Geoffrey Palmer
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-06-04 (93 years old)
Deathday
2020-11-05
Place of Birth
Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK
Also known As
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer
Biography
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, OBE (4 June 1927 - 5 November 2020) was an English actor known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), Ben Parkinson in Butterflies (1978–1983) and Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By (1992–2005). His film appearances include A Fish Called Wanda (1988), The Madness of King George (1994), Mrs. Brown (1997), and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Geoffrey Dyson Palmer was born on 4 June 1927 in North Finchley, Middlesex. He was the son of Frederick Charles Palmer, who was a chartered surveyor, and Norah Gwendolen (née Robins). He attended Highgate Sc...
Acting
1999
as Lord John Bradley
1988
as Judge
1997
as Admiral Roebuck
1994
as Warren
1970
as Masters
1985
as Fallast
2021
2009
as Joubert
1998
as White King
2013
as Narrator
1997
as Henry Ponsonby
2011
as Dr. Clarence
1985
2011
as Stanley Baldwin
2003
as Minnit
2008
as Sir John Crowder
1998
as Robert Crane
1991
as Donleavy
2012
as Charles Burnell
1972
as Administrator
1986
as Bernard
1993
as The Kommandant
1991
as Sir Horace Wimbol
1982
as Psychiastrist
1983
as British Ambassador
2012
as Man on Toilet
2009
as Self / Dr Price
1980
as Narrator
1986
as The Angry Doctor
2000
as The Doctor
1962
as Cpl. Myers
2014
as Head Geographer
1998
as Narrator / Santa
1970
as Man at the Clinic
2005
as Corbett's Ghost
1976
as Graviter
1982
as Eric
1986
as Headmaster
1965
as Chief Officer
1988
as SAAB Salesman
1966
as Property Agent
1976
as First Policeman
2005
as Narrator
1998
as His Butler's Voice
2012
as Narrator
2004
as Bayliss
2007
as Captain Hardaker
2003
as Sir Edward Quiller Couch
1981
as Quince
1976
as Det. Chief Insp. Harris
1973
as Richard Nicholls
1971
as Chief Superintendent
1979
as Col. Wyndham
1964
as Police Officer (uncredited)
1973
as Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes
1975
as Jack
1985
as Ronald Brewster-Wright
1983
as Jimmy Anderson
1963
as Dr. Tanfield
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