Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. And in 2007, Clive was interviewed about his role and makes for some very entertaining reading. In December 2007 he appeared in the Doctor Who Christmas special Voyage of the Damned as Mr Copper, opposite Kyle Minogue. Thats what I perform. Born in Liverpool in 1936, he had three children with his ex-wife, the novelist Margaret Drabble. Hawara: 'What happened was horrific and barbaric'. (This is nothing Tom hasn't strongly hinted at himself!) Three decades later he played Hitchcock in a BBC radio play. Forum Member 01/11/17 - 12:31 in Doctor Who #1. 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. Spanish footballer Jose Antonio Reyes died in a car crash at the age of 35. Gary Jonathan Finch 1 February 2019 RIP, Clive. We're experimenting with updating the wiki's look! An interview with Doctor Who Magazine about his appearance in the second one, Voyage of the . His film debut came in the cash-in pop movie Catch Us If You Can (1965), featuring the Dave Clark Five. We all know Tom could be a right pain in the arse. Having reached this enormously old age, and having done a great deal professionally, I now feel able to be myself. Clive Swift - Grumpy Interview. "I decided if Richard was a really meek and submissive person, there was no conflict, because he'd be just a bit of fluff for Hyacinth: he said. Patricia Routledge and Clive Swift in Pebble Mill interview in 1993 Russell T Davies: "That Clive Swift interview worried me over the years. There are much bigger things than this.". You can tell them about my character. After the journalist informed him that he is recording the interview, Clive retorted: "Don't you know shorthand? I must have missed those DVDs, 'cause I haven't heard many people say that. Shorthand? We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. "I'm trying to escape him: he grouched. I feel quite sad that someone decided to dig this up now and ridicule him as His Daughter Rebecca Swift died in April, She was only 53. ", He later added: "Why should I do this? Clive Swift, actor, was born on February 9, 1936. Clive J Finch known as CJ in his youth was a human conspiracy theorist who collected information on the Doctor and ran a conspiracy website, Doctor Who?. In December 2007 he starred in a Doctor Who Christmas special as Mr Copper alongside Kylie Minogue. Doctor Who will return to our screens this Christmas Day with special 'Twice Upon a Time', in which Peter Capaldi's Doctor will regenerate into Jodie Whittaker. Children: 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. "Clive was a skilful and inventive actor with wide experience, as his successful career proved," she said. Human error to blame for deadly train crash, says Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Diverse roles from Shakespeare to Hitchcock and #DoctorWho to the much harangued husband of Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Bouquet). Off-screen he co-founded The Actors Centre, a meeting place for members of his profession in central London. Speaking about his career, which started back in 1961, Clive explained: Ive always wanted to perform, which is slightly different [than being an actor]. "That show is the only proper money I've earned: he admitted. Read about our approach to external linking. When work dried up, which was not often, he avoided any temptation to drink or tendency to depression by "writing music at the piano, playing tennis and watching Arsenal". "I could walk around unrecognised, but all that changed with Keeping Up Appearances," he complained. 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. I'm sure you'll write something very nice. 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. The sitcom followed Hyacinth's mostly ill-fated attempts to gain social standing with people she deemed to be upper class. After the society booked the same venue as a Reclaim the Night Enclave, he and his friends left, but Caroline tracked him down to a bar and apologised. . 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. Doctor Who Production News @DoctorWhoPN. 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. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company who enjoyed a lengthy career in film and television, Swift . 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. ", It was not an experience Swift much enjoyed. Stars: Eric Saward, Clive Swift, Graeme Harper, Trevor Cooper. He played many other television and film roles. Serious-minded Shakespearean actor who felt slightly cursed by the TV sitcom role with which he became most associated, Clive Swift, above, with Keeping Up Appearances co-star Patricia Routledge in 1991 and, below, on his wedding day in 1960. A hilariously grumpy interview with late Doctor Who star Clive Swift has resurfaced following his death earlier today. 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. He was at home surrounded by his family. The actor died on Friday morning after a short illness, a representative told The Independent. 