K2k Posts: 200. Astute and observational, Hardys comedy was fuelled by his political passion, Literary editor and novelist who won the Costa Award for biography, aged 91, died on 23 January, aged 101. Im happy talking as myself. Does Unforgotten work without Nicola Walker? Her work chronicled the black British experience in the years after Windrush. Got a showbiz story? . Clive Swift was born on February 9, 1936 in Liverpool, England, UK. Serious-minded Shakespearean actor who felt slightly cursed by the TV sitcom role with which he became most associated, Clive Swift, above, with Keeping Up Appearances co-star Patricia Routledge in 1991 and, below, on his wedding day in 1960. I'm sure you'll write something very nice. Actress Hannelore Elsner arrives for the screening of the movie 'Nobody Wants the Night', during the opening gala of the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival, in Berlin February 5, 2015. ", The writer then asks Swift about his character in the episode, the actor replying: "You don't need me to tell you that. Swift has died following a short illness. Im not getting paid, am I?, Asked about his character, he responded: You dont need me to tell you that. (TV: Rose) He also showed her photographs of other figures also known as "the Doctor" before asking her to take him with her to meet hers, causing Rose to make her excuses and leave. England Considering the amount of direct Twitter links DS uses, I'm surprised this hasn't been abused before. Have you read the script? ), After Rose Tyler met the Ninth Doctor, she contacted Clive and went to visit him for more information. Three decades later he played Hitchcock in a BBC radio play. He also starred in the BBCs adaptation of the Barchester Chronicles. Born 9 February 1936, in Liverpool. pic.twitter.com/uNkcOyWa29, Loved this extremely talented, subtle actor. Clive told her that "the Doctor" was held to be a title handed down from father to son, but he believed that the Doctor was an immortal alien. Most journalists experience their fair share of bad interviews over their careers, but spare a thought for the one who had to interview a very grumpy Doctor Who star many moons ago. Reddit's Doctor Who Fan Community - News, Discussion, Artwork and Fan Creations! Have you read the script? Man died after being run over while asleep on strangers driveway, Londons most valuable house could be yours if you have a spare 300,000,000, Note in chimney tells couple their house was 100 times cheaper 50 years ago, Police hunt after man set on fire in London attack, Stranger Things stage show coming to the West End and consider us spooked, who passed away this morning at the age of 82, Do not sell or share my personal information. "You didn't know what was going to happen next: Swift commented, leaving it unclear whether he was talking about the fictional plot or their real-life union. He was not enormously successful in the face of Hyacinth's relentless social climbing. You should double-check all citations. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Clive Swift was best known for playing the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping up Appearances, Writer and broadcaster equally at home among the highbrow and on TV died aged 80. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) 2022 . His elder brother, David (obituary, May 26, 2016), also became an actor and was best known as the irascible newsreader Henry Davenport in the TV comedy Drop the Dead Donkey. The actor, who was best known for being long-suffering Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances, died aged 82 this morning after a short illness. DeSantis won't say he's running. He was best known for his role as Richard Bucket, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth (played by Patricia Routledge ) in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances , but played many other film and television roles. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. While hard going, this encounter with actor Clive Swift who played Mr Copper on Who special 'Voyage of the Damned' in 2007 is certainly entertaining to say the least. Actor Clive Swift, known to millions as Hyacinth Bucket's hen-pecked husband Richard in BBC One's 90s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died aged 82. Just hit 'Like' on our Digital Spy Facebook page and 'Follow' on our @digitalspy Twitter account and you're all set, The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal on season 3, Neighbours announces seven more returning cast. Janet Fielding isn't and is only really known in the profession for Doctor Who. Diverse roles from Shakespeare to Hitchcock and #DoctorWho to the much harangued husband of Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet). Maybe, but I actually prefer the journalists who don't give a shit. She rose from a traumatic childhood to become a formidable force of American letters and an inspiration to women, Star of It Aint Half Hot Mum and Never the Twain died on 17 January, aged 88. Read about our approach to external linking. Despite his grumbling, there were compensations. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. As it was Christmas Eve, the Doctor decided to give him a quick trip. The last led to a notoriously ill-mannered exchange when he was interviewed for a Doctor Who fan magazine. