Birthday
1927/06/04
Day of death
2020/11/05 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also know as
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer
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.
(1999) Anna and the King
as Lord John Bradley
(1988) A Fish Called Wanda
as Judge
(1997) Tomorrow Never Dies
as Admiral Roebuck
(1994) The Madness of King George
as Warren
(1970) Doctor Who and the Silurians
as Masters
(1985) A Zed & Two Noughts
as Fallast
(2021) To Olivia
as ---
(2009) The Pink Panther 2
as Joubert
(1998) Alice Through the Looking Glass
as White King
(2013) Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker
as Narrator
(1997) Mrs Brown
as Henry Ponsonby
(2011) Lost Christmas
as Dr. Clarence
(1985) Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire
as Narrator
(2011) W.E.
as Stanley Baldwin
(2003) The Young Visiters
as Minnit
(2008) Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
as Sir John Crowder
(1998) Reckless: The Sequel
as Robert Crane
(1991) A Question of Attribution
as Donleavy
(2012) Bert & Dickie
as Charles Burnell
(1972) Doctor Who: The Mutants
as Administrator
(1986) Season's Greetings
as Bernard
(1993) Stalag Luft
as The Kommandant
(1991) Smack and Thistle
as Sir Horace Wimbol
(1982) Mr. Kershaw's Dream System
as Psychiastrist
(1983) The Honorary Consul
as British Ambassador
(2012) Run For Your Wife
as Man on Toilet
(2009) Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self / Dr Price
(1980) Safe at Work?
as Narrator
(1986) The Insurance Man
as The Angry Doctor
(2001) Rat
as The Doctor
(1962) A Prize of Arms
as Cpl. Myers
(2014) Paddington
as Head Geographer
(1998) Mr. Men: The Christmas Letter
as Santa
(1970) The High Game
as Man at the Clinic
(2005) The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
as Corbett's Ghost
(1976) Loyalties
as Graviter
(1982) The Houseboy
as Eric
(1986) Clockwise
as Headmaster
(1965) No Place Like Earth
as Chief Officer
(1988) Hawks
as SAAB Salesman
(1966) Cathy Come Home
as Property Agent
(1976) The Battle of Billy's Pond
as First Policeman
(2005) Pope John Paul II: 1920 - 2005
as Narrator
(1998) Stiff Upper Lips
as His Butler's Voice
(2012) Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim
as Narrator
(2004) Piccadilly Jim
as Bayliss
(2007) Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as Captain Hardaker
(2003) Peter Pan
as Sir Edward Quiller Couch
(1981) A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Quince
(1976) A Story to Frighten the Children
as Det. Chief Insp. Harris
(1973) Only Make Believe
as Richard Nicholls
(1971) Michael Regan
as Chief Superintendent
(1980) The Outsider
as Col. Wyndham
(1964) Ring of Spies
as Police Officer (uncredited)
(1973) O Lucky Man!
as Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes
(1975) Goodbye
as Jack
(1985) Absurd Person Singular
as Ronald Brewster-Wright
(1992) As Time Goes By
as Lionel Hardcastle
(1975) The Sweeney
as Commander Watson
(1965) Out of the Unknown
as Chief Officer
(1972) Colditz
as Doc
(1976) The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
as Jimmy Anderson
(1986) Executive Stress
as ---
(2008) Ashes to Ashes
as Lord Scarman
(2006) The One Show
as Self
(2001) The Savages
as Donald
(2003) Absolute Power
as ---
(1978) Butterflies
as Ben Parkinson
(1966) Softly, Softly
as ---
(1975) Fawlty Towers
as Dr. Price
(1961) The Avengers
as ---
(1977) The Professionals
as Avery
(1982) Whoops Apocalypse
as ---
(1987) Inspector Morse
as Matthew Copley-Barnes
(1970) The Goodies
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Pete Ferguson
(1957) The Army Game
as ---
(1970) Doomwatch
as Major Sims
(2004) He Knew He Was Right
as Sir Marmaduke Rowley
(1972) Van der Valk
as Head of Faculty
(1974) Mr. Men and Little Miss
as ---
(1975) Angels
as ---
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1970) Play for Today
as ---
(1968) The Expert
as Asst. Chief Constable Rogers
(2007) The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
(1967) The Revenue Men
as Bill Mitchell
(1966) Mystery and Imagination
as ---
(1986) Hot Metal
as ---
(1983) Natural World
as Narrator
(1981) The Last Song
as ---
(1978) The BBC Television Shakespeare
as ---
(1965) The Joe Baker Show
as ---
Best Of Enemies
as ---
(1961) The Avengers
as Paul Manning
(1982) The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Various
(1962) Bulldog Breed
as ---
(2008) Chateau Monty
as ---
(1996) The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
as ---
(1983) Dalgliesh
as Edwin Lorrimer
(1988) Christabel
as Mr. Burton
(1995) Look at the State We're In!
as The Ruler
(1963) The Human Jungle
as Williams
(1963) Doctor Who
as Administrator
(1963) Doctor Who
as Masters
(1984) Oxbridge Blues
as Fred
(1984) Fairly Secret Army
as Major Harry Truscott
(1970) Play for Today
as Detetective Chief Inspector Harris
(1982) The Kenny Everett Television Show
as Self
(1975) Edward the Seventh
as Sir Edward Clarke
(1983) Blackadder
as Field Marshal Haig
(1981) Bergerac
as Nigel Carter
(2002) Dickens
as ---
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(1976) Bill Brand
as Malcolm Frear
(1965) Gideon's Way
as Jeff Grant
(1965) The Troubleshooters
as Jeremy Martin
(1965) The Man In Room 17
as Ian McWatt
(2003) Grumpy Old Men
as Narrator
(2002) Stig of the Dump
as Robert
(2012) The Hollow Crown
as Lord Chief Justice
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Property Agent
(1970) The Goodies
as School Headmaster
(2005) Doctor Who
as Captain Hardaker
(1972) Crown Court
as Kenneth Eden
(1970) Play for Today
as Jack Buckett
(2001) The 1940's House
as Narrator (voice)
(1977) The Professionals
as Simon Sinclair
(1989) Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Vice Admiral Hamling
(1961) The Avengers
as Martin Smythe