Clive Swift has died aged 82. He played Hyacinth Bucket’s long-suffering husband Richard in Keeping Up Appearances, Mr Copper in Doctor Who’s Voyage of the Damned, Mr Jobel in Revelation of the Daleks and so much more. He passed away this morning after a short illness, his agency has confirmed.

Born in Liverpool in 1936, he had three children with his ex-wife, the novelist Margaret Drabble.

Swift’s many roles included a part in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1972 film Frenzy and as King Arthur’s adopted father in 1981 film Excalibur.
Many years later, he would play Hitchcock in a BBC radio play called Strangers on a Film.

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