ACTOR

Clive Swift

1936 - 2019

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Clive Walter Swift (9 February 1936 – 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but he was best known to television viewers for his role as Richard Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clive Swift has received more than 2,576,725 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Clive Swift is the 5,670th most popular actor (down from 3,853rd in 2019), the 4,237th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,152nd in 2019) and the 646th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Clive Swift ranks 5,670 out of 13,578Before him are Patricia Morison, Aloma Wright, Graciela Borges, Roy Kinnear, Millard Mitchell, and Michelle Trachtenberg. After him are Kal Penn, John Loder, Helge Schneider, Ricky Schroder, Brandon deWilde, and Elisabeth Sladen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Clive Swift ranks 448Before him are Vladimir Resin, Masaru Furukawa, Antonio Mercero, Giuliana Calandra, Delio Gamboa, and Teatao Teannaki. After him are Larry McMurtry, Rubén Héctor Sosa, Ben Pon, Žarko Nikolić, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, and Barbara Sobotta. Among people deceased in 2019, Clive Swift ranks 394Before him are Goo Hara, Jacques Diouf, Russi Taylor, Pino Caruso, Tim Conway, and Tevfik Kış. After him are Enriqueta Basilio, Zvonimir Vujin, Apolo Nsibambi, Bob Einstein, Kálmán Ihász, and Josef Feistmantl.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Clive Swift ranks 4,237 out of 8,785Before him are William Friese-Greene (1855), David C. Jewitt (1958), Tommy Docherty (1928), Roy Kinnear (1934), Allen Jones (1937), and Jimmy Jones (1928). After him are John Loder (1898), Robin Hill (1899), Peter Mark Roget (1779), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), John Morley (1838), and Elisabeth Sladen (1946).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Clive Swift ranks 646Before him are Jamie Campbell Bower (1988), Nigel Davenport (1928), John Richardson (1934), Clive Dunn (1920), Amira Casar (1971), and Roy Kinnear (1934). After him are John Loder (1898), Elisabeth Sladen (1946), Dexter Fletcher (1966), Sadie Frost (1965), Michelle Dockery (1981), and Frances O'Connor (1967).