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? ", He later added: "Why should I do this? Replying to @DrWhoMoment. (AUDIO: Recruits). But staying in the role for 7 years..don't think anyone else could or should do that. Clive Swift Many years later, he would play Hitchcock in a BBC radio play called Strangers on a Film. Swift is best known for his role as long-suffering husband Richard Bucket in the popular BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. Guardians 3 star Karen Gillan mocks pose on poster, Marvel's Karen Gillan posts first wedding pictures, Doctor Who season 14: Everything you need to know, Doctor Who star in first look at new show, Doctor Who star lands first role since exit, Doctor Who merchandise books, figures and more, GOT and Doctor Who stars in new BBC crime thriller, Ncuti Gatwa hints he's leaving Sex Education role, The Crown and Doctor Who stars team up for movie, Hilariously grumpy Doctor Who interview resurfaces, DIGITAL SPY, PART OF THE HEARST UK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK. The Doctor's universe Jackie Reeve's universe Saltwater incidents' universe Humoral Assessment's universe Rogue planet's universe An interview with Doctor Who Magazine about his appearance in the second one, Voyage of the . Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Appearances: Want up-to-the-minute entertainment news and features? Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC. Clive was born around either 1961 (PROSE: Rose) or 1965 and was known as CJ in his youth. The Sowetan later described the Rand Daily Mail under Louw as the "first white newspaper to regard blacks as human beings. The Monkees singer Peter Tork died on 21 February, aged 77. Clive Swift, who rose to fame as Richard, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth Bucket, in BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearancea died on 1 February, aged 82, Standup comedian and Radio 4 panellist who skewered the establishment for decades died on 1 February, aged 57. 25K views 3 years ago Today, Clive Swift sadly passed away age 82. Off-screen he co-founded The Actors Centre, a meeting place for members of his profession in central London. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory), Clive and the Twelfth Doctor at Loch Ness. A hilariously grumpy interview with late Doctor Who star Clive Swift has resurfaced following his death earlier today. Clive Swift is a very distinguished actor with a fantastic range of credits. He was persuaded by the quality of the scripts by Roy Clarke, who had written Last of the Summer Wine, and by the chemistry he found with Routledge. His final screen appearance came in 2017, starring as Felix Hope in Midsomer Murders. First appearance: Clive Walter Swift (9 February 1936 - 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A dozen years after Keeping Up Appearances had finished, he took to the road with a one-man show called Richard Bucket Overflows. Jerrie Cobb, the nation's first female astronaut candidate, with a display of rockets at a national conference where the leading space experts gathered in Tulsa, Okla. Cobb died in Florida at the age of 88 on March 18, 2019. Actor Clive Swift, known to many as the long-suffering Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, has died. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. He died after a short illness on February 1, 2019, aged 82, Disclaimer: These citations are created on-the-fly using primitive parsing techniques. Clive Swift Tribute - Doctor Who Scenes (R.I.P) | Tenakin#CliveSwift #Tribute #CliveSwiftTribute Registered in England. Revelation of the Daleks & Voyage of the Damned It kind of comes across in his 4th year, I think. You're paying that actor; you're their employer, their boss." . "So the first thing I had to do was to fight back! He was an actor, known for Excalibur (1981), Frenzy (1972) and Keeping Up Appearances (1990). 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. Clive Swift, actor, was born on February 9, 1936. According to Russell T Davies in The Writer's Tale, Mackenzie Crook was nearly cast to play Clive. Main roles: All Rights Reserved. In December 2007 he starred in a Doctor Who Christmas special as Mr Copper alongside Kylie Minogue. EEAAO star gives tearful speech after historic win, The best Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom deals. Despite keeping her black ancestry a secret, she failed to break through in Hollywood but remained a stalwart of her professional home New Yorks theatreland, South African footballer who was part of a new era of sport after apartheid died on 13 January, aged 49. They were more than agreed to have the interview printed as it was as he wasn't easy to work with during the production of the episode either. His first professional acting job was at Nottingham Playhouse, in the UK premiere of JB Priestleys take the Fool Away, in 1959. Radio 2 said Reverend Ruth Scott died peacefully in Southampton General Hospital on 20 February, aged 60. Forum Member 01/11/17 - 12:31 in Doctor Who #1. Work in the DWU The classically trained actor first appearance on the small screen came in the BBC adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles. RIP the wonderful Clive Swift. He did a pretty unresponsive interview with. Clive Swift - Grumpy Interview. His elder brother, David (obituary, May 26, 2016), also became an actor and was best known as the irascible newsreader Henry Davenport in the TV comedy Drop the Dead Donkey. You would think his 1,000,000 would be more that enough ;P. Clive Swift was just being a dick for no reason, but the Bidmead interview was kind of interesting. When work dried up, which was not often, he avoided any temptation to drink or tendency to depression by "writing music at the piano, playing tennis and watching Arsenal". Most journalists experience their fair share of bad interviews over their careers, but spare a thought for the one who had to interview a very grumpy Doctor Who star many moons . You gave great copy.https://t.co/dngI2ldPHm #CliveSwift pic.twitter.com/srvVg0YoTU, Benjamin Cook (@benjamin_cook) February 1, 2019. Keeping Up Appearances was the only TV sitcom he did, yet in the minds of many he was typecast forever as Richard Bucket. In December 2007 the actor appeared in a Doctor Who Christmas . I'm sure you'll write something very nice. "No, shut up. Swiss actor Ganz, one of the most prominent German-speaking actors, died on 16 February, aged 77. The following interview is doing the rounds on Twitter and DS have added a clickbaity article. Clive Swift, actor. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. [4] Davies later reflected upon Swift's death in 2019 that approving the interview was irresponsible in hindsight, noting "you have a duty of care. It was pretty clear from listening to her DVD commentary for "Time Flight" that she just doesn't "get" Doctor Who, because Davison . "I know that you all think that this is a big world, this Who business, but it isn't. I call it Richard Bucket Overflows because Im rather fed up with people thinking of me as Richard from Keeping Up Appearances, which they often do., When asked if, 12 years after the show ended, he was still called out by his character name in the street, he bluntly responded: Sometimes. Actor Having reached this enormously old age, and having done a great deal professionally, I now feel able to be myself. Student parts included Falstaff, and it was in the university dramatic society that he met Jacobi and McKellen, who would become lifelong friends, and the novelist Margaret Drabble, whom he married in 1960. I'm not getting paid, am I? Canadian Jean Vanier founder of L'Arche communities poses for a photograph after he received the Templeton Prize at St Martins-in-the-Fields church in London. (PROSE: Rose), By 2005, Clive was maintaining a website, Doctor Who?, focused on the mysterious Doctor who kept appearing throughout recorded history. As a member of the RSC, he earned early critical praise in William Gaskills revival of Cymbeline, with Vanessa Redgrave as Imogen, and later for the 1966 production of The Tempest, in which he starred as Caliban opposite Timothy Wests Prospero. "Clive was a skilful and inventive actor with wide experience, as his successful career proved," she said. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory) In 1963, when Clive was two years old, his father, Second Lieutenant Gary Jonathan Finch, was killed by an Imperial Dalek during the Shoreditch Incident and had his death covered up by the military. Wasn't Will Wheaton all over Doctor Who at one point? Swift's many roles included a part in Alfred Hitchcock's 1972 film Frenzy and as King Arthur's adopted father in 1981 film Excalibur. Flint quickly became one of the figureheads of British electronic music during the Nineties as a singer in the band The Prodigy. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory), Clive went on to investigate his father's death and learn of the Daleks and the Doctor, the latter of whom he made his lifelong mission to fully understand and to solve the mystery of their numerous incarnations across time. CLIVE SWIFT, the character actor, who has died aged 82, was a stylish, incisive and distinctive member of the original Royal Shakespeare Company in its heyday before becoming a familiar supporting figure on television, notably as the henpecked husband of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances (1990-95). Television work included roles in several BBC Shakespeare adaptations, Inspector Morse and Doctor Who. He is survived by Drabble and their sons Adam, professor of political theory at University College London, and Joe, a garden designer, presenter of BBC TV's Gardener's World and Times columnist. As a serious-minded thespian of the old school who learnt his trade alongside Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen and the like, and was handpicked by Sir Peter Hall as an original member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Swift's frustration was perhaps understandable. Have You Seen This Man? He was at home surrounded by his family. They expect me to be as nice and placid as Richard, and I'm really not like that.". (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory) In 1963, when Clive was two years old, his father, Second Lieutenant Gary Jonathan Finch, was killed by an . Clive Swift: Why should I do this [interview]? Actor Clive Swift, known to millions as Hyacinth Bucket's hen-pecked husband Richard in BBC One's 90s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died aged 82. In fact, it became such a favourite, that more than a decade later he was still remembered for playing the ever-doting Richard, and he had began to tire of it. In an unearthed interview with Doctor Who Magazine back in 2007, Richard discussed his upcoming role the Christmas Special of that year, Voyage of the Damned, as well as his stage show, named Richard Bucket Overflows. Vella also appeared in HBO series The Sopranos. Clive Swift and Janet Fielding just say what they think. God it isn't 1912 anymore Richard. (PROSE: Rose) By 2005, the family were living on Juke Street (TV: Rose, GAME: Security Bot) and Clive was working as an estate agent. Born in Liverpool in 1936, he had three children with his ex-wife, the novelist Margaret Drabble. The journalist who conducted the interview revealed that the piece had to be okayed before it went to print, saying that senior