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Biography

Born

2/9/1936, Liverpool, England, UK

Birth Name

Clive Walter Swift

Gender

Male

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Star (3)

Role
- The Old Guys
  Roy
  - S 2: Ep 6 Engagement
    8/13/10
  - S 2: Ep 5 Hospital
    8/6/10
  - S 2: Ep 4 Builders
    7/30/10
  - S 2: Ep 3 Tom Moves Out
    7/23/10
  - S 2: Ep 2 Triple Date
    7/16/10
  - + 7 More Credits
- Born and Bred
  Reverend Brewer
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Last Hurrah (2)
    6/29/03
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Last Hurrah (1)
    6/22/03
  - S 2: Ep 2 Home to Roost
    4/27/03
  - S 2: Ep 1 Lost Souls
    4/20/03
  - S 1: Ep 5 Brothers in Arms
    5/19/02
  - + 4 More Credits
- Keeping Up Appearances
  Richard Bucket (pronounced "Bouquet")
  - S 5: Ep 11 The Pageant
    12/25/95
  - S 5: Ep 10 The Hostess
    11/5/95
  - S 5: Ep 9 The Rolls Royce
    10/29/95
  - S 5: Ep 8 A Barbecue at Violet's
    10/22/95
  - S 5: Ep 7 The Boy Friend
    10/15/95
  - + 39 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- The Barchester Chronicles
  Dr. Proudie
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 7
    12/22/82
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6
    12/15/82
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    12/8/82
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode 4
    12/1/82
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode 3
    11/24/82
  - + 1 More Credits
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
  Inspector Waugh
  - S 6: Ep 13 Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Knows the Criminal But Not the Crime
    1/8/71
  - S 6: Ep 12 Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Plays Cops and Robbers
    1/1/71
  - S 6: Ep 11 Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Observes the Truth of an Old Music-Hall Song
    12/25/70
  - S 6: Ep 10 Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Encounters the English Class System
    12/18/70
  - S 6: Ep 9 Waugh on Crime: In Which Inspector Waugh Meets a Man Going to St. Ives
    12/11/70
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (31)

Role
- Hustle
  Yusef
  - S 7: Ep 6 The Delivery
    2/18/11
- Doctor Who (2005)
  Mr Copper
  - — Voyage of the Damned
    12/25/07
- Funny Women
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 2 Patricia Routledge
    7/1/98
- An Audience With...
  Participating Audience Member
  - S 3: Ep 4 An Audience With Ken Dodd
    12/3/94
- Heartbeat
  Victor Kellerman
  - S 3: Ep 4 Going Home
    10/24/93
- Boon
  Charles Hastings
  - S 8: Ep 2 Queen's Gambit
    9/15/92
- This is David Harper
  Parapope Joshua
  - S 1: Ep 6 Born Again Yesterday
    12/7/90
- Storyboard
  Hewes
  - S 3: Ep 4 Hunted Down
    5/30/89
- Minder (1979)
  Chisholm's Director
  - S 7: Ep 0 An Officer and a Car Salesman
    12/26/88
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  St. John Court
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Coffin
    5/7/88
- A Very Peculiar Practice
  Prof. Piers Platt
  - S 2: Ep 2 Art and Illusion
    3/2/88
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Ellis
  - S 36: Ep 3 Pack of Lies
    4/26/87
- Inspector Morse
  Dr Bartlett
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn
    1/13/87
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Jobel
  - S 22: Ep 13 Revelation of the Daleks, Part Two
    3/30/85
  - S 22: Ep 12 Revelation of the Daleks, Part One
    3/23/85
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Lord Cerimon
  - S 1: Ep 34 Pericles, Prince of Tyre
    12/8/84
- The Gentle Touch
  Dalziel
  - S 4: Ep 1 Right of Entry
    10/22/82
- Tales of the Unexpected
  Latham
  - S 5: Ep 5 Stranger in Town
    5/23/82
- Cribb
  Dr. Probert
  - S 1: Ep 7 A Case of Spirits
    5/25/80
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Thomas Percy
  - S 1: Ep 8 King Henry the Fourth, Part II
    12/16/79
  - S 1: Ep 7 King Henry the Fourth, Part I
    12/9/79
- Hazell
  Neville Fitch
  - S 2: Ep 1 Hazell and the Baker Street Sleuth
    4/19/79
- Bless Me, Father
  Fred Dobie
  - S 1: Ep 5 Father & Mother
    10/22/78
- Beasts
  'Bunny' Nettleton
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Dummy
    11/20/76
- Victorian Scandals
  William Hepworth-Dixon
  - S 1: Ep 7 Beloved
    10/10/76
- The Brothers (1972)
  Griffith Trevellyan
  - S 6: Ep 6 Tender
    2/29/76
- Play for Today
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 14 Goodbye
    3/6/75
- Dead of Night
  Guest Star
- The Liver Birds
  Jim Royle
  - S 3: Ep 4 Birds On Strike
    3/3/72
- The Famous Five
  Mr. Pottersham
  - S 2: Ep 11 Five Have a Wonderful Time (2)
  - S 2: Ep 10 Five Have a Wonderful Time (1)
- The Wednesday Play
  Guest Star
  - S 8: Ep 18 Birthday
    2/12/69
  - S 9: Ep 17 Mad Jack
    2/4/70
- The Expert
  Graham Richards
  - S 1: Ep 10 He's Good for It
    9/6/68
- Public Eye
  West
  - S 2: Ep 11 There Are More Things in Heaven and Earth
    9/10/66
Cameo (1)

Role
- The Weakest Link (UK)
  Contestant
  - S 4: Ep 2 Classic Sitcom Stars
    1/2/02

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Trivia
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- Clive's ex-wife, Margaret Drabble, is writer A. S. Byatt's sister.
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- Clive was in the unusual late-night comedy show Dig This Rhubarb. The show involved a panel discussing current 'hot' topics, but their arguments were founded in references to the topic in classical literature.
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- In 1988 Clive appeared in the film Giovane Toscanini, Il, about the conductor Arturo Toscanini, which was released in the U.S. as Young Toscanini.
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Quotes
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- Clive: I've been an actor since 1959, and I've done a hell of a lot of television over the years. It's amazing how much some of the fans know. I thought they knew more about me and what I did than I knew about myself!
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- Clive: [On what he would have done if he wasn't an actor] I often wonder what the hell else I could've done. I suppose I would've tried to teach somebody something, God forbid.
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