Geoffrey Palmer
June 4, 1927 (97 years old) in London, England, UK
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Geoffrey Palmer , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · To Olivia as
- 2014 · Paddington as Head Geographer
- 2013 · Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker as Narrator
- 2012 · Bert & Dickie as Charles Burnell
- 2012 · The Hollow Crown as Lord Chief Justice
- 2012 · Run For Your Wife as Man on Toilet
- 2012 · Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim as Narrator
- 2011 · Lost Christmas as Dr. Clarence
- 2011 · W.E. as Stanley Baldwin
- 2009 · Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened as Self / Dr Price
- 2009 · The Pink Panther 2 as Joubert
- 2008 · Chateau Monty as
- 2008 · Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley as Sir John Crowder
- 2008 · Ashes to Ashes as Lord Scarman
- 2007 · Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned as Captain Hardaker
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2005 · The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag as Corbett's Ghost
- 2005 · Pope John Paul II: 1920 - 2005 as Narrator
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Captain Hardaker
- 2004 · Piccadilly Jim as Bayliss
- 2004 · He Knew He Was Right as Sir Marmaduke Rowley
- 2003 · The Young Visiters as Minnit
- 2003 · Peter Pan as Sir Edward Quiller Couch
- 2003 · Absolute Power as
- 2003 · Grumpy Old Men as Narrator
- 2002 · Dickens as
- 2002 · Stig of the Dump as Robert
- 2001 · The Savages as Donald
- 2001 · Rat as The Doctor
- 2001 · The 1940s House as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Anna and the King as Lord John Bradley
- 1998 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as White King
- 1998 · Mr. Men: The Christmas Letter as Santa
- 1998 · Reckless: The Sequel as Robert Crane
- 1998 · Stiff Upper Lips as His Butler's Voice
- 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as Admiral Roebuck
- 1997 · Mrs Brown as Henry Ponsonby
- 1996 · The Legacy of Reginald Perrin as
- 1995 · Mr. Men and Little Miss as
- 1995 · Look at the State We're In! as The Ruler
- 1994 · The Madness of King George as Warren
- 1993 · Stalag Luft as The Kommandant
- 1992 · As Time Goes By as Lionel Hardcastle
- 1991 · A Question of Attribution as Donleavy
- 1991 · Smack and Thistle as Sir Horace Wimbol
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Vice Admiral Hamling
- 1988 · Christabel as Mr. Burton
- 1988 · Hawks as SAAB Salesman
- 1988 · A Fish Called Wanda as Judge
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Matthew Copley-Barnes
- 1986 · Season's Greetings as Bernard
- 1986 · Executive Stress as
- 1986 · Clockwise as Headmaster
- 1986 · The Insurance Man as The Angry Doctor
- 1986 · Hot Metal as
- 1985 · Absurd Person Singular as Ronald Brewster-Wright
- 1985 · A Zed & Two Noughts as Fallast
- 1985 · Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire as Narrator
- 1984 · Oxbridge Blues as Fred
- 1984 · Fairly Secret Army as Major Harry Truscott
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · The Honorary Consul as British Ambassador
- 1983 · Blackadder as Field Marshal Haig
- 1983 · Dalgliesh as Edwin Lorrimer
- 1982 · The Houseboy as Eric
- 1982 · Whoops Apocalypse as
- 1982 · The Kenny Everett Television Show as Various
- 1982 · The Kenny Everett Television Show as Self
- 1982 · Mr. Kershaw's Dream System as Psychiastrist
- 1981 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Quince
- 1981 · The Last Song as
- 1981 · Bergerac as Nigel Carter
- 1980 · The Outsider as Col. Wyndham
- 1980 · Safe at Work? as Narrator
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1978 · Butterflies as Ben Parkinson
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1977 · The Professionals as Avery
- 1977 · The Professionals as Simon Sinclair
- 1976 · The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin as Jimmy Anderson
- 1976 · Bill Brand as Malcolm Frear
- 1976 · Loyalties as Graviter
- 1976 · A Story to Frighten the Children as Det. Chief Insp. Harris
- 1976 · The Battle of Billy's Pond as First Policeman
- 1975 · Fawlty Towers as Dr. Price
- 1975 · Angels as
- 1975 · Edward the Seventh as Sir Edward Clarke
- 1975 · Goodbye as Jack
- 1975 · The Sweeney as Commander Watson
- 1973 · O Lucky Man! as Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes
- 1972 · Doctor Who: The Mutants as Administrator
- 1971 · Michael Regan as Chief Superintendent
- 1970 · The High Game as Man at the Clinic
- Future · Best Of Enemies as
- 1973 · Only Make Believe as Richard Nicholls
- 1972 · Colditz as Doc
- 1972 · Crown Court as Kenneth Eden
- 1972 · Van der Valk as Head of Faculty
- 1970 · The Goodies as
- 1970 · The Goodies as School Headmaster
- 1970 · Play for Today as
- 1970 · Play for Today as Detetective Chief Inspector Harris
- 1970 · Play for Today as Jack Buckett
- 1970 · Doctor Who and the Silurians as Masters
- 1970 · Doomwatch as Major Sims
- 1968 · The Expert as Asst. Chief Constable Rogers
- 1967 · The Revenue Men as Bill Mitchell
- 1966 · Cathy Come Home as Property Agent
- 1966 · Mystery and Imagination as
- 1966 · Softly, Softly as
- 1965 · Out of the Unknown as Chief Officer
- 1965 · No Place Like Earth as Chief Officer
- 1965 · The Troubleshooters as Jeremy Martin
- 1965 · The Man In Room 17 as Ian McWatt
- 1965 · The Joe Baker Show as
- 1965 · Gideon's Way as Jeff Grant
- 1964 · The Wednesday Play as Property Agent
- 1964 · Ring of Spies as Police Officer (uncredited)
- 1963 · Doctor Who as Administrator
- 1963 · Doctor Who as Masters
- 1963 · The Human Jungle as Williams
- 1962 · A Prize of Arms as Cpl. Myers
- 1962 · The Saint as Pete Ferguson
- 1962 · Bulldog Breed as
- 1961 · The Avengers as
- 1961 · The Avengers as Paul Manning
- 1959 · No Hiding Place as
- 1957 · The Army Game as