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'. Press J to jump to the feed. "There's no reason why 1 should talk to you," he snapped, making no attempt to conceal his contempt for the sci-fi show as an unworthy vehicle for his talents. One of the world's richest men, David Koch died aged 79 on august 23. Flint quickly became one of the figureheads of British electronic music during the Nineties as a singer in the band The Prodigy. Despite keeping her black ancestry a secret, she failed to break through in Hollywood but remained a stalwart of her professional home New Yorks theatreland, South African footballer who was part of a new era of sport after apartheid died on 13 January, aged 49. Maybe, but I actually prefer the journalists who don't give a shit. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. According to the guy who did the interview on twitter, he had to have the interview signed off by Russell and Julie. Or will, indeed! A Democrat and the longest serving congressman on record, with a stint of 59 years and 22 days from 1955 to 2015 died on 7 February, aged 92. 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. He spent six years playing Richard opposite Dame Patricia Routledge. Dame Patricia said she was "deeply saddened" to hear of her former co-star's death. The marriage survived the semi-autobiographical exposure of Drabble's second novel, The Garrick Year (1964), about an actor married to a woman who has an affair. Clive Swift was born on February 9, 1936 in Liverpool, England, UK. Hence why it's the Copper Foundation . 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. The celebrated writer of 11 novels was known for her searing works about slavery and the experiences of black women, including 1987s Beloved, the story of a runaway female slave for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction the following year. "Perhaps the subtlest acting comes from Clive Swift as Cloten who turns the queen's loutish son into an epileptic young blimp or pygmy Churchill: Kenneth Tynan wrote of his performance alongside Vanessa Redgrave in William Gaskill's 1962 production of Cyrnbeline. Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls, Humans who have been inside the Doctor's TARDIS. Revelation of the Daleks & Voyage of the Damned Main roles: 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. Clive Swift, actor in Keeping Up Appearances, dies aged 82 RSC veteran was best known for starring as the beleaguered husband of Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom, and also appeared in Doctor. She was 97. Species: He also played Reverend Brewer in Born and Bred and Sir Hector in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur. Death date: (TV: Rose) He also showed her photographs of other figures also known as "the Doctor" before asking her to take him with her to meet hers, causing Rose to make her excuses and leave. A snippet of the Q&A session from Doctor Who Magazine resurfaced and sees the actor lecture a journalist on their skills. Swift also played Sir Ector, the adoptive father of King Arthur in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur. I'm sure you'll write something very nice. Seemed to pull it together in Season 16 (love him in that year) and varied from brilliant to silly and self-indulgent in Season 17. The last led to a notoriously ill-mannered exchange when he was interviewed for a Doctor Who fan magazine. Influential musician Dr John, born Malcolm John Rebennack Jr, died aged 77. LOL, I feel like an idiot now (not for the first time)! Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC. There are much bigger things than this." Main time period active: 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. 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. England 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. Sitcom actor was a familiar TV face in the 1970s and 1980s, Actor who bestrode Broadway for decades in Hello, Dolly! and Thoroughly Modern Millie died on 15 January, aged 97. There are much bigger things than this.". He also starred in the BBCs adaptation of the Barchester Chronicles. Which I suspect might be her problem with it, in truth. (PROSE: Rose) Sometime during February, Clive and his family visited Thorpe Park. After desperately attempting to escape the character, Swift eventually accepted the inevitable. I'm not getting paid, am I? He showed Rose photographs and drawings of the incarnation she had met, taken at several different points in history. ", And when the writer asked him about his character in the show, he retorted: "You don't need me to tell you that. He died on 1 February 2019 in London, England, UK. RIP the wonderful Clive Swift. Ben Finch, Michael Finch (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory) In 1963, when Clive was two years old, his father, Second Lieutenant Gary Jonathan Finch, was killed by an . As adept at drama as at comedy. He produced more than 20 albums in a variety of styles. Clive Swift and Janet Fielding just say what they think. So the first thing I had to do, as far as the writer allowed me, was to fight back to protest. (PROSE: The Persistence of Memory). 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. Estate agent Have you read the script? Dont you know shorthand? a disgruntled Swift asked the journalist. Despite his grumbling, there were compensations. The journalist who conducted the interview revealed that the piece had to be okayed before it went to print, saying that senior heads such as Russell T Davies approved. 