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).
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Filmography
all 123
TV Shows 70
Movies 53
self 8
Narrator 8
To Olivia (2021)
Movie
Self - Actor
Comedy National Treasures: Stanley Baxter (2019)
TV
Head Geographer
Paddington (2014)
Movie
7.83
Narrator
Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker (2013)
Movie
Charles Burnell
Bert & Dickie (2012)
Movie
Lord Chief Justice
The Hollow Crown (2012)
TV
7.1
Man on Toilet
Run For Your Wife (2012)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim (2012)
Movie
Dr. Clarence
Lost Christmas (2011)
Movie
Stanley Baldwin
W.E. (2011)
Movie
Self / Dr Price
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009)
Movie
Joubert
The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
Movie
7.75
Chateau Monty (2008)
TV
Sir John Crowder
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (2008)
Movie
Lord Scarman
Ashes to Ashes (2008)
TV
7
Captain Hardaker
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)
Movie
Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
TV
Self
The One Show (2006)
TV
Corbett's Ghost
The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag (2005)
Movie
Narrator
Pope John Paul II: 1920 - 2005 (2005)
Movie
Bayliss
Piccadilly Jim (2004)
Movie
Sir Marmaduke Rowley
He Knew He Was Right (2004)
TV
6.67
Minnit
The Young Visiters (2003)
Movie
Sir Edward Quiller Couch
Peter Pan (2003)
Movie
6.6
Absolute Power (2003)
TV
6
Narrator / Self - Narrator
Grumpy Old Men (2003)
TV
Thackeray
Dickens (2002)
TV
Robert
Stig of the Dump (2002)
TV
The Doctor
Rat (2001)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The 1940s House (2001)
TV
Lord John Bradley
Anna and the King (1999)
Movie
9
White King
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
Movie
Robert Crane
Reckless: The Sequel (1998)
Movie
His Butler's Voice
Stiff Upper Lips (1998)
Movie
Admiral Roebuck
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Movie
6.07
Henry Ponsonby
Mrs Brown (1997)
Movie
7
The Narrator / Narrator / Mr. Small
Monsieur Bonhomme (1997)
TV
The Legacy of Reginald Perrin (1996)
TV
The Narrator / Narrator / Mr. Small
Mr. Men and Little Miss (1995)
TV
The Ruler
Look at the State We're In! (1995)
TV
Sir Stanley Birkin
Full Throttle (1995)
Movie
Warren
The Madness of King George (1994)
Movie
5.67
The Kommandant
Stalag Luft (1993)
Movie
Lionel Hardcastle
As Time Goes By (1992)
TV
4.33
Donleavy
A Question of Attribution (1991)
Movie
Sir Horace Wimbol
Smack and Thistle (1991)
Movie
Vice Admiral Hamling
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
TV
6.24
Mr. Burton
Christabel (1988)
TV
SAAB Salesman
Hawks (1988)
Movie
Judge
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Movie
5.75
Matthew Copley-Barnes
Inspector Morse (1987)
TV
4.83
Bernard
Season's Greetings (1986)
Movie
Donald Fairchild
Executive Stress (1986)
TV
Headmaster
Clockwise (1986)
Movie
The Angry Doctor
The Insurance Man (1986)
Movie
Harold Stringer
Hot Metal (1986)
TV
Ronald Brewster-Wright
Absurd Person Singular (1985)
Movie
Fallast
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Movie
Narrator
Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire (1985)
Movie
Fred
Oxbridge Blues (1984)
TV
Major Harry Kitchener Wellington Truscott
Fairly Secret Army (1984)
TV
Narrator
Natural World (1983)
TV
6
British Ambassador
The Honorary Consul (1983)
Movie
Field Marshal Haig
Blackadder (1983)
TV
5.79
Edwin Lorrimer
Dalgliesh (1983)
TV
Foreign Secretary
Whoops Apocalypse (1982)
TV
Various
The Kenny Everett Television Show (1982)
TV
4
Psychiastrist
Mr. Kershaw's Dream System (1982)
Movie
Quince
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)
Movie
The Last Song (1981)
TV
Nigel Carter
Bergerac (1981)
TV
6
Col. Wyndham
The Outsider (1980)
Movie
Narrator
Safe at Work (1980)
Movie
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV
Ben Parkinson
Butterflies (1978)
TV
Self
An Audience with... (1978)
TV
Avery / Simon Sinclair
The Professionals (1977)
TV
Jimmy Anderson / Jimmy
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
TV
4.91
Malcolm Frear
Bill Brand (1976)
TV
Detetective Chief Inspector Harris
A Story to Frighten the Children (1976)
Movie
First Policeman
The Battle of Billy's Pond (1976)
Movie
Dr. Price
Fawlty Towers (1975)
TV
6.7
Angels (1975)
TV
Sir Edward Clarke
Edward the Seventh (1975)
TV
Jack
Goodbye (1975)
Movie
Commander Watson
The Sweeney (1975)
TV
Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Movie
Richard Nicholls
Only Make Believe (1973)
Movie
Doc
Colditz (1972)
TV
Kenneth Eden
Crown Court (1972)
TV
Head of Faculty
Van der Valk (1972)
TV
Administrator
Doctor Who: The Mutants (1972)
Movie
Chief Superintendent
Michael Regan (1971)
Movie
School Headmaster
The Goodies (1970)
TV
Detetective Chief Inspector Harris
Play for Today (1970)
TV
Masters
Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970)
Movie
Major Sims
Doomwatch (1970)
TV
Asst. Chief Constable Rogers
The Expert (1968)
TV
Bradley Fawcett / Dick / Eric
ITV Playhouse (1967)
TV
Bill Mitchell
The Revenue Men (1967)
TV
Property Agent
Cathy Come Home (1966)
Movie
TV Interviewer / Timothy Hoylake / Washington TV Reporter
The Rat Catchers (1966)
TV
Mystery and Imagination (1966)
TV
Softly, Softly (1966)
TV
Chief Officer / Gosford / Jack Mervyn
Out of the Unknown (1965)
TV
Jeremy Martin
The Troubleshooters (1965)
TV
Ian McWatt
The Man In Room 17 (1965)
TV
The Joe Baker Show (1965)
TV
Jeff Grant
Gideon's Way (1965)
TV
Police Officer
Ring of Spies (1964)
Movie
Masters / Administrator
Doctor Who (1963)
TV
5.28
Williams
The Human Jungle (1963)
TV
Cpl. Myers
A Prize of Arms (1962)
Movie
Pete Ferguson
The Saint (1962)
TV
5
Bulldog Breed (1962)
TV
Paul Manning
The Avengers (1961)
TV
6
No Hiding Place (1959)
TV
Narrator / Commentator / Captain Willis
Garry Halliday (1959)
TV
Soldier / Corporal / Coporal Foster
The Army Game (1957)
TV
Donald
The Savages
TV
Policeman / Police Constable / Fireman
Bootsie and Snudge
TV
Mr. Cleaver / Mr. Purdy
Me Mammy
TV
Best Of Enemies
TV
Ratings
Average 6.21
Based on 1.09 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1957
1972
1985
1975
2021
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1927-06-04
Deathday2020-11-05 (93 years old)
Birth NameGeoffrey Dyson Palmer
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
ChildrenCharles Palmer
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsGeoffrey Dyson Palmer
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
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