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". An interview with Doctor Who Magazine about his appearance in the second one, Voyage of the . An unearthed interview with the late Clive Swift revealed that he had become bored with his iconic character Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances. DIGITAL SPY, PART OF THE HEARST UK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK. Janet Fielding isn't and is only really known in the profession for Doctor Who. 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. "Because it was a global success, it's given me a good pension that I might never have had.". Explaining his character, Swift said: The first thing I decided was if Richard was a really meek and submissive person, in a way there was no conflict, because hed be just a bit of fluff for Hyacinth. Swift put his fine voice and relish for Elizabethan language to good use by turning secondary Shakespeare roles into original and eye-catching portrayals. You can tell them about my character. Born in 1942 in Washington DC, Tork became part of the band with Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Davy Jones in the mid-sixties, when they was formed as Americas Beatles counterpart. Born 9 February 1936, in Liverpool. "Do people shout 'Richard' at you in the street?". Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. Flint quickly became one of the figureheads of British electronic music during the Nineties as a singer in the band The Prodigy. He shared his memories of Revelation of the Daleks on the documentary Revelation Exhumed. and started asking about money for the interview, mid interview. According to the guy who did the interview on twitter, he had to have the interview signed off by Russell and Julie. (PROSE: Rose) By 2005, the family were living on Juke Street (TV: Rose, GAME: Security Bot) and Clive was working as an estate agent. The celebrated writer of 11 novels was known for her searing works about slavery and the experiences of black women, including 1987s Beloved, the story of a runaway female slave for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction the following year. Father: Something went wrong, please try again later. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory) In 1963, when Clive was two years old, his father, Second Lieutenant Gary Jonathan Finch, was killed by an . Shorthand? Im not getting paid, am I?, Asked about his character, he responded: You dont need me to tell you that. 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. There are much bigger things than this." Clive Swift was born on 9 February 1936 in Liverpool, England, UK. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory). Clive was born around either 1961 (PROSE: Rose) or 1965 and was known as CJ in his youth. 25K views 3 years ago Today, Clive Swift sadly passed away age 82. 10. Considering the amount of direct Twitter links DS uses, I'm surprised this hasn't been abused before. Clive was born around either 1961 (PROSE: Rose) or 1965 and was known as CJ in his youth. In December 2007 the actor appeared in a Doctor Who Christmas . What a silly question. The role saw him patiently tolerate her ham-fisted and invariably thwarted attempts at social climbing. What a silly question., Access unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Amazon Prime Video Sign up now for a 30-day free trial. What's he waiting for? "So the first thing I had to do was to fight back! The episode was the most watched ever Doctor Who Christmas special. Species: 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. Lovely to see them here together enjoying a bit of cricket. 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. He produced more than 20 albums in a variety of styles. (PROSE: Rose), By 2005, Clive was maintaining a website, Doctor Who?, focused on the mysterious Doctor who kept appearing throughout recorded history. "I know that you all think that this is a big world, this Who business, but it isn't. Doctor Who Production News @DoctorWhoPN. Diverse roles from Shakespeare to Hitchcock and #DoctorWho to the much harangued husband of Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet). Votes: 22 Off-screen he co-founded The Actors Centre, a meeting place for members of his profession in central London. The actor, who was best known for being long-suffering Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances, has died aged 82. But it was the directors he was usually most difficult with. It was pretty bizarre in fairness but he was good in it. (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. In December 2007 he starred in a Doctor Who Christmas special as Mr Copper alongside Kylie Minogue. Clive Swift is a very distinguished actor with a fantastic range of credits. So the first thing I had to do, as far as the writer allowed me, was to fight back to protest. Keeping Up Appearances was the only TV sitcom he did, yet in the minds of many he was typecast forever as Richard Bucket. (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. 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. The Monkees singer Peter Tork died on 21 February, aged 77. 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. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The classically trained actor first appearance on the small screen came in the BBC adaptation of The Barchester Chronicles. What a silly question.". He was at home surrounded by his family. Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC. His family fled for their lives, screaming. Clive Walter Swift (9 February 1936 - 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. "I know that you all think that this is a big world, this Who business, but it isn't. (PROSE: Rose), As a child, Clive was interested in a variety of mysteries, including Big Foot, Sasquatch, the Mary Celeste, yeti, the Bermuda Triangle, the Loch Ness Monster, the Roswell crash and the panthers of Dartmoor. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. They expect me to be as nice and placid as Richard, and I'm really not like that.". 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. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison died at the age of 88 on August 6. 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. "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. Keep up old man. EDIT: Link to the Clive Swift interview https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2250386/clive-swift-grumpy-interview but cant find the Chris Bidmead one. He died on 1 February 2019 in London, England, UK. If youd like to join in, please sign in or register. "Perhaps the subtlest acting comes from Clive Swift as Cloten who turns the queen's loutish son into an epileptic young blimp or pygmy Churchill: Kenneth Tynan wrote of his performance alongside Vanessa Redgrave in William Gaskill's 1962 production of Cyrnbeline. This content is imported from Twitter. 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. Work in the DWU Read about our approach to external linking. Main time period active: Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC before . ", The writer then asks Swift about his character in the episode, the actor replying: "You don't need me to tell you that. So sorry to hear that Clive Swift has https://t.co/oAU3ugJwFC condolences to his family and to his son Joe. 