9 February 1936 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. During the course of the interview Swift questioned Cook's journalism credentials, dismissed questions, and commented on not being paid to participate. In December 2007 the actor appeared in a Doctor Who Christmas . Alternate counterparts ofClive Finch Replying to @DrWhoMoment. 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. Job: Clive Finch Died 1 February 2019, in London, aged 82. . Why should I do this? An interview with Doctor Who Magazine about his appearance in the second one, Voyage of the . 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. According to Russell T Davies in The Writer's Tale, Mackenzie Crook was nearly cast to play Clive. VideoAt the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Why Covid lab-leak theory is now being taken seriously, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip, Ukraine war casts shadow over India's G20 ambitions, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. First one that springs to mind is Christopher H. Bidmead with DWM where he gives his frank and honest opinions of NuWho and they are not complimentary. He was editor of the Rand Daily Mail and took a hard liberal stance with the paper, hiring black journalists during apartheid. and started asking about money for the interview, mid interview. He played Mr Copper in Doctor Who's 2007 Christmas Special, The Voyage Of The Damned, One of my absolute favourite Doctor. What's he waiting for? The episode later became the subject of a viral moment when the actor was interviewed by Doctor Who magazine and came across as rather grumpy. As it was Christmas Eve, the Doctor decided to give him a quick trip. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison died at the age of 88 on August 6. Jobel, Copper Have you read the script? 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. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Author Andrea Levy, best known for her novel Small Island, died on 14 February, aged 62. he begins the interview, before asking a few questions later: "Why should I do this? 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. 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(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. Janet Fielding isn't and is only really known in the profession for Doctor Who. So sorry to hear that Clive Swift has https://t.co/oAU3ugJwFC condolences to his family and to his son Joe. 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. ", He later did lighten up, revealing: "It wasn't until we'd been filming for two weeks that I realised that Mr Copper is an alien!". Clive J Finch known as CJ in his youth was a human conspiracy theorist who collected information on the Doctor and ran a conspiracy website, Doctor Who?. 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 . As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Clive was born around either 1961 (PROSE: Rose) or 1965 and was known as CJ in his youth. But it isn't. Clive was born around either 1961 (PROSE: Rose) or 1965 and was known as CJ in his youth. What a silly question.". She cant hate it that much, or she wouldnt have done DVD commentaries or Big Finish. DeSantis won't say he's running. His amour-propre was further offended when in 2004 the actor Simon Callow referred to his alma mater Clifton as "a minor public school"' Swift wrote to the newspaper that had run the comment to protest that in his day it had been "one of the elite schools allowed to play annually at Lord's". While hard going, this encounter with actor Clive Swift who played Mr Copper on Who special 'Voyage of the Damned' in 2007 is certainly entertaining to say the least. They divorced in 1975, but remained friends. 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. EDIT: Link to the Clive Swift interview https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2250386/clive-swift-grumpy-interview but cant find the Chris Bidmead one. When Cook replied, "Maybe, but it means a lot to a great many of us," Swift terminated the interview. Got a showbiz story? 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. They were more than agreed to have the interview printed as it was as he wasn't easy to work with during the production of the episode either. 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. Main jobs: British Universities Film & Video Council", "BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities, Episode 2", "BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Price of Fear, Remains to Be Seen", "Cymbeline, Gaskill/Allio, Royal Shakespeare Company, July 1962", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clive_Swift&oldid=1136036528, Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Short description is different from Wikidata, All articles with vague or ambiguous time, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Episode: Hazell and the Baker Street Sleuth, Cyril (Beatie's brother-in-law in Australia), S19, E2: "Crime and Punishment" (final appearance), "Vivat Rex" as Lord Talbot in "Henry VI" by William Shakespeare, in episodes 1516, BBC (1977), This page was last edited on 28 January 2023, at 10:52. pic.twitter.com/QmR9CSdZYN, Clive Swift was a wonderful character actor. pic.twitter.com/uNkcOyWa29, Loved this extremely talented, subtle actor. 