heads such as Russell T Davies approved. What's he waiting for? What is the most awkward interview in the shows history? I'm not getting paid, am I? We're experimenting with updating the wiki's look! A quarter of a century after Clive Swift played Richard Bucket, the long-suffering and downtrodden husband of Patricia Routledge's matronly snob Hyacinth in the TV series Keeping Up Appearances, people were still offering him marital advice when he walked down the street. Died 1 February 2019, in London, aged 82. . DIGITAL SPY, PART OF THE HEARST UK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK. He was an actor, known for Excalibur (1981), Frenzy (1972) and Keeping Up Appearances (1990). Seemed to pull it together in Season 16 (love him in that year) and varied from brilliant to silly and self-indulgent in Season 17. As medical director of the hospital for 10 years from 2006, he was keen for a constant dialogue between doctors treating patients and their colleagues in labs, Celebrated sports journalist died in January, aged 84. During the course of the interview Swift questioned Cook's journalism credentials, dismissed questions, and commented on not being paid to participate. Stories: "I so much admire what he brought to the barely sketched role of Hyacinth's husband and treasure the memories of our happy collaboration.". This page was last edited on 7 February 2020, at 00:11. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Didn't he claim to know who the next Doctor was after Matt Smith left? Lovely to see them here together enjoying a bit of cricket. Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC before breaking into television, also acted in such series as Peak Practice, Born and Bred and The Old Guys. Dont you know shorthand? a disgruntled Swift asked the journalist. Swift cut off Cook's final question with the remark that "I know that you all think that this is a big world, this Who business. Why should I do this? Jobel, Copper Clive stared at it with a look of cold submissiveness, knowing he was about to be killed, (TV: Rose) and was shot. wasn't he one of the stickers given away recently? pic.twitter.com/ltEjMCgyzV, "Don't you know shorthand?" I know I used to lose 98 per cent of the time and there was no conflict really, but I had to put up a show or otherwise its simply not interesting., Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday, May 13, 2019, at her home in Carmel Valley, California. Russell T Davies: "That Clive Swift interview worried me over the years. For the special features of the official DVD release of the story, cast and crew look back at the making of Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks: Part One (1985). There are much bigger things than this.". (Know he got ill, and his relationship with Lalla was apparently volatile.). "I know that you all think that this is a big world, this Who business, but it isn't. First one that springs to mind is Christopher H. Bidmead with DWM where he gives his frank We're experimenting with updating the wiki's look! Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Swift put his fine voice and relish for Elizabethan language to good use by turning secondary Shakespeare roles into original and eye-catching portrayals. "Because it was a global success, it's given me a good pension that I might never have had.". Clive Swift, the character actor, who has died aged 82, was a stylish, incisive and distinctive member of the original Royal Shakespeare Company in its heyday before becoming a familiar supporting . He died, aged 49, on 4 March. Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls, Humans who have been inside the Doctor's TARDIS. CLIVE SWIFT, the Keeping Up Appearances star has died aged 82, a representative for the TV and theatre star has confirmed today. We all know Tom could be a right pain in the arse. Shorthand? British Universities Film & Video Council", "BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities, Episode 2", "BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Price of Fear, Remains to Be Seen", "Cymbeline, Gaskill/Allio, Royal Shakespeare Company, July 1962", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clive_Swift&oldid=1136036528, Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Short description is different from Wikidata, All articles with vague or ambiguous time, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Episode: Hazell and the Baker Street Sleuth, Cyril (Beatie's brother-in-law in Australia), S19, E2: "Crime and Punishment" (final appearance), "Vivat Rex" as Lord Talbot in "Henry VI" by William Shakespeare, in episodes 1516, BBC (1977), This page was last edited on 28 January 2023, at 10:52. 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At least they are frank and honest about their experiences with the show and both did return to Dr Who after appearing during its low period. They talked through the night and entered into a relationship, getting married and having two sons, Ben and Michael. Then he was subdued and occasionally rather knackered seeming in his last year. Their daughter, Rebecca, co-founder of the Literary Consultancy, died in 2017. It was pretty bizarre in fairness but he was good in it. The actor, who was best known for being long-suffering Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances, has died aged 82. "I could walk around unrecognised, but all that changed with Keeping Up Appearances," he complained. Human error to blame for deadly train crash, says Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. 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