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
| Birth Location | London, England, UK |
|---|---|
| Born | 1927-06-04 |
| Died | 2020-11-05 |
Movies
2021
Paddington
as Head Geographer
2014
Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker
as Narrator
2013
Bert & Dickie
as Charles Burnell
2012
Run For Your Wife
as Man on Toilet
2012
Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim
as Narrator
2012
Lost Christmas
as Dr. Clarence
2011
W.E.
as Stanley Baldwin
2011
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self / Dr Price
2009
The Pink Panther 2
as Joubert
2009
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
as Sir John Crowder
2008
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as Captain Hardaker
2007
The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
as Corbett's Ghost
2005
Pope John Paul II: 1920 - 2005
as Narrator
2005
Piccadilly Jim
as Bayliss
2004
The Young Visiters
as Minnit
2003
Peter Pan
as Sir Edward Quiller Couch
2003
Rat
as The Doctor
2001
Anna and the King
as Lord John Bradley
1999
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
1998
Tomorrow Never Dies
as Admiral Roebuck
1997
Mrs Brown
as Henry Ponsonby
1997
The Madness of King George
as Warren
1994
Stalag Luft
as The Kommandant
1993
A Question of Attribution
as Donleavy
1991
Smack and Thistle
as Sir Horace Wimbol
1991
Hawks
as SAAB Salesman
1988
A Fish Called Wanda
as Judge
1988
Season's Greetings
as Bernard
1986
Clockwise
as Headmaster
1986
The Insurance Man
as The Angry Doctor
1986
Absurd Person Singular
as Ronald Brewster-Wright
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Fallast
1985
Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire
as Narrator
1985
The Honorary Consul
as British Ambassador
1983
The Houseboy
as Eric
1982
Mr. Kershaw's Dream System
as Psychiastrist
1982
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Quince
1981
The Outsider
as Col. Wyndham
1980
Safe at Work?
as Narrator
1980
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
1976
Goodbye
as Jack
1975
O Lucky Man!
as Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes
1973
Only Make Believe
as Richard Nicholls
1973
Doctor Who: The Mutants
as Administrator
1972
Michael Regan
as Chief Superintendent
1971
The High Game
as Man at the Clinic
1970
Doctor Who and the Silurians
as Masters
1970
Cathy Come Home
as Property Agent
1966
No Place Like Earth
as Chief Officer
1965
Ring of Spies
as Police Officer
1964
A Prize of Arms
as Cpl. Myers
1962
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