Geoffrey Palmer

Personal Info

Birthday

June 4, 1927

Day of Death

2020-11-05

(93 years old)

Place of Birth

Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK

Also Known As

Geoffrey Dyson Palmer

Geoffrey Palmer

Biography

Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, OBE 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).

Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Doctor Who

The Avengers

Play for Today

The Saint

Bergerac

The Professionals

Crown Court

Filmography

2014
Paddington
as Head Geographer
2013
Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker
as Narrator
2012
Bert & Dickie
as Charles Burnell
Run For Your Wife
as Man on Toilet
Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim
as Narrator
2011
Lost Christmas
as Dr. Clarence
W.E.
as Stanley Baldwin
2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self / Dr Price
The Pink Panther 2
as Joubert
2008
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
as Sir John Crowder
2007
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as Captain Hardaker
2005
The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
as Corbett's Ghost
Pope John Paul II: 1920 - 2005
as Narrator
2004
Piccadilly Jim
as Bayliss
2003
The Young Visiters
as Minnit
Peter Pan
as Sir Edward Quiller Couch
2000
Rat
as The Doctor
1999
Anna and the King
as Lord John Bradley
1998
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as White King
Mr. Men & Little Miss: The Christmas Letter
as Narrator / Santa
Reckless: The Sequel
as Robert Crane
Stiff Upper Lips
as His Butler's Voice
1997
Tomorrow Never Dies
as Admiral Roebuck
Mrs Brown
as Henry Ponsonby
1994
The Madness of King George
as Warren
1993
Stalag Luft
as The Kommandant
1991
A Question of Attribution
as Donleavy
Smack and Thistle
as Sir Horace Wimbol
1988
Hawks
as SAAB Salesman
A Fish Called Wanda
as Judge
1986
Season's Greetings
as Bernard
Clockwise
as Headmaster
The Insurance Man
as The Angry Doctor
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Fallast
Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire
as Narrator
Absurd Person Singular
as Ronald Brewster-Wright
1983
The Honorary Consul
as British Ambassador
1982
The Funny Side of Christmas
as Jimmy Anderson, Ben Parkinson
The Houseboy
as Eric
Mr. Kershaw's Dream System
as Psychiastrist
1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Quince
1980
Safe at Work?
as Narrator
1979
The Outsider
as Col. Wyndham
1976
Loyalties
as Graviter
A Story to Frighten the Children
as Det. Chief Insp. Harris
The Battle of Billy's Pond
as First Policeman
1975
Goodbye
as Jack
1973
O Lucky Man!
as Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes
Only Make Believe
as Richard Nicholls
1972
Doctor Who: The Mutants
as Administrator
1971
Michael Regan
as Chief Superintendent
1970
The High Game
as Man at the Clinic
Doctor Who and the Silurians
as Masters
1966
Cathy Come Home
as Property Agent
1965
No Place Like Earth
as Chief Officer
1964
Ring of Spies
as Police Officer (uncredited)
1963
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
as Basil Mallard
Incident at Midnight
as Dr. Tanfield
1962
A Prize of Arms
as Cpl. Myers