Clive Swift

Clive Walter Swift (9 February 1936-1 February 2019 ) was an English actor who played Mr Jobel in Revelation of the Daleks and Mr Copper in Voyage of the Damned. 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. (REF: Big Finish: The Inside Story)

Doctor Who Magazine contributor Benjamin Cook interviewed Swift about Mr Copper and Voyage of the Damned for DWM 391. During the course of the interview Swift questioned Cook's journalism credentials, dismissed questions, and commented on not being paid to participate. 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. But it isn't. There are much bigger things than this." When Cook replied, "Maybe, but it means a lot to a great many of us," Swift terminated the interview. 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. 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’re paying that actor; you’re their employer, their boss."

Career
Swift is best known for his role as long-suffering husband Richard Bucket in the popular BBC sitcom. He also played Reverend Brewer in Born and Bred and Sir Hector in John Boorman's 1981 film.