Geoffrey Palmer
Born in Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK — Jun 04 1927• Died Nov 05 2020
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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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Agatha Christie's Poirot
Vice Admiral Hamling
Doctor Who
Administrator
The Professionals
Avery
Play for Today
The Avengers
Crown Court
Kenneth Eden
The Saint
Pete Ferguson
Bergerac
Nigel Carter
BBC Play of the Month
Monteith
The Sweeney
Commander Watson
Natural World
Narrator
Gideon's Way
Jeff Grant
No Hiding Place
Det. Sgt. Walsh
Inspector Morse
Matthew Copley-Barnes
Drama 61-67
Basil Mallard
The Wednesday Play
Property Agent
The Expert
Asst. Chief Constable Rogers
Blackadder
Field Marshal Haig
Churchill's People
Samuel Partridge
Softly, Softly
Van der Valk
Head of Faculty
Out of the Unknown
Jack Mervyn
Fawlty Towers
Dr. Price
The Hollow Crown
Lord Chief Justice
As Time Goes By
Lionel Hardcastle
Angels
Doomwatch
Major Sims
Ashes to Ashes
Lord Scarman
The Goodies
School Headmaster
Mystery and Imagination
Turner
Detective
Chief Superintendent Smeed
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Various
The Human Jungle
Williams
The Troubleshooters
Jeremy Martin
Dalgliesh
Edwin Lorrimer
Colditz
Doc
The Man in Room 17
Ian McWatt
Tomorrow Never Dies
Admiral Roebuck
Paddington
Head Geographer
The Odd Man
Const. Swift
Bill Brand
Malcolm Frear
Londoners
Jack Poncey
Mr. Men and Little Miss
Oxbridge Blues
Fred
Butterflies
Ben Parkinson
Absolute Power
The Revenue Men
Bill Mitchell
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Jimmy Anderson
ITV Playhouse
Harper
A Fish Called Wanda
Judge
Scorpion Tales
Arnold Sparrow
He Knew He Was Right
Sir Marmaduke Rowley
Peter Pan
Sir Edward Quiller Couch
Anna and the King
Lord John Bradley
Whoops Apocalypse
Foreign Secretary
Hot Metal
W.E.
Stanley Baldwin
Look at the State We're In!
The Ruler
The Pink Panther 2
Joubert
Grumpy Old Men
Narrator
Dickens
Thackeray
Mrs Brown
Henry Ponsonby
Armchair Theatre
Rankin
Executive Stress
Christabel
Mr Burton
The Savages
Donald
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
Oliver Cromwell
Rat
The Doctor
Ben Travers Farces
Hugh Stafford
O Lucky Man!
Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes
To Olivia
The Honorary Consul
British Ambassador
Stig of the Dump
Robert
Clockwise
Headmaster
Ring of Spies
Police Officer (uncredited)
Fairly Secret Army
Major Harry Truscott
The Young Visiters
Minnit
Alice Through the Looking Glass
White King
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
Captain Hardaker
The Madness of King George
Warren
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Self
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Sir John Crowder
Run For Your Wife
Man on Toilet
Bert & Dickie
Charles Burnell
The Outsider
Col. Wyndham
The Last Song
Stiff Upper Lips
His Butler's Voice
Reckless: The Sequel
Robert Crane
Piccadilly Jim
Bayliss
A Zed & Two Noughts
Fallast
A Prize of Arms
Cpl. Myers
The Funny Side of Christmas
Jimmy Anderson, Ben Parkinson
Best Of Enemies
Bulldog Breed
The Insurance Man
The Angry Doctor
Hawks
SAAB Salesman
The High Game
Man at the Clinic
Doctor Who: The Mutants
Administrator
A Question of Attribution
Donleavy
The 1940s House
Narrator (voice)
Loyalties
Graviter
Cathy Come Home
Property Agent
Season's Greetings
Bernard
Chateau Monty
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Self / Dr Price
Lost Christmas
Dr. Clarence
Doctor Who and the Silurians
Masters
Radio Pictures
Glyn Bryce
Stalag Luft
The Kommandant
Safe at Work?
Narrator
A Story to Frighten the Children
Det. Chief Insp. Harris
Absurd Person Singular
Ronald Brewster-Wright
Goodbye
Jack
Smack and Thistle
Sir Horace Wimbol
Only Make Believe
Richard Nicholls
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Jimmy Anderson
No Place Like Earth
Chief Officer
The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
Corbett's Ghost
The Houseboy
Eric
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince
Michael Regan
Chief Superintendent
Incident at Midnight
Dr. Tanfield
The Uninvited
Jack Mervyn
Pope John Paul II: 1920 - 2005
Narrator
Mr. Kershaw's Dream System
Psychiastrist
The Battle of Billy's Pond
First Policeman
The Joe Baker Show
1+1=1.5
Gosford
Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire
Narrator
The Chequers Manoeuvre
Professor Wybrow
Mr. Men & Little Miss: The Christmas Letter
Narrator / Santa
James Bond's Greatest Hits
Narrator (voice)
Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker
Narrator
Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim
Narrator
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
Basil Mallard