Actor Clive Swift, known to many as the long-suffering Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, has died. 9 February 1936 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. One of the world's richest men, David Koch died aged 79 on august 23. The marriage survived the semi-autobiographical exposure of Drabble's second novel, The Garrick Year (1964), about an actor married to a woman who has an affair. Wil Wheaton's cloying oozy interview of Peter and Jenna is super cringe. 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. I feel quite sad that someone decided to dig this up now and ridicule him as His Daughter Rebecca Swift died in April, She was only 53. Clive Swift, actor in Keeping Up Appearances, dies aged 82 RSC veteran was best known for starring as the beleaguered husband of Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom, and also appeared in Doctor. People often single Tom out as being particularly grumpy, when in fact quite a few of the Doctors have been known as being slightly grumpy. Three decades later he played Hitchcock in a BBC radio play. 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. The episode was the most watched ever Doctor Who Christmas special. . Jobel, Copper A hilariously grumpy interview with late Doctor Who star Clive Swift has resurfaced following his death earlier today. Doctor Who will return to our screens this Christmas Day with special 'Twice Upon a Time', in which Peter Capaldi's Doctor will regenerate into Jodie Whittaker. 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When Cook replied, "Maybe, but it means a lot to a great many of us," Swift terminated the interview. An interview with Doctor Who Magazine about his appearance in the second one, Voyage of the . If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you. We're experimenting with updating the wiki's look! He also had a minor part in Alfred Hitchcock's film Frenzy (1972) and was unceremoniously put in his place by the great man when he tried to discuss the nuances of his role. If youd like to join in, please sign in or register. [on Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks: Part One (1985)] It was the most bizarre entertainment I have ever been part of. He was at home surrounded by his family. Born 9 February 1936, in Liverpool. As well as playing poor Richard, Clive starred in a number of roles from 1971 to 2017 - including an alien in Doctor Who. At the end of the interview, however, it was clear that he had had enough. What a silly question.". You just come in, say your line and go away," the director told him. Main actor: 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. The actor, who was best known for being long-suffering Richard Bucket in the . (PROSE: Rose), By 2005, Clive was maintaining a website, Doctor Who?, focused on the mysterious Doctor who kept appearing throughout recorded history. Have you read the script? Thats what I perform. Estate agent Died 1 February 2019, in London, aged 82. . . Born in Liverpool on 9 February 1936, to parents who owned a furniture shop in Bootle, Swift was a classically trained actor and member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. 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. (TV: Rose, PROSE: Rose), Some of Clive's possessions were taken by UNIT and later found in the Black Archive by Cleo Proctor and Shawna Thompson. He shared his memories of Revelation of the Daleks on the documentary Revelation Exhumed. pic.twitter.com/uNkcOyWa29, Loved this extremely talented, subtle actor. It was his role as Richard, the hen-pecked husband of Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) for which he was best known. Actor Clive Swift, known to many as the long-suffering Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, has died. The following interview is doing the rounds on Twitter and DS have added a clickbaity article. Clive Swift - Grumpy Interview. Hence why it's the Copper Foundation . He recovered his voice well enough to join the RSC the next year and became a fixture in Hall's newly formed company for almost a decade. After desperately attempting to escape the character, Swift eventually accepted the inevitable. 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. A dozen years after Keeping Up Appearances had finished, he took to the road with a one-man show called Richard Bucket Overflows. On one occasion a lorry driver pulled up beside him at a traffic light and wound down his window to shout "Why don't you leave the old cow? The actor died on Friday morning after a short . First one that springs to mind is Christopher H. Bidmead with DWM where he gives his frank and honest opinions of NuWho and they are not complimentary. 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. 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. The Doctor's universe Jackie Reeve's universe Saltwater incidents' universe Humoral Assessment's universe Rogue planet's universe Keeping Up Appearances was the only TV sitcom he did, yet in the minds of many he was typecast forever as Richard Bucket. Remember, folks: However bad your Monday is, at least you're not interviewing Richard Bucket. Grunewald, one of America's top middle-distance runners, died on 11 June at her home after inspiring many with a long fight against cancer. After graduating, his first night on stage as a professional actor, at Nottingham Playhouse in the premiere of JB Priestley's Take The Fool Away in 1959, was a disaster. Revelation of the Daleks & Voyage of the Damned Birth date: You can tell them about my character. pic.twitter.com/QmR9CSdZYN, Clive Swift was a wonderful character actor. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company who enjoyed a lengthy career in film and television, Swift . 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. She was 32. All Rights Reserved. Which I suspect might be her problem with it, in truth. Sitcom actor was a familiar TV face in the 1970s and 1980s, Actor who bestrode Broadway for decades in Hello, Dolly! and Thoroughly Modern Millie died on 15 January, aged 97. Clive was amazed to realise that the stories he had heard about the Doctor were true and was approached by an Auton which drew its gun on him. Which they did. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. 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. Human error to blame for deadly train crash, says Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. ), After Rose Tyler met the Ninth Doctor, she contacted Clive and went to visit him for more information. Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC before . His amour-propre was further offended when in 2004 the actor Simon Callow referred to his alma mater Clifton as "a minor public school"' Swift wrote to the newspaper that had run the comment to protest that in his day it had been "one of the elite schools allowed to play annually at Lord's". The actor, who passed away this morning at the age of 82, became most known for playing the long-suffering husband in the 90s sitcom. He showed Rose photographs and drawings of the incarnation she had met, taken at several different points in history. Dame Patricia said she was "deeply saddened" to hear of her former co-star's death. Job: ", And when the writer asked him about his character in the show, he retorted: "You don't need me to tell you that. His first professional acting job was at Nottingham Playhouse, in the UK premiere of JB Priestleys take the Fool Away, in 1959. Dont you know shorthand? a disgruntled Swift asked the journalist. After the society booked the same venue as a Reclaim the Night Enclave, he and his friends left, but Caroline tracked him down to a bar and apologised. What a silly question. And he doesn't appear to have reacted well to new, young 'boss' Graham Williams after being well handled by Hinchcliffe. His film debut came in the cash-in pop movie Catch Us If You Can (1965), featuring the Dave Clark Five. Lovely to see them here together enjoying a bit of cricket. Appearances: 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. He did a pretty unresponsive interview with. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. Off-screen he co-founded The Actors Centre, a meeting place for members of his profession in central London. "There's no reason why 1 should talk to you," he snapped, making no attempt to conceal his contempt for the sci-fi show as an unworthy vehicle for his talents. (AUDIO: Recruits). Ben Finch, Michael Finch ", He later did lighten up, revealing: "It wasn't until we'd been filming for two weeks that I realised that Mr Copper is an alien!". He was an actor, known for Excalibur (1981), Frenzy (1972) and Keeping Up Appearances (1990). ", He later added: "Why should I do this? Got a showbiz story? Reddit's Doctor Who Fan Community - News, Discussion, Artwork and Fan Creations! Testament to what a sod he'd been on set all month. Spouse: (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. Died 1 February 2019, in London, aged 82. . CLIVE SWIFT, the Keeping Up Appearances star has died aged 82, a representative for the TV and theatre star has confirmed today. 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During the course of the interview Swift questioned Cook's journalism credentials, dismissed questions, and commented on not being paid to participate. "I know that you all think that this is a big world, this Who business, but it isn't. 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. Many years later, he would play Hitchcock in a BBC radio play called Strangers on a Film. 2023 BBC. Actors who appeared in 1963 and 2005 versions of Doctor Who, Actors interviewed on Doctor Who Confidential, https://web.archive.org/web/20131205215625/http://benjamincook.net/writing/doctor-who-magazine/interviews-and-articles/who-on-earth-is/clive-swift/, https://twitter.com/doctorwhopn/status/1184629163602382850?lang=en. He was due to play Gilbrook in the Big Finish audio story Creatures of Beauty, but was forced to pull out due to a family illness. "I'm trying to escape him: he grouched. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. K2k Posts: 200. Born 9 February 1936, in Liverpool. That's what I perform. He died after a short illness on February 1, 2019, aged 82, Disclaimer: These citations are created on-the-fly using primitive parsing techniques. Youre paying that actor; youre their employer, their boss."[5]. Clive Swift: Why should I do this [interview]? 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. It was pretty bizarre in fairness but he was good in it. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. So the first thing I had to do, as far as the writer allowed me, was to fight back to protest. Clive Swift He also played Reverend Brewer in Born and Bred and Sir Hector in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur. What's he waiting for? At Clive's request, they travelled to Loch Ness in the summer of 1979 to find the Loch Ness Monster and, after an adventure involving a plot by the Monk to depopulate and sell the Earth, the Doctor returned Clive home and blurred his memories of the incident. 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. I think they give a much better picture of Who history rather than. She cant hate it that much, or she wouldnt have done DVD commentaries or Big Finish. 10. (PROSE: Rose), Shortly after his meeting with Rose, Clive and his family went on a shopping trip and were in Queen's Arcade when the Autons were activated. 21h. If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you. They expect me to be as nice and placid as Richard, and I'm really not like that.". On 24 December 1975, when Clive was fourteen, he encountered the Twelfth Doctor at a newsagent's and followed him into his TARDIS after noticing that he was using coins from 1987. He can't be that grumpy because he agreed to be interviewed for the Revelation of the Daleks DVD, despite considering it (quite understandably) "the most bizarre entertainment I have ever been part of". According to Russell T Davies in The Writer's Tale, Mackenzie Crook was nearly cast to play Clive. There are much bigger things than this.". (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory), Clive and the Twelfth Doctor at Loch Ness. Swift also played Sir Ector, the adoptive father of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur. He died, aged 49, on 4 March. 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". So sorry to hear that Clive Swift has https://t.co/oAU3ugJwFC condolences to his family and to his son Joe. "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. (REF: Big Finish: The Inside Story) He shared his memories of Revelation of the Daleks on the documentary . Father: Affectionately known as Waltzing by Leeds fans, he was hailed as an inspiration by his former teammate, Gdansk mayor and standard-bearer for civil rights and liberal values in Poland died on 13 January, aged 53. God it isn't 1912 anymore Richard. LOL, I feel like an idiot now (not for the first time)! 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