Born in Liverpool in 1936, he had three children with his ex-wife, the novelist Margaret Drabble. Got a showbiz story? You can tell them about my character. And RTD and Julie had to ok the piece before it was published. A hilariously grumpy interview with late Doctor Who star Clive Swift has resurfaced following his death earlier today. I tell them to fuck off., Clive passed away this morning (Friday), and his agent confirmed his passing in a brief statement that read: After a short illness, Clive died peacefully at home this morning surrounded by his family., Benjamin Cook, who wrote the article, posted the fond memory online and jested: RIP, Clive. He shared his memories of Revelation of the Daleks on the documentary Revelation Exhumed. First one that springs to mind is Christopher H. Bidmead with DWM where he gives his frank You gave great copy.. Stories: he begins the interview, before asking a few questions later: "Why should I do this? LOL, I feel like an idiot now (not for the first time)! But it isn't". Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC before . What is the most awkward interview in the shows history? The role saw him patiently tolerate her ham-fisted and invariably thwarted attempts at social climbing. 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. [on Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks: Part One (1985)] It was the most bizarre entertainment I have ever been part of. 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Actor What a silly question.". 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". (REF: Big Finish: The Inside Story). "I know that you all think that this is a big world, this Who business, but it isn't. What's he waiting for? 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. When Cook replied, "Maybe, but it means a lot to a great many of us," Swift terminated the interview. Clive Walter Swift (9 February 1936 - 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. Stars: Eric Saward, Clive Swift, Graeme Harper, Trevor Cooper. There are much bigger things than this.". There are much bigger things than this." However, he did manage to convey an air of exasperation in his hen-pecked resignation, heard at its sardonic best when she pronounced her surname "Bouquet" and he told her. "I realised actors needed a meeting place when work dried up and which can often lead to drink and depression: Swift explained. He was an actor, known for Excalibur (1981), Frenzy (1972) and Keeping Up Appearances (1990). Read about our approach to external linking. This page was last edited on 7 February 2020, at 00:11. He died, aged 49, on 4 March. Swift does at least lighten up further along in the conversation, calling Mr Copper "appealing" and "brave", and he even compared the role to his previous stint on the show as Professor Jobel in 1985's 'Revelation of the Daleks'. 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How about you guys, awkward interviews spring to mind ? The last led to a notoriously ill-mannered exchange when he was interviewed for a Doctor Who fan magazine. Clive was born around either 1961 (PROSE: Rose) or 1965 and was known as CJ in his youth. It was pretty clear from listening to her DVD commentary for "Time Flight" that she just doesn't "get" Doctor Who, because Davison . Some of the hundreds of readers of his website who sent in their experiences about the Doctor addressed Clive directly; Josiah Rowe offered to find a scanner so he could send Clive a photograph and a letter from his grandfather from the First World War, A. Fergus asked if the Doctor was some sort of vigilante, and rewboss wrote that he wasn't sure if Clive was a conspiracy theorist while dismissing any notion of the Doctor being part of a conspiracy. He did a pretty unresponsive interview with. "It was always 'Bucket' until I met you!" 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. The following interview is doing the rounds on Twitter and DS have added a clickbaity article here: The original twitter account wasn't very happy and has renamed his account "Digital Spy Smells" so it appears on all their twitter links in the . He showed Rose photographs and drawings of the incarnation she had met, taken at several different points in history. After the journalist informed him that he is recording the interview, Clive retorted: "Don't you know shorthand? Dont you know shorthand? a disgruntled Swift asked the journalist. He was previously married to Margaret Drabble. [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. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Main roles: He died after a short illness on February 1, 2019, aged 82, Disclaimer: These citations are created on-the-fly using primitive parsing techniques. (PROSE: Rose) Sometime during February, Clive and his family visited Thorpe Park. Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC. Registered in England. His film debut came in the cash-in pop movie Catch Us If You Can (1965), featuring the Dave Clark Five. The actor, who was best known for being long-suffering Richard Bucket in the British television series Keeping Up Appearances, has died aged 82. Which I suspect might be her problem with it, in truth. (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. Clive Finch (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? 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. Then he was subdued and occasionally rather knackered seeming in his last year. 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. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Quite a lot of rather glib "phoned in" moments in Season 15. Author Andrea Levy, best known for her novel Small Island, died on 14 February, aged 62. 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. Alternate counterparts ofClive Finch An unearthed interview with the late Clive Swift revealed that he had become bored with his iconic character Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances. 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. Vinny Vella, who starred opposite Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's 1995 gangster film Casino, died of liver cancer on 20 February, aged 72. You would think his 1,000,000 would be more that enough ;P. Clive Swift was just being a dick for no reason, but the Bidmead interview was kind of interesting. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. Doctor Who Production News @DoctorWhoPN. 9 February 1936 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 18: Taylor Swift Delivers New York University 2022 Commencement Address at Yankee Stadium on May 18, 2022 in New York City. wasn't he one of the stickers given away recently? Born 9 February 1936, in Liverpool. Spouse: 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. A quarter of a century after Clive Swift played Richard Bucket, the long-suffering and downtrodden husband of Patricia Routledge's matronly snob Hyacinth in the TV series Keeping Up Appearances, people were still offering him marital advice when he walked down the street. 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 figure on television, notably as the henpecked husband of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances (1990-95). 2023 BBC. They divorced in 1975, but remained friends. This content is imported from Twitter. Oliver Tuku Mtukudzis popularity stretched back to the 1970s and cut across political and generational divides, CIA disguise master whose Iran escape inspired Ben Afflecks Argo died on 19 January, aged 78. That's what I perform. 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. Of course we all know about Hartnell, but I've also heard that Troughton and Pertwee could be quite difficult on occasions. Russell T Davies: "That Clive Swift interview worried me over the years. Clive stared at it with a look of cold submissiveness, knowing he was about to be killed, (TV: Rose) and was shot. But staying in the role for 7 years..don't think anyone else could or should do that. When they make no attempt to sugar coat things. 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. 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