucket]], the long-suffering husband of [[Hyacinth Bucket|Hyacinth]].<ref name="GUAR" /> Swift made two appearances in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', in the 1985 story ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' and the 2007 [[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Warner |first1=Sam |title=Hilariously grumpy Doctor Who interview resurfaces |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a841841/doctor-who-grumpy-interview-resurfaces-clive-swift/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=3 February 2019|date=30 October 2017 }}</ref> He also played [[Sir Ector]], the adoptive father of [[King Arthur]] in [[John Boorman]]'s 1981 film ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]''.<ref name="GUAR" />

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,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Padman |first1=Tony |title=Whatever happened to Keeping Up Appearances' Richard Bucket? |url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/468624/Richard-Bucket-in-Keeping-Up-Appearances-played-by-Clive-Swift |access-date=3 February 2019 |publisher=Daily Express |date=5 April 2014}}</ref> and ''Clive Swift Entertains'', in which he performed his own music and lyrics, which toured the UK in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Clive Swift, star of Keeping Up Appearances, dies |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph/20190202/281784220329807 |access-date=3 February 2019 |publisher=Daily Telegraph |date=2 February 2019}}</ref> He also played the part of the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in ''[[Born and Bred]]'', which aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005.<ref name=barker>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/clive-swift-obituary |title=Clive Swift obituary |first=Dennis |last=Barker |date=1 February 2019 |access-date=1 February 2019 |website=Theguardian.com}}</ref> His last performance was in an episode of ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' in 2017, after which he retired.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/itv-midsomer-murders-late-tv-22006592|title=The TV legend whose last major role was on tonight's episode of Midsomer Murders|date=29 October 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Swift was married to novelist [[Margaret Drabble]] from 1960 until their divorce in 1975.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sadler |first=Lynn Veach |title=Margaret Drabble |url=https://archive.org/details/margaretdrabble00lynn |url-access=registration |access-date=27 July 2013 |year=1986 |publisher=Twayne Publishers |isbn=978-0-8057-6907-4}}</ref> He was the father of one daughter, [[Rebecca Swift|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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Silgardo |first=Melanie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/25/rebecca-swift-obituary |title=Rebecca Swift obituary |work=The Guardian |date=25 April 2017 |access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref>

Swift died at home on 1 February 2019, at the age of 82, eight days before his 83rd birthday, following a short illness.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/clive-swift-dead-keeping-up-appearances-actor-died-died-age-bucket-husband-a8758856.html |title=Keeping Up Appearances actor Clive Swift dies aged 82 |date=1 February 2019 |website=The Independent |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>  Paying tribute to Swift, fellow actor [[James Dreyfus]] said he "loved this extremely talented, subtle actor".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/clive-swift-dead-tributes-keeping-up-appearances_uk_5c547eb7e4b09293b203baf3 |title=Tributes Pour In For Keeping Up Appearances Actor Clive Swift |date=1 February 2019 |website=HuffPost UK |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47095343|title=Keeping Up Appearances' Clive Swift dies|work=BBC News|date=1 February 2019}}</ref>

==Filmography==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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!Year
!Title
!Role
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|1965
|''[[Catch Us If You Can (film)|Catch Us If You Can]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/having-a-wild-weekend-v94436/cast-crew |title=Having a Wild Weekend (1965) - John Boorman - Cast and Crew |website=AllMovie |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Duffie
|
|-
|1968
|''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/14092 |title=Midsummer Night's Dream, A · British Universities Film & Video Council |website=bufvc.ac.uk |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Snug
|
|-
|1972
|''[[Frenzy]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/frenzy-v18641/cast-crew |title=Frenzy (1972) - Alfred Hitchcock - Cast and Crew |website=AllMovie |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Johnny Porter
|
|-
|1972
|''[[Death Line]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/raw-meat-v107325/cast-crew |title=Raw Meat (1973) - Gary Sherman - Cast and Crew |website=AllMovie |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Inspector Richardson
|
|-
|1973
|''[[The National Health (film)|The National Health]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/5183/clive_swift_rip/ |title=Actor Clive Swift dies aged 82 |first=British Comedy |last=Guide |date=1 February 2019 |website=British Comedy Guide |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Ash
|
|-
|1973
|''[[Man at the Top (film)|Man at the Top]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6be7aa17 |title=Man at the Top (1973) |website=BFI |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Massey
|
|-
|1978
|''[[The Sailor's Return (film)|The Sailor's Return]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/589461/index.html |title=BFI Screenonline: Sailor's Return, The (1978) |website=Screenonline.org.uk |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Reverend Pottock
|
|-
|1981
|''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/491054/credits.html |title=BFI Screenonline: Excalibur (1981) Credits |website=Screenonline.org.uk |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Ector
|
|-
|1984
|''[[Memed, My Hawk (film)|Memed My Hawk]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b742f0e86 |title=Memed My Hawk (1984) |website=BFI |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Magistrate
|
|-
|1984
|''[[A Passage to India (film)|A Passage to India]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/clive-swift-obituary |title=Clive Swift obituary |first=Dennis |last=Barker |date=1 February 2019 |access-date=2 February 2019 |website=Theguardian.com}}</ref>
|Major Callendar
|
|-
|1988
|''[[Young Toscanini]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/young-toscanini/ |title=Young Toscanini (1988) |access-date=2 February 2019 |website=Letterboxd.com}}</ref>
|Comparsa
|Uncredited
|-
|1990
|''[[Othello (1990 film)|Othello]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Othello (1990) |last=Brooke |first=Michael |website=[[BFI Screenonline]] |access-date=29 April 2017 |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1184116}}</ref>
|[[Brabantio]]
|DVD re-released 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swapadvd.com/William-Shakespeare-Othello/dvd/60204/|title=William Shakespeare Othello DVD with Michael Grandage, Ian McKellen, Clive Swift (NR) +Movie Reviews |website=Swapadvd.com |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
|1997
|''[[Gaston's War]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7e8c1568 |title=GASTON'S WAR (1997) |website=BFI|access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|General James
|
|-

