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Geoffrey Palmer

Actor
Died November 5, 2020 (93 years)
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).

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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Clockwise
  • The Saint
  • Coronation Street
  • The Professionals
  • Lost Christmas
  • Piccadilly Jim
Known For
  • A Fish Called Wanda
  • Peter Pan
  • Mrs. Brown
  • Paddington
  • Clockwise
  • As Time Goes By
  • A Zed & Two Noughts
  • W.E.
  • He Knew He Was Right
  • Alice Through the Looking Glass
  • Butterflies
  • The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
  • Lost Christmas
  • Absolute Power
  • Out of the Unknown
  • Executive Stress
  • Piccadilly Jim
  • Bert & Dickie
  • Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
  • The Young Visiters
  • Hawks
  • Christabel
  • Stalag Luft
  • Hot Metal

Filmography

2021
2014
Paddington · as Head Geographer
2014
The Last Sparks of Sundown · as Sir Buster Sparks
2012
Parade's End (TV Series) · as Bishop
2012
Bert & Dickie · as Charles Burnell
2012
The Hollow Crown (TV Series) · as Lord Chief Justice
2012
Run for Your Wife · as Man On Toilet
2011
Lost Christmas · as Dr. Clarence
2011
W.E. · as Stanley Baldwin
2010
Rev. (TV Series) · as Martin
2009
Grandpa In My Pocket (TV Series) · as Grandad Gilbert
2009
The Pink Panther 2 · as Joubert
2008
2008
Ashes to Ashes (TV Series) · as Lord Scarman
2008
Going Underground · as Masters
2008
What Lies Beneath · as Narrator
2007
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned · as Captain Hardaker
2007
The Grumpy Guide To (TV Series) · as Narrator
2006
Grumpy Old Holidays (TV Series) · as Narrator
2005
2005
2005
Doctor Who (2005) (TV Series) · as Captain Hardaker
2004
2004
He Knew He Was Right (TV Series) · as Sir Marmaduke Rowley
2003
The Young Visiters · as Minnit
2003
Peter Pan · as Sir Edward Quiller Couch
2003
Absolute Power (TV Series)
2003
Grumpy Old Men (TV Series) · as Narrator
2002
Revealed (TV Series) · as Narrator
2002
Timeshift (TV Series) · as Narrator
2002
Dickens (TV Series)
2002
Stig of the Dump (TV Series) · as Robert
2001
The 1940s House (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
2000
Butterflies Reunion Special · as Ben Parkinson
2000
Rat · as The Doctor
1999
Anna and the King · as Lord John Bradley
1998
1998
1998
Reckless: The Sequel · as Robert Crane
1998
1997
Stiff Upper Lips · as His Butler's Voice
1997
Tomorrow Never Dies · as Admiral Roebuck
1997
Mrs. Brown · as Henry Ponsonby
1996
1995
1995
Mr. Men and Little Miss (TV Series) · as The Narrator
1995
Full Throttle · as Sir Stanley Birkin
1994
1993
Stalag Luft · as The Kommandant
1992
As Time Goes By (TV Series) · as Lionel Hardcastle
1992
1991
Smack and Thistle · as Sir Horace Wimbol
1990
The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (TV Series) · as Harold Cartell
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Vice Admiral Hamling
1988
Christabel (TV Series) · as Mr. Burton
1988
Hawks · as Saab Salesman
1988
1987
Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as Matthew Copley-Barnes
1986
Season's Greetings · as Bernard
1986
Executive Stress (TV Series)
1986
Equinox (TV Series) · as Narrator
1986
Clockwise · as Headmaster
1986
Hot Metal (TV Series)
1985
Screen One (TV Series) · as Donleavy
1985
The Insurance Man · as The Angry Doctor
1985
Absurd Person Singular · as Ronald Brewster-Wright
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts · as Fallast
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as The Angry Doctor
1984
Oxbridge Blues (TV Series) · as Fred
1984
Fairly Secret Army (TV Series) · as Major Harry Truscott
1983
Natural World (TV Series) · as Narrator
1983
The Honorary Consul · as British Ambassador
1983
Death of an Expert Witness (TV Series) · as Dr. Edwin Lorrimer
1982
Blackadder (TV Series) · as Field Marshal Haig
1982
Whoops Apocalypse (TV Series)
1982
Mr. Kershaw's Dream System · as Psychiastrist
1981
The Kenny Everett Television Show (TV Series) · as Various
