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

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

Anna and the King

as Lord John Bradley

1997

Tomorrow Never Dies

as Admiral Roebuck

1985

2009

1997

Mrs Brown

as Henry Ponsonby

2011

Lost Christmas

as Dr. Clarence

2011

W.E.

as Stanley Baldwin

2003

1998

Reckless: The Sequel

as Robert Crane

2012

Bert & Dickie

as Charles Burnell

1972

Doctor Who: The Mutants

as Administrator

1986

1993

Stalag Luft

as The Kommandant

1991

Smack and Thistle

as Sir Horace Wimbol

1982

1983

The Honorary Consul

as British Ambassador

2012

Run For Your Wife

as Man on Toilet

2009

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

as Self / Dr Price

1980

Safe at Work?

as Narrator

1986

The Insurance Man

as The Angry Doctor

2000

Rat

as The Doctor

1962

A Prize of Arms

as Cpl. Myers

2014

Paddington

as Head Geographer

1970

The High Game

as Man at the Clinic

1976

Loyalties

as Graviter

1982

1986

Clockwise

as Headmaster

1965

No Place Like Earth

as Chief Officer

1988

Hawks

as SAAB Salesman

1966

Cathy Come Home

as Property Agent

1976

The Battle of Billy's Pond

as First Policeman

1998

Stiff Upper Lips

as His Butler's Voice

2004

Piccadilly Jim

as Bayliss

2007

2003

Peter Pan

as Sir Edward Quiller Couch

1976

A Story to Frighten the Children

as Det. Chief Insp. Harris

1973

Only Make Believe

as Richard Nicholls

1971

Michael Regan

as Chief Superintendent

1979

The Outsider

as Col. Wyndham

1964

Ring of Spies

as Police Officer (uncredited)

1973

O Lucky Man!

as Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes

1975

Goodbye

as Jack

1985

Absurd Person Singular

as Ronald Brewster-Wright

1963

Incident at Midnight

as Dr. Tanfield

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