|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1970
|''Mad Jack''
|
|
|-
|1971
|''[[The Stalls of Barchester]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/487018?view=synopsis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601052951/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/487018?view=synopsis |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 June 2009 |title=The Stalls of Barchester |work=[[British Film Institute]] Database |access-date=22 August 2010}}</ref>
|Dr. Black
|
|-
|1972
|''[[The Liver Birds]]''<ref name=mumford>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/clive-swift-keeping-up-appearances-actor-dies-aged-82 |title=Clive Swift, actor in Keeping Up Appearances, dies aged 82 |first=Gwilym |last=Mumford |date=1 February 2019 |access-date=2 February 2019 |website=Theguardian.com}}</ref>
|Jim Royle
|1 episode
|-
|1972
|''[[Dead of Night (TV series)|Dead of Night]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1155743/index.html |title=BFI Screenonline: Exorcism, The (1972) |website=Screenonline.org.uk |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Dan
|
|-
|1972
|''[[A Warning to the Curious]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/features/warning-curious-locations-ghost-story-for-christmas |title="No diggin' 'ere!" – Revisiting the ghostly locations of A Warning to the Curious |website=British Film Institute |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Dr. Black
|
|-
|1973
|The Frighteners
|James Machen
|'The Classroom', episode (''[[ITV (TV channel)]])'' (4th. May)
|-
|1976
|''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''<ref name=barker/>
|Friar Lawrence
|
|-
|1978
|''[[Bless Me, Father]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/bless-me-father/father-and-mother-176077/ |title=Bless Me, Father: Father & Mother |last=TV.com |website=TV.com |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Fred Dobie
|1 episode: "Father and Mother"
|-
|1978
|''[[1990 (TV series)|1990]]''
|
|
|-
|1979
|''[[Henry IV, Part 1]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/dvdfind/index.php/title/9496 |title=Henry IV. Part 1 (1979) · British Universities Film & Video Council |website=bufvc.ac.uk |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester
|
|-
|1979
|''[[Hazell (TV series)]]''
|Neville Fitch
|Episode: Hazell and the Baker Street Sleuth
|-
| 1980
| ''[[The Nesbitts Are Coming]]''
| Ernie Nesbitt
| 6 episodes
|-
|1981
|''[[Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishdrama.org.uk/churchill.html |title=Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years |website=Britishdrama.org.uk |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Sir [[Horace Wilson (civil servant)|Horace Wilson]]
|Last two episodes
|-
|1982
|''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]''<ref name=barker/>
|Latham
|1 episode: S5, E5 "Stranger in Town"
|-
|1982
|''[[The Barchester Chronicles]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trollopesociety.org/trollope/tv-radio/television/the-barchester-chronicles/ |title=The Barchester Chronicles |website=Trollope Society |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Bishop Proudie
|
|-
|1985
|''[[The Pickwick Papers (TV series)|The Pickwick Papers]]''<ref name=tvguide/>
|[[Tracy Tupman]]
|
|-
|1985
|''[[Doctor Who]]''
|Professor Jobel
|''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]''<ref name=tvguide/>
|-
|1986
|''[[First Among Equals (TV series)|First Among Equals]]''<ref name=barker/>
|Alec Pimkin
|
|-
|1987
|''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''<ref name=tvguide/>
|Doctor Bartlett
|
|-
|1987
|''[[Pack of Lies]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/pack-of-lies-v79293/cast-crew |title=Pack of Lies (1987) - Anthony Page - Cast and Crew |website=AllMovie |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Ellis
|
|-
|1988
|[[Journey's End]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Journey's End (1988), TV Movie on IMDb film database|website = [[IMDb]]|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095413/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2|url-status=live|access-date=23 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308011407/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095413/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 |archive-date=8 March 2021 }}</ref>
|Captain Hardy
|
|-
|1989
|[[British Telecom]]
|Cyril (Beatie's brother-in-law in Australia)
|Television advertisement<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lipman |first1=Maureen |last2=Phillips |first2=Richard |title=You Got an Ology? |date=1989 |publisher=Fontana Press}}</ref>
|-
|1990–1995
|''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]''<ref name=tvguide/>
|Richard Bucket
|Main role, 44 episodes
|-
|1993
|''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/heartbeat/cast/343241 |title=Heartbeat - TV Guide |website=TVGuide.com |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Victor Kellerman
|1 episode: "Going Home"
|-