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. Oof. That's what I perform. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? It kind of comes across in his 4th year, I think. EEAAO star gives tearful speech after historic win, The best Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom deals. Considering the amount of direct Twitter links DS uses, I'm surprised this hasn't been abused before. Clive Swift, who has died aged 82, believed that unemployment was as natural, and possibly even as necessary, a part of an actor's life as employment, enabling him to experience, feel and think. Read about our approach to external linking. Youre paying that actor; youre their employer, their boss."[5]. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Swiss actor Ganz, one of the most prominent German-speaking actors, died on 16 February, aged 77. Work in the DWU Giant of South African journalism died on 5 June, aged 92. Swift made a number of appearances in Doctor Who, most recently in the 2007 episode Voyage of the Damned. 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. 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. The Monkees singer Peter Tork died on 21 February, aged 77. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. His final screen appearance came in 2017, starring as Felix Hope in Midsomer Murders. Remember, folks: However bad your Monday is, at least you're not interviewing Richard Bucket. This content is imported from Twitter. "No, shut up. (REF: Big Finish: The Inside Story) He shared his memories of Revelation of the Daleks on the documentary . Swift, who spent 10 years at the RSC before breaking into television, also acted in such series as Peak Practice, Born and Bred and The Old Guys. 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. BBC. Keeping Up Appearances was the only TV sitcom he did, yet in the minds of many he was typecast forever as Richard Bucket. He was best known for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the oscar-nominated 2004 film Downfall. An unearthed interview with the late Clive Swift revealed that he had become bored with his iconic character Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances. 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. 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. He is survived by Drabble and their sons Adam, professor of political theory at University College London, and Joe, a garden designer, presenter of BBC TV's Gardener's World and Times columnist. 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Have you read the script? Quite a lot of rather glib "phoned in" moments in Season 15. "I know that you all think that this is a big world, this Who business, but it isn't. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2250386/clive-swift-grumpy-interview. (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. [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. You gave great copy.https://t.co/dngI2ldPHm #CliveSwift pic.twitter.com/srvVg0YoTU, Benjamin Cook (@benjamin_cook) February 1, 2019. pic.twitter.com/ltEjMCgyzV, "Don't you know shorthand?" The actor died on Friday morning after a short . The actor, who was best known for being long-suffering Richard Bucket in the . Clive said: "There's no reason why I should talk to you at all, so you shouldn't push it. Human 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. He shared his memories of Revelation of the Daleks on the documentary Revelation Exhumed. Registered in England. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Record numbers of guide dog volunteers after BBC story. Main actor: Which they did. Actress Hannelore Elsner arrives for the screening of the movie 'Nobody Wants the Night', during the opening gala of the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival, in Berlin February 5, 2015. He was an actor, known for Excalibur (1981), Frenzy (1972) and Keeping Up Appearances (1990). Clive Swift, actor. Something went wrong, please try again later. According to his agent, the actor died at his home on Friday after a short illness, surrounded by his family. Died 1 February 2019, in London, aged 82. . Spouse: Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Clive Swift Tribute - Doctor Who Scenes (R.I.P) | Tenakin#CliveSwift #Tribute #CliveSwiftTribute Swift cut off Cook's final question with the remark that "I know that you all think that this is a big world, this Who business. And he doesn't appear to have reacted well to new, young 'boss' Graham Williams after being well handled by Hinchcliffe. [on Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks: Part One (1985)] It was the most bizarre entertainment I have ever been part of. A dozen years after Keeping Up Appearances had finished, he took to the road with a one-man show called Richard Bucket Overflows. And of course with his first 3 years being so successful, his ego had probably started to really take off. 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