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| Born | February 9, 1936 |
| Hometown | Liverpool, England |
| Height | 5'7" (1.70m) |
| Spouse | Margaret Drabble (m 1960 - 1975) |
| Children | Joe Swift , Rebecca Swift , Adam Swift |
| Parents | Abram Sampson Swift , Lily Rebecca Swift |
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- Horticultural expert Joe Swift has been a regular face on screens for many years now, having fronted BBC Two show Gardeners' World for more than 20 years, as well as many other gardening shows. MORE: The Rich Brothers share update on new project since leaving Garden Rescue As he makes his return to the latest series alongside Monty Don and Rachel de Thame, why not get to know Joe a little better? For all the info on his life away from cameras, keep reading… WATCH: Gardening guru Carol Klein's ga
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Keeping Up Appearances star Clive Swift has died aged 82
Actor Clive Swift, who was best known for his role as long-suffering Richard Bucket in hit sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died aged 82. The beloved actor's agent confirmed that he died "peacefully at home" on Friday morning surrounded by his family. Clive is most famous for starring in the hugely popular BBC show Keeping Up Appearances opposite comedy legend Patricia Routledge who played his on-screen wife.The hilarious duo played their parts on all 40 of the show's episodes for five years.
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Clive Swift death: Keeping Up Appearances star dies at 82
Actor Clive Swift has died aged 82. The star was best known for playing Hyacinth Bucket’s long-suffering husband Richard in the classic sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. Born in Liverpool in 1936, he read English literature at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he participated in student theatre along with the likes of Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen and the novelist Margaret Drabble, who he married in 1960.
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Clive Swift death: Keeping Up Appearances actor dies, aged 82
Actor Clive Swift, known to many as the long-suffering Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances, has died. Born in Liverpool on 9 February 1936, to parents who owned a furniture shop in Bootle, Swift was a classically trained actor and member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. As a member of the RSC, he earned early critical praise in William Gaskill’s revival of Cymbeline, with Vanessa Redgrave as Imogen, and later for the 1966 production of The Tempest, in which he starred as Caliban opposite
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Clive Swift Dead: Tributes Paid To Keeping Up Appearances Actor
His death was announced on Friday.
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Clive Swift Dead: Keeping Up Appearances Actor Dies, Aged 82
He played the long-suffering Richard Bucket in the 90s BBC sitcom.
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