Astute and observational, Hardys comedy was fuelled by his political passion, Literary editor and novelist who won the Costa Award for biography, aged 91, died on 23 January, aged 101. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. An unearthed interview with the late Clive Swift revealed that he had become bored with his iconic character Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances. Considering the amount of direct Twitter links DS uses, I'm surprised this hasn't been abused before. (This is nothing Tom hasn't strongly hinted at himself!) "It was always 'Bucket' until I met you!" Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison died at the age of 88 on August 6. If youd like to join in, please sign in or register. The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday, May 13, 2019, at her home in Carmel Valley, California. The ones who are obviously so aggravated by the interviewee that they just say "fuck it, I'm printing what you actually said and if it makes you look like a tosspot then that's your tough luck". I'm sure you'll write something very nice. Just hit 'Like' on our Digital Spy Facebook page and 'Follow' on our @digitalspy Twitter account and you're all set, The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal on season 3, Neighbours announces seven more returning cast. A proud Christian and patriot, the much-loved politician spoke out against bigotry in a country of whose rising hate crime he became a victim, Cancer expert who forged an international reputation over 30 years at the Royal Marsden died on 10 January, aged 67. In December 2007 he starred in a Doctor Who Christmas special as Mr Copper alongside Kylie Minogue. A dozen years after Keeping Up Appearances had finished, he took to the road with a one-man show called Richard Bucket Overflows. Mark Benton He died, aged 49, on 4 March. Have You Seen This Man? If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk. 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. Doctor Who Magazine contributor Benjamin Cook interviewed Swift about Mr Copper and Voyage of the Damned for DWM 391[2]. The last led to a notoriously ill-mannered exchange when he was interviewed for a Doctor Who fan magazine. In an unearthed interview with Doctor Who Magazine back in 2007, Richard discussed his upcoming role the Christmas Special of that year, Voyage of the Damned, as well as his stage show, named Richard Bucket Overflows. 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 . LOL, I feel like an idiot now (not for the first time)! pic.twitter.com/QmR9CSdZYN, Clive Swift was a wonderful character actor. Actors who appeared in 1963 and 2005 versions of Doctor Who, Actors interviewed on Doctor Who Confidential, https://web.archive.org/web/20131205215625/http://benjamincook.net/writing/doctor-who-magazine/interviews-and-articles/who-on-earth-is/clive-swift/, https://twitter.com/doctorwhopn/status/1184629163602382850?lang=en. Welcome to the Digital Spy forums. EEAAO star gives tearful speech after historic win, The best Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom deals. (TV: Rose, PROSE: Rose), Some of Clive's possessions were taken by UNIT and later found in the Black Archive by Cleo Proctor and Shawna Thompson. Janet Fielding isn't and is only really known in the profession for Doctor Who. Born 9 February 1936, in Liverpool. As well as playing poor Richard, Clive starred in a number of roles from 1971 to 2017 - including an alien in Doctor Who. . Vella also appeared in HBO series The Sopranos. 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. Which I suspect might be her problem with it, in truth. Ben Finch, Michael Finch 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'. Im happy talking as myself. 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 . After graduating, his first night on stage as a professional actor, at Nottingham Playhouse in the premiere of JB Priestley's Take The Fool Away in 1959, was a disaster. It was his role as Richard, the hen-pecked husband of Hyacinth Bucket (Patricia Routledge) for which he was best known. Main actor: The actor, who passed away this morning at the age of 82, became most known for playing the long-suffering husband in the 90s sitcom. Which they did. 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. Clive Swift, who rose to fame as Richard, the long-suffering husband of Hyacinth Bucket, in BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearancea died on 1 February, aged 82, Standup comedian and Radio 4 panellist who skewered the establishment for decades died on 1 February, aged 57. Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC. I do it with a young girl, I tell stories about my career. Affectionately known as Waltzing by Leeds fans, he was hailed as an inspiration by his former teammate, Gdansk mayor and standard-bearer for civil rights and liberal values in Poland died on 13 January, aged 53. 2022 Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. A snippet of the Q&A session from Doctor Who Magazine resurfaced and sees the actor lecture a journalist on their skills. They expect me to be as nice and placid as Richard, and I'm really not like that.". It kind of comes across in his 4th year, I think. Keep up old man. Stars: Eric Saward, Clive Swift, Graeme Harper, Trevor Cooper. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. He was best known for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the oscar-nominated 2004 film Downfall. 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). 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. He was an actor, known for Excalibur (1981), Frenzy (1972) and Keeping Up Appearances (1990). Canadian Jean Vanier founder of L'Arche communities poses for a photograph after he received the Templeton Prize at St Martins-in-the-Fields church in London. Place of origin: There are much bigger things than this.". So the first thing I had to do, as far as the writer allowed me, was to fight back to protest. 