Geoffrey Palmer

Geoffrey Palmer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

04/06/1927

Day of Death

05/11/2020
(93) years old

Place of Birth

Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK

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). H... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2014

Paddington

as Head Geographer

2012

Bert & Dickie

as Charles Burnell

2012

Run For Your Wife

as Man on Toilet

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

2007

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

as Captain Hardaker

2004

Piccadilly Jim

as Bayliss

2003

The Young Visiters

as Minnit

2003

Peter Pan

as Sir Edward Quiller Couch

2000

Rat

as The Doctor

1999

Anna and the King

as Lord John Bradley

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

1993

Stalag Luft

as The Kommandant

1991

Smack and Thistle

as Sir Horace Wimbol

1988

Hawks

as SAAB Salesman

1986

Season's Greetings

as Bernard

1986

Clockwise

as Headmaster

1986

The Insurance Man

as The Angry Doctor

1985

A Zed & Two Noughts

as Fallast

1985

Radio Pictures

as Glyn Bryce

1985

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

1982

The Houseboy

as Eric

1982

Mr. Kershaw's Dream System

as Psychiastrist

1980

Safe at Work?

as Narrator

1979

The Outsider

as Col. Wyndham

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

Goodbye

as Jack

1973

O Lucky Man!

as Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes

1973

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

1968

The Chequers Manoeuvre

as Professor Wybrow

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

1963

Incident at Midnight

as Dr. Tanfield

1962

A Prize of Arms

as Cpl. Myers