Geoffrey Palmer

Geoffrey Palmer

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1927-06-04
Deathday: 2020-11-05 (93 years old)

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). His film appearances include A Fish Called Wanda (1988), The Madness of King George (1994), Mrs. Brown (1997), and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).


Geoffrey Dyson Palmer was born on 4 June 1927 in North Finchley, Middlesex. He was the son of Frederick Charles Palmer, who was a chartered surveyor, and Norah Gwendolen (née Robins). He attended Highgate School from September 1939 to December 1945. He served as a corporal instructor in small arms and field training in the Royal Marines during his national service from 1946 to 1948, following which he briefly worked as an unpaid trainee assistant stage manager.


Palmer's early television appearances included multiple roles in episodes of The Army Game (Granada Television), two episodes of The Baron and as a property agent in Cathy Come Home (1966). After a major break in John Osborne's West of Suez at the Royal Court with Ralph Richardson, he acted in major productions at the Royal Court and for the National Theatre Company and was directed by Laurence Olivier in J. B. Priestley's Eden End. Palmer found the play so dull, however, that he was deterred from a stage career.


Two BBC sitcom roles brought him attention in the 1970s: the hapless brother-in-law of Reggie Perrin in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), and the phlegmatic dentist Ben Parkinson in Butterflies (1978–1983).


In 1978, Palmer appeared as organized crimelord Simon Sinclair in London Weekend Television's hard-hitting police drama The Professionals, the episode entitled "Where the Jungle Ends".


Palmer played Doctor Price in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Kipper and the Corpse" (1979), determined to have breakfast amidst the confusion caused by the death of a guest and Fawlty's inept way of handling the emergency. In 1986, Palmer appeared as Donald Fairchild in the first series of an ITV sitcom, Executive Stress, alongside Penelope Keith. He later left, and was replaced by Peter Bowles.


Palmer later starred opposite Judi Dench for over a decade in another BBC sitcom, As Time Goes By (1992–2005). In 1997, he also appeared with Dench in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, in which he portrayed Admiral Roebuck to Dench's M, and Mrs Brown, playing Sir Henry Ponsonby to Dench's Queen Victoria.


Palmer married Sally Green in 1963. They had a daughter, Harriet, and a son, Charles, a television director. Palmer was a longtime resident of Lee Common in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, and enjoyed fly fishing in his spare time. At the time of his death, he resided in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.


Palmer died peacefully at his home on 5 November 2020, aged 93

Filmography

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TV Shows 71

Movies 60

Narrator 10

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Stanley Baldwin
W.E.

W.E. (2011)

Movie
Sir Edward Quiller Couch
Peter Pan

Peter Pan (2003)

Movie
6.6
The Doctor
Rat

Rat (2000)

Movie
Sir Stanley Birkin
Full Throttle

Full Throttle (1995)

Movie
SAAB Salesman
Hawks

Hawks (1988)

Movie
Matthew Copley-Barnes
Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse (1987)

TV
4.83
Major Harry Truscott
Fairly Secret Army

Fairly Secret Army (1984)

TV
Field Marshal Haig
Blackadder

Blackadder (1983)

TV
5.79
Edwin Lorrimer
Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh (1983)

TV
Nigel Carter
Bergerac

Bergerac (1981)

TV
6
Avery / Simon Sinclair
The Professionals

The Professionals (1977)

TV
Malcolm Frear
Bill Brand

Bill Brand (1976)

TV
Commander Watson
The Sweeney

The Sweeney (1975)

TV
Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes
O Lucky Man!

O Lucky Man! (1973)

Movie
Head of Faculty
Van der Valk

Van der Valk (1972)

TV
Chief Superintendent
Michael Regan

Michael Regan (1971)

Movie
School Headmaster
The Goodies

The Goodies (1970)

TV
Jack Buckett / Detetective Chief Inspector Harris
Play for Today

Play for Today (1970)

TV
Man at the Clinic
The High Game

The High Game (1970)

Movie
Asst. Chief Constable Rogers
The Expert

The Expert (1968)

TV
Bradley Fawcett
ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse (1967)

TV
Police Officer (uncredited)
Ring of Spies

Ring of Spies (1964)

Movie
Masters / Administrator
Doctor Who

Doctor Who (1963)

TV
6.57
Pete Ferguson
The Saint

The Saint (1962)

TV
5
Paul Manning / Martin Smythe
The Avengers

The Avengers (1961)

TV
6
Mr. Cleaver
Me Mammy

Me Mammy

TV
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Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1927-06-04

Deathday
2020-11-05 (93 years old)

Birth Name
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer

Birth Place
London, United Kingdom

Children
Charles Palmer

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer

Awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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