Television work included roles in several BBC Shakespeare adaptations, Inspector Morse and Doctor Who. ", American actress and singer Doris Day holds a bouquet of roses at Le Bourget Airport in Paris after flying in from London. 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. He was not habitually so chippy and he was widely admired and respected by colleagues for creating the Actors Centre, which he established in the late 1970s as a central London clubhouse and exchange for members who were "between jobs". K2k Posts: 200. As well as playing poor Richard, Clive starred in a number of roles from 1971 to 2017 - including an alien in Doctor Who. 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. Job: Species: Influential musician Dr John, born Malcolm John Rebennack Jr, died aged 77. Jobel, Copper 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". It kind of comes across in his 4th year, I think. Ive got my own little caberet show. 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. According to his agent, the actor died at his home on Friday after a short illness, surrounded by his family. He produced more than 20 albums in a variety of styles. Actor Clive Swift, known to many as the long-suffering Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, has died. Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls, Humans who have been inside the Doctor's TARDIS. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory) In 1963, when Clive was two years old, his father, Second Lieutenant Gary Jonathan Finch, was killed by an . Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. As it was Christmas Eve, the Doctor decided to give him a quick trip. "It was always 'Bucket' until I met you!" 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. 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 . 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. (PROSE: Rose) Sometime during February, Clive and his family visited Thorpe Park. DIGITAL SPY, PART OF THE HEARST UK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK. Read about our approach to external linking. ", 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!". The sitcom followed Hyacinth's mostly ill-fated attempts to gain social standing with people she deemed to be upper class. Im happy talking as myself. But staying in the role for 7 years..don't think anyone else could or should do that. The following interview is doing the rounds on Twitter and DS have added a clickbaity article. According to Russell T Davies in The Writer's Tale, Mackenzie Crook was nearly cast to play Clive. (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. 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. The actor died on Friday morning after a short . 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. Youre paying that actor; youre their employer, their boss."[5]. Thats what I perform. Birth date: Dont you know shorthand? a disgruntled Swift asked the journalist. In December 2007 the actor appeared in a Doctor Who Christmas . Swift has died following a short illness. After the journalist informed him that he is recording the interview, Clive retorted: "Don't you know shorthand? He also starred in the BBCs adaptation of the Barchester Chronicles. He died on 1 February 2019 in London, England, UK. He spent two and a half years at Arsenal, becoming the first Spaniard to win the English championship, before joining Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Benfica. 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But it was the directors he was usually most difficult with. All Rights Reserved. In the spirit of 'Voyage of the Damned', that was truly Titanic (hello, this thing on?). There are much bigger things than this.". Giant of South African journalism died on 5 June, aged 92. Clive Finch 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. 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. Died 1 February 2019, in London, aged 82. . Clive Swift and Janet Fielding just say what they think. Clive Smith stars in Doctor Who - Voyage Of The Damned, Clive starred in a number of roles from 1971 to 2017 - including an alien in Doctor Who, He was best known for being long-suffering Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances. 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. I should have been a little bit more responsible and not allowed that." "you have a duty of care. We all know Tom could be a right pain in the arse. You can tell them about my character. Swift is best known for his role as long-suffering husband Richard Bucket in the popular BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. Actor: Excalibur. Mark Benton Does Unforgotten work without Nicola Walker? 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Father: Apparently this interview caused RTD to remove Mr Copper from The Stolen Earth cause RTD didn't like how the magazine was disrespected by him. If youd like to join in, please sign in or register. Janet Fielding isn't and is only really known in the profession for Doctor Who. "I so much admire what he brought to the barely sketched role of Hyacinth's husband and treasure the memories of our happy collaboration.". The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday, May 13, 2019, at her home in Carmel Valley, California. Quite a lot of rather glib "phoned in" moments in Season 15. "I know that you all think that this is a big world, this Who business, but it isn't. 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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. There are much bigger things than this.". Actor Born 9 February 1936, in Liverpool. Have you read the script? Three decades later he played Hitchcock in a BBC radio play. Flint quickly became one of the figureheads of British electronic music during the Nineties as a singer in the band The Prodigy. Swift put his fine voice and relish for Elizabethan language to good use by turning secondary Shakespeare roles into original and eye-catching portrayals. Place of origin: (AUDIO: Recruits). "No, shut up. I must have missed those DVDs, 'cause I haven't heard many people say that. He played many other television and film roles. So sorry to hear that Clive Swift has https://t.co/oAU3ugJwFC condolences to his family and to his son Joe. Appearances: 21h. 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'm trying to escape him: he grouched. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Or will, indeed! 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. Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC before . 30 Oct 2017. They expect me to be as nice and placid as Richard, and I'm really not like that.". And of course with his first 3 years being so successful, his ego had probably started to really take off. 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