Editing Clive Swift (section)

==Life and career==
Swift was born in [[Liverpool]] on 9 February 1936,<ref name=barker/> the son of Abram Sampson Swift, who owned a furniture shop in [[Bootle]], and Lily Rebecca, née Greenman.<ref name=obit>{{cite web |last=Hayward|first=Anthony|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/apr/18/david-swift-obituary |title=David Swift obituary|work=The Guardian|date=18 April 2016 |access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/41/Clive-Swift.html Clive Swift profile], filmreference.com; accessed 12 October 2016.</ref> He was educated at [[Clifton College]] and [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]] reading [[English literature]]. He was previously a teacher at [[LAMDA]] and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]. His family was [[Jews|Jewish]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/31246/art-thou-contented-jew |title=Art Thou Contented, Jew? |author=Margaret Drabble |access-date=30 July 2014 |date=20 April 2010}}</ref>

He appeared as Snug in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1968 film production of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' as part of a cast that included [[Diana Rigg]], [[Helen Mirren]] and [[Ian Richardson]].<ref name="GUAR">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/clive-swift-obituary?CMP=twt_a-culture_b-gdnculture |title=Clive Swift Obituary |work=The Guardian |date=1 February 2019}}</ref> During the 1970s, he appeared as Doctor Black in two of the [[BBC]]'s [[M. R. James]] [[A Ghost Story for Christmas|adaptations]]: ''[[The Stalls of Barchester]]'' and in ''[[A Warning to the Curious (1972 film)|A Warning to the Curious]]'', as well as the BBC adaptation of ''[[The Barchester Chronicles]]''.<ref name="GUAR" /> He is best known for his role on ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' as [[Richard Bucket]], the long-suffering husband of [[Hyacinth Bucket|Hyacinth]].<ref name="GUAR" /> Swift made two appearances in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', in the 1985 story ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'' and the 2007 [[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|Christmas special]]. Around the time of his second appearance, he gave a "grumpy" interview to ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' in which he bemoaned "not getting paid" to promote his episode, and belittled the show.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Warner |first1=Sam |title=Hilariously grumpy Doctor Who interview resurfaces |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a841841/doctor-who-grumpy-interview-resurfaces-clive-swift/ |website=Digital Spy |access-date=3 February 2019|date=30 October 2017 }}</ref> He also played [[Sir Ector]], the adoptive father of [[King Arthur]] in [[John Boorman]]'s 1981 film ''[[Excalibur (film)|Excalibur]]''.<ref name="GUAR" />

In addition to acting, he was a songwriter. Many of his songs were included in his shows ''Richard Bucket Overflows: An Audience with Clive Swift'', which toured the UK in 2007,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Padman |first1=Tony |title=Whatever happened to Keeping Up Appearances' Richard Bucket? |url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/468624/Richard-Bucket-in-Keeping-Up-Appearances-played-by-Clive-Swift |access-date=3 February 2019 |publisher=Daily Express |date=5 April 2014}}</ref> and ''Clive Swift Entertains'', in which he performed his own music and lyrics, which toured the UK in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Clive Swift, star of Keeping Up Appearances, dies |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph/20190202/281784220329807 |access-date=3 February 2019 |publisher=Daily Telegraph |date=2 February 2019}}</ref> He also played the part of the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in ''[[Born and Bred]]'', which aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005.<ref name=barker>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/clive-swift-obituary |title=Clive Swift obituary |first=Dennis |last=Barker |date=1 February 2019 |access-date=1 February 2019 |website=Theguardian.com}}</ref> His last performance was in an episode of ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' in 2017, after which he retired.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/celebs/itv-midsomer-murders-late-tv-22006592|title=The TV legend whose last major role was on tonight's episode of Midsomer Murders|date=29 October 2021}}</ref>