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Clive Walter Swift (born 9 February 1936) is an English actor and songwriter. He is best known for his role as Richard Bucket in the British television series ''Keeping Up Appearances'', but has played many other notable film and television roles, including that of Roy in the British television series ''The Old Guys''. ==Life and career== Swift was born in Liverpool, Lancashire,〔"Lancashire" is correct. Merseyside did not exist before 1 April 1974〕 the son of Lily Rebecca (née Greenman) and Abram Sampson Swift.〔(Clive Swift Biography (1936–) )〕 His older brother, David Swift, is also an actor. Both brothers were educated at Clifton College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where Clive read English literature. He was previously a teacher at LAMDA and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. His family was Jewish. In the 1970s, he appeared as Doctor Black in two of the BBC's M.R. James adaptations: ''The Stalls of Barchester'' and ''A Warning to the Curious''. He portrayed Det.Insp Waugh of the CID in the 1970/71 TV series ''Waugh on Crime''. He is most noted for his performance in ''Keeping Up Appearances'', starring as Richard Bucket, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth. He also starred in the BBC adaptation of ''The Barchester Chronicles'' and appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' story ''Revelation of the Daleks''. On 25 December 2007, he appeared in a Doctor Who Christmas special as Mr Copper. He also played Sir Ector, the adoptive father of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film ''Excalibur''. Swift was formerly married to novelist Margaret Drabble (1960–75). He is the father of one daughter, Rebecca, who runs the Literary Consultancy in London's Free Word Centre and two sons, Adam Swift, an academic, and Joe Swift, a TV gardener. As well as acting, he is a songwriter. Many of his songs are included in his show, ''Richard Bucket Overflows: An Audience with Clive Swift'', which toured the UK in 2007 and ''Clive Swift Entertains'', performing his own music and lyrics, which toured the UK in 2009. He also played the part of the Reverend Eustacius Brewer in ''Born and Bred'', which aired on BBC 1 from 2002–05. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clive Swift」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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