Clive Walter Swift (born 9 February 1936) is a British actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Bucket in the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. Swift was born in Liverpool, England, the son of Lily Rebecca and Abram Sampson Swift. He 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.

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  • Clive Walter Swift (born 9 February 1936) is a British actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Bucket in the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. Swift was born in Liverpool, England, the son of Lily Rebecca and Abram Sampson Swift. He 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. In the Seventies, he appeared as 'Doctor Black' in two of the BBC's M.R. James adaptations: The Stalls of Barchester and A Warning to the Curious. 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 25 December, 2007, he appeared in a Doctor Who Christmas special as Mr. Copper. He also played Sir Ector, the adopted father of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur Swift was formerly married to novelist Margaret Drabble (1960-75). He is the father of one daughter, Rebecca, who runs The Literary Consultancy in London's Free Word Centre and two sons, Adam, an academic, and Joe Swift, a TV gardener. His brother, David Swift, is also a well-known actor. As well as acting, he is a songwriter. Many of his songs are included in his show, Richard Bucket Overflows: An Audience with Clive Swift, which toured the UK in 2007.
  • Clive Swift on englantilainen näyttelijä. Hän on näytellyt useissa elokuvissa sekä teatterinäytelmissä. Suomessa sekä Isossa-Britanniassa hänen tunnetuin tv-roolinsa on BBC- ja YLE TV1-kanavien Pokka pitää -sarjan Richard Buckettina. Hän on näytellyt myös sarjassa Doctor Who.
  • Clive Walter Swift is een Engels acteur en auteur. Hij studeerde Engelse literatuur aan de Universiteit van Cambridge.
  • Clive Walter Swift, brytyjski aktor.
  • Clive Swift, född 9 februari 1936 i Liverpool, England; brittisk skådespelare. Han började sin karriär vid en repertoarteater i Nottingham innan han kom till Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Han har medverkat i TV och film sedan mitten av 1960-talet. För svenska TV-tittare mest känd som Hyacinth Buckets hunsade man Richard i den populära TV-serien Skenet bedrar 1990-1995. Bland övriga TV-serier och filmer märks filmerna Vanvett och En färd till Indien samt TV-serien Ett landskap i England. Swift var åren 1960-1975 gift med den brittiska författarinnan Margaret Drabble.
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  • Clive Walter Swift (born 9 February 1936) is a British actor who is best known for his starring role as Richard Bucket in the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. Swift was born in Liverpool, England, the son of Lily Rebecca and Abram Sampson Swift. He 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.
  • Clive Swift on englantilainen näyttelijä. Hän on näytellyt useissa elokuvissa sekä teatterinäytelmissä. Suomessa sekä Isossa-Britanniassa hänen tunnetuin tv-roolinsa on BBC- ja YLE TV1-kanavien Pokka pitää -sarjan Richard Buckettina. Hän on näytellyt myös sarjassa Doctor Who.
  • Clive Walter Swift is een Engels acteur en auteur. Hij studeerde Engelse literatuur aan de Universiteit van Cambridge.
  • Clive Walter Swift, brytyjski aktor.
  • Clive Swift, född 9 februari 1936 i Liverpool, England; brittisk skådespelare. Han började sin karriär vid en repertoarteater i Nottingham innan han kom till Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Han har medverkat i TV och film sedan mitten av 1960-talet. För svenska TV-tittare mest känd som Hyacinth Buckets hunsade man Richard i den populära TV-serien Skenet bedrar 1990-1995.
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