|-
|1997
|''[[The Famous Five (1995 TV series)|The Famous Five]]''<ref name=tvguide>{{cite web |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/clive-swift/credits/189710 |title=Clive Swift - TV Guide |website=TVGuide.com |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>
|Mr. Pottersham
|‘Five Have a Wonderful Time" Part 1&?2
|-
|1998
|''[[Peak Practice]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2019020167330/keeping-up-appearances-actor-clive-swift-dies-aged-82/ |title=Keeping Up Appearances star Clive Swift has died aged 82 |date=1 February 2019 |website=HELLO! |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Norman Shorthose
|10 episodes
|-
|1999
|''[[Aristocrats (TV series)|Aristocrats]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1088984-aristocrats |title=Aristocrats (1999) |access-date=2 February 2019 |website=Rottentomatoes.com}}</ref>
|[[George II of Great Britain|King George II]]
|
|-
|2002–2005
|''[[Born and Bred]]''<ref name=tvguide/>
|Reverend Eustacius Brewer
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Doctor Who]]''
|Mr. Copper
|"[[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|Voyage of the Damned]]"<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2016/10/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-voyage-of-the-damned | title=10 Things You May Not Know About 'Voyage of the Damned'}}</ref>
|-
|2009–2010
|''[[The Old Guys]]''<ref name=tvguide/><ref name=barker/>
|Roy
|12 episodes
|-
|2011
|''[[Hustle (TV series)|Hustle]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00yskn3 |title=BBC One - Hustle, Series 7, The Delivery |website=BBC |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
|Yusef
|Episode: "The Delivery"
|-
|2014
|''[[Cuckoo (TV series)|Cuckoo]]''<ref name=barker/>
|Dr. Rafferty
| Episode: "Funeral"
|-
|2015
|''[[Rosamunde Pilcher]]''
|Edward Whiteley
|"Valentine's Kiss"[https://letterboxd.com/film/rosamunde-pilcher-fighting-for-her-family/]
|-
|2015
|''[[SunTrap]]''
|Colin
|Episode: "In the Line of Fire"
|-
|2017
|''[[Midsomer Murders]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1009617/midsomer-murders-19x02-crime-and-punishment/cast |title=Crime and Punishment – Guest Cast {{!}} TVmaze |website=Tvmaze.com |language=en |access-date=8 April 2017}}</ref>
|Felix Hope
|S19, E2: "Crime and Punishment"(final appearance)
|}

==Radio==
*''[[Oblomov]]'' as the Doctor (2005)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/radio-programme/e/c887ny/oblomov--episode-1/ |title=Oblomov - Episode 1 |website=Radio Times |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
*''The Right Time'' (2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007wp6k |title=BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Right Time, Series 1, Episode 1 |website=BBC |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>

*''[[Measure for Measure]]'' as Escalus (2004)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av66496 |title=Measure for Measure · British Universities Film & Video Council |website=bufvc.ac.uk |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
*''Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities'' as Nash (2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010t3jw |title=BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities, Episode 2 |website=BBC |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
*''[[The Price of Fear (radio serial)|The Price of Fear]] – Remains to be Seen'' as Fred Treiber (2012)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nt0ry |title=BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Price of Fear, Remains to Be Seen |website=BBC |access-date=2 February 2019}}</ref>
* "Vivat Rex" as Lord Talbot in "Henry VI" by William Shakespeare, in episodes 15–16, BBC (1977)

==Stage==
*''[[Cymbeline]]'' (1962) as Cloten<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ahds.rhul.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/shakespeare/performancedetails.do?performanceId=11166 |title=Cymbeline, Gaskill/Allio, Royal Shakespeare Company, July 1962 |website=Ahds.rhul.ac.uk |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203085011/http://www.ahds.rhul.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/shakespeare/performancedetails.do?performanceId=11166 |archive-date=3 February 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*''The Physicists'' (1963) as Inspector Richard Voss ([[Aldwych Theatre]])<ref name=barker/>
*''[[The Tempest]]'' (1966) as Caliban ([[Prospect Theatre Company]])<ref name=filmref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/41/Clive-Swift.html |title=Clive Swift Biography (1936-) |website=Filmreference.com |access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f856ab0 Clive Swift] at the [[British Film Institute]]
*{{IMDb name|842578}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47095343 Obituary] at Bbc.co.uk

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