Born in Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK — Jun 04 1927• Died Nov 05 2020

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 Palme…
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Vice Admiral Hamling

Administrator

Avery



Kenneth Eden

Pete Ferguson

Nigel Carter

Monteith

Commander Watson

Narrator

Jeff Grant

Det. Sgt. Walsh

Matthew Copley-Barnes
Basil Mallard

Property Agent

Asst. Chief Constable Rogers

Field Marshal Haig

Samuel Partridge


Head of Faculty

Jack Mervyn

Dr. Price

Lord Chief Justice

Lionel Hardcastle


Major Sims

Lord Scarman

School Headmaster

Turner

Chief Superintendent Smeed

Various

Williams

Jeremy Martin

Edwin Lorrimer

Doc

Ian McWatt

Admiral Roebuck

Head Geographer

Const. Swift

Malcolm Frear

Jack Poncey


Fred

Ben Parkinson

Bill Mitchell

Jimmy Anderson

Harper

Judge

Arnold Sparrow

Sir Marmaduke Rowley

Sir Edward Quiller Couch

Lord John Bradley

Foreign Secretary


Stanley Baldwin
The Ruler

Joubert

Narrator

Thackeray

Henry Ponsonby

Rankin

Mr Burton

Donald


Oliver Cromwell

The Doctor
Hugh Stafford

Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes


British Ambassador

Robert

Headmaster

Police Officer (uncredited)
Major Harry Truscott

Minnit

White King

Captain Hardaker

Warren
Self

Sir John Crowder

Man on Toilet

Charles Burnell

Col. Wyndham


His Butler's Voice

Robert Crane

Bayliss

Fallast

Cpl. Myers

Jimmy Anderson, Ben Parkinson


The Angry Doctor

SAAB Salesman
Man at the Clinic

Administrator

Donleavy

Narrator (voice)
Graviter

Property Agent

Bernard

Self / Dr Price

Dr. Clarence

Masters

Glyn Bryce

The Kommandant

Narrator

Det. Chief Insp. Harris

Ronald Brewster-Wright

Jack

Sir Horace Wimbol

Richard Nicholls

Jimmy Anderson

Chief Officer
Corbett's Ghost
Eric

Quince

Chief Superintendent

Dr. Tanfield

Jack Mervyn
Narrator

Psychiastrist

First Policeman

Gosford

Narrator
Professor Wybrow

Narrator / Santa

Narrator (voice)
Narrator

Narrator

Basil Mallard