1981
1981
Bergerac (TV Series) · as Nigel Carter
1980
Love Again (TV Series) · as Edwin Lorrimer
1979
The Outsider · as Col. Wyndham
1978
1978
Butterflies (TV Series) · as Ben Parkinson
1978
Bless Me, Father (TV Series) · as Freddie Williams
1978
Scorpion Tales (TV Series) · as Arnold Sparrow
1977
The Professionals (TV Series) · as Avery
1977
The Battle of Billy's Pond · as First Policeman
1976
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (TV Series) · as Jimmy Anderson
1976
Bill Brand (TV Series) · as Malcolm Frear
1975
Fawlty Towers (TV Series) · as Dr. Price
1975
Angels (TV Series)
1975
Edward the Seventh (TV Series) · as Sir Edward Clarke
1975
The Sweeney (TV Series) · as Commander Watson
1974
Happy Ever After (UK) (TV Series) · as Bob Holsgrove
1974
The Prince of Denmark (TV Series) · as Martin
1973
O Lucky Man! · as Examination Doctor/basil Keyes
1973
Sutherland's Law (TV Series) · as Athol Fairfax Qc
1972
Colditz (TV Series) · as Doc
1972
Crown Court (TV Series) · as Kenneth Eden
1972
Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Head Of Faculty
1972
Whodunnit? (UK) (TV Series) · as Major Culbertson
1972
The Shadow of the Tower (TV Series) · as John Mayne
1970
The Goodies (TV Series) · as School Headmaster
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) · as Detetective Chief Inspector Harris
1970
1970
Doomwatch (TV Series) · as Major Sims
1969
Paul Temple (TV Series) · as Det. Insp. Dean
1969
Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Professor Brett
1969
The Liver Birds (TV Series) · as Doctor
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Mac
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Bradley Fawcett
1967
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (TV Series) · as Oliver Cromwell
1967
NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series) · as Police Driver
1966
George and the Dragon (TV Series) · as Pc Footer
1966
1966
1966
The Baron (TV Series) · as Anstruther
1966
Softly Softly (TV Series)
1965
Cathy Come Home · as Property Agent
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Graviter
1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Professor Whybrow
1965
Out of the Unknown (TV Series) · as Chief Officer
1965
The Troubleshooters (TV Series) · as Jeremy Martin
1965
The Man in Room 17 (TV Series) · as Ian Mcwatt
1965
Pardon The Expression (TV Series) · as Hotel Manager
1965
Public Eye (TV Series) · as Donald Halston
1964
Gideon C.I.D. (TV Series) · as Jeff Grant
1964
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Property Agent
1964
Ring of Treason · as Police Officer (uncredited)
1963
Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Masters
1963
Sergeant Cork (TV Series) · as James Meredith
1963
Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Oliver
1963
The Human Jungle (TV Series) · as Williams
1963
Incident at Midnight · as Dr. Tanfield
1962
A Prize of Arms · as Cpl. Myers
1962
The Saint (TV Series) · as Pete Ferguson
1962
Suspense (1962) (TV Series) · as Newspaper Reporter
1962
Z Cars (TV Series) · as Barney French
1961
Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ralph
1961
The Avengers (TV Series) · as Paul Manning
1960
Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Superintendent Registrar
1960
The Strange World of Gurney Slade (TV Series) · as Floor Manager
1960
Bootsie and Snudge (TV Series) · as Policeman
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Dr. Morgan
1959
No Hiding Place (TV Series)
1959
Interpol Calling (TV Series) · as Colonel
1959
The Edgar Wallace Mysteries (TV Series) · as Dr. Tanfield
1957
The Army Game (TV Series)
1957
Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Gilbert Lockyer
1956
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Rankin
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Peter
1954
The Joe Palooka Story (TV Series) · as Cast
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as 2nd Operative
Best Of Enemies (TV Series)

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