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. The actor died on Friday morning after a short illness, a representative told The Independent. Estate agent Death date: Of course we all know about Hartnell, but I've also heard that Troughton and Pertwee could be quite difficult on occasions. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. (Know he got ill, and his relationship with Lalla was apparently volatile.). Swift made a number of appearances in Doctor Who, most recently in the 2007 episode Voyage of the Damned. Send feedback to whovian@cuttingsarchive.org, http://cuttingsarchive.org/images/9/9f/2019-02-05_Times.jpg, http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php?title=Clive_Swift&oldid=27916. Off-screen he co-founded The Actors Centre, a meeting place for members of his profession in central London. "So the first thing I had to do was to fight back! 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. After the journalist informed him that he is recording the interview, Clive retorted: "Don't you know shorthand? That's what I perform. He can't be that grumpy because he agreed to be interviewed for the Revelation of the Daleks DVD, despite considering it (quite understandably) "the most bizarre entertainment I have ever been part of". He was not enormously successful in the face of Hyacinth's relentless social climbing. 25K views 3 years ago Today, Clive Swift sadly passed away age 82. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory), Clive and the Twelfth Doctor at Loch Ness. He shared his memories of Revelation of the Daleks on the documentary Revelation Exhumed. 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. And he doesn't appear to have reacted well to new, young 'boss' Graham Williams after being well handled by Hinchcliffe. 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. 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. ), After Rose Tyler met the Ninth Doctor, she contacted Clive and went to visit him for more information. If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page - we'd love to hear from you. According to Russell T Davies in The Writer's Tale, Mackenzie Crook was nearly cast to play Clive. (PROSE: Rose), By 2005, Clive was maintaining a website, Doctor Who?, focused on the mysterious Doctor who kept appearing throughout recorded history. He also starred in the BBCs adaptation of the Barchester Chronicles. Swift also played Sir Ector, the adoptive father of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur. 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. The 79-year-old, along with his brother Charles, poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the political and lobbying system promoting a conservative agenda. He was previously married to Margaret Drabble. and started asking about money for the interview, mid interview. Living with Hyacinth will do that to you. Wil Wheaton's cloying oozy interview of Peter and Jenna is super cringe. 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. "No, shut up. An interview with Doctor Who Magazine about his appearance in the second one, Voyage of the . Something went wrong, please try again later. 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 . Clive said: "There's no reason why I should talk to you at all, so you shouldn't push it. 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. Want up-to-the-minute entertainment news and features? Clive Swift - Grumpy Interview. It was pretty clear from listening to her DVD commentary for "Time Flight" that she just doesn't "get" Doctor Who, because Davison . Clive Swift, actor, was born on February 9, 1936. Clive was born around either 1961 (PROSE: Rose) or 1965 and was known as CJ in his youth. "I know that you all think that this is a big world, this Who business, but it isn't. [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. Second, also with DWM, is with Clive Swift (Mr. Copper, Voyage of the Damned) who hated being interviewed solely for this one role and started asking about money for the interview, mid interview. On one occasion a lorry driver pulled up beside him at a traffic light and wound down his window to shout "Why don't you leave the old cow? I must have missed those DVDs, 'cause I haven't heard many people say that. You just come in, say your line and go away," the director told him. (REF: Big Finish: The Inside Story) He shared his memories of Revelation of the Daleks on the documentary . At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Their daughter, Rebecca, co-founder of the Literary Consultancy, died in 2017. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. In fact, it became such a favourite, that more than a decade later he was still remembered for playing the ever-doting Richard, and he had began to tire of it. He died on 1 February 2019 in London, England, UK. However, at the end of the interview, Swift tells the writer: "There's no reason why I should talk to you at all, so you shouldn't push it. Despite his grumbling, there were compensations. Appearances: The episode was the most watched ever Doctor Who Christmas special. You can tell them about my character. She rose from a traumatic childhood to become a formidable force of American letters and an inspiration to women, Star of It Aint Half Hot Mum and Never the Twain died on 17 January, aged 88. Got a showbiz story? Clive was born around either 1961 (PROSE: Rose) or 1965 and was known as CJ in his youth. At the end of the interview, however, it was clear that he had had enough. Father: DeSantis won't say he's running. 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. 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. 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 . Im not getting paid, am I?, Asked about his character, he responded: You dont need me to tell you that. 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