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. When he accepted a place at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, it was not for "the grim prospect of studying English", but because there was "the bonus that they had a thriving theatre". Died 1 February 2019, in London, aged 82. . Does Unforgotten work without Nicola Walker? He was editor of the Rand Daily Mail and took a hard liberal stance with the paper, hiring black journalists during apartheid. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. 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. Human He died, aged 49, on 4 March. Radio 2 said Reverend Ruth Scott died peacefully in Southampton General Hospital on 20 February, aged 60. Appearances: What is the most awkward interview in the shows history? . 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. pic.twitter.com/QmR9CSdZYN, Clive Swift was a wonderful character actor. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. She cant hate it that much, or she wouldnt have done DVD commentaries or Big Finish. Clive J Finch known as CJ in his youth was a human conspiracy theorist who collected information on the Doctor and ran a conspiracy website, Doctor Who?. 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. (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. [3] Cook commented in 2017 that the interview had to be approved by Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner in order to be printed, and suspected they allowed it because Swift had been a "sod" on set. Living with Hyacinth will do that to you. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. (PROSE: Rose), Clive studied at Durham University where he was a part of a UFO society. 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. Or will, indeed! We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. (PROSE: Rose) Sometime during February, Clive and his family visited Thorpe Park. Testament to what a sod he'd been on set all month. The Q&A session, from Doctor Who Magazine in 2007 during the David Tennant era, has resurfaced online, and in it Swift spends a lot of the time attempting to lecture the journalist on their skills. 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 so much admire what he brought to the barely sketched role of Hyacinth's husband and treasure the memories of our happy collaboration.". His film debut came in the cash-in pop movie Catch Us If You Can (1965), featuring the Dave Clark Five. VideoRecord numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Wil Wheaton's cloying oozy interview of Peter and Jenna is super cringe. 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 . CLIVE SWIFT, the Keeping Up Appearances star has died aged 82, a representative for the TV and theatre star has confirmed today. Died 1 February 2019, in London, aged 82. . RIP, Clive. 30 Oct 2017. The following interview is doing the rounds on Twitter and DS have added a clickbaity article. At Clifton College, Bristol, Swift acted in a schools competition that was judged by the director of Bristol Old Vic, who urged him to take it up professionally. Swift made a number of appearances in Doctor Who, most recently in the 2007 episode Voyage of the Damned. Quite a lot of rather glib "phoned in" moments in Season 15. He played many other television and film roles. There are much bigger things than this.". In December 2007 he appeared in the Doctor Who Christmas special Voyage of the Damned as Mr Copper, opposite Kyle Minogue. Hence why it's the Copper Foundation . We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. I'm not getting paid, am I? Welcome to the Digital Spy forums. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. We're experimenting with updating the wiki's look! Human error to blame for deadly train crash, says Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. A Democrat and the longest serving congressman on record, with a stint of 59 years and 22 days from 1955 to 2015 died on 7 February, aged 92. Have you read the script? I do it with a young girl, I tell stories about my career. Clive stared at it with a look of cold submissiveness, knowing he was about to be killed, (TV: Rose) and was shot. The actor died on Friday morning after a short illness, a representative told The Independent. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. ", And when the writer asked him about his character in the show, he retorted: "You don't need me to tell you that. 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. (REF: Big Finish: The Inside Story). I'm sure you'll write something very nice. Dont you know shorthand? a disgruntled Swift asked the journalist. Of course we all know about Hartnell, but I've also heard that Troughton and Pertwee could be quite difficult on occasions. Clive Swift, actor. Clive Swift, actor. 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. 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 sitcom followed Hyacinth's mostly ill-fated attempts to gain social standing with people she deemed to be upper class. This page was last edited on 7 February 2020, at 00:11. From what I've read over the years, Tom was fine for his first 3 Seasons, although didn't appear to be very welcoming to Louise J when Lis Sladen left during Season 14; maybe a mixture of lacking the chemistry he obviously had with the latter and not much liking the Leela character. It was his role as Richard, the hen-pecked husband of Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) for which he was best known. Didn't he claim to know who the next Doctor was after Matt Smith left? Swift is best known for his role as long-suffering husband Richard Bucket in the popular BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. pic.twitter.com/ltEjMCgyzV, "Don't you know shorthand?" That's what I perform. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. "Sometimes I tell them to f*** off. "No, shut up. Alternate counterparts ofClive Finch After desperately attempting to escape the character, Swift eventually accepted the inevitable. Giant of South African journalism died on 5 June, aged 92. I'm sure you'll write something very nice. Want up-to-the-minute entertainment news and features? She was 32. 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. Clive Walter Swift was born in Liverpool in 1936, the second of four children to Abram Swift, and Lillie (ne Greenman), the owners of a Bootle furniture shop. Their daughter, Rebecca, co-founder of the Literary Consultancy, died in 2017. 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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Digital Spy participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Mark Benton 2022 Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. [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. IMDb profile, Clive Walter Swift (9 February 1936-1 February 2019[1]) was an English actor who played Mr Jobel in Revelation of the Daleks and Mr Copper in Voyage of the Damned. The Doctor's universe Jackie Reeve's universe Saltwater incidents' universe Humoral Assessment's universe Rogue planet's universe Clive said: "There's no reason why I should talk to you at all, so you shouldn't push it. 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.

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