Person Details

Birthday: 1927-06-04 01:06:35

Death: 2020-11-05 01:06:35

Aliases: Geoffrey Dyson Palmer

Gender: Male

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 32

TV Involvements: 33


Most Famous Work

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Geoffrey Palmer , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

Most Famous Work

Doctor Who
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7

Doctor Who

(2005) Captain Hardaker
Agatha Christie's Poirot
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8

Agatha Christie's Poirot

(1989) Vice Admiral Hamling
Doctor Who
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8

Doctor Who

(1963) Administrator
Inspector Morse
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8

Inspector Morse

(1987) Matthew Copley-Barnes
The Avengers
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8

The Avengers

(1961) Paul Manning
The Saint
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7

The Saint

(1962) Pete Ferguson
Dalgliesh
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7

Dalgliesh

(1983) Edwin Lorrimer
The One Show
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5

The One Show

(2006) Self

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 N/A
2014 Head Geographer
2013 Narrator
2012 Charles Burnell
William Gascoigne
Man on Toilet
Narrator
2011 Dr. Clarence
Stanley Baldwin
2009 Joubert
2008 N/A
Sir John Crowder
Lord Scarman
2007 Captain Hardaker
Self
2006 Self
2005 Corbett's Ghost
Narrator
Captain Hardaker
2004 Bayliss
Sir Marmaduke Rowley
2003 Minnit
Sir Edward Quiller Couch
N/A
Narrator
2002 N/A
Robert
2001 The Doctor
1999 Lord John Bradley
1998 White King
Robert Crane
His Butler's Voice
1997 Admiral Roebuck
Henry Ponsonby
1996 N/A
1995 N/A
The Ruler
1994 Warren
1993 The Kommandant
1992 Lionel Hardcastle
1991 Donleavy
Sir Horace Wimbol
1989 Vice Admiral Hamling
1988 Mr. Burton
SAAB Salesman
Judge
1987 Matthew Copley-Barnes
1986 Bernard
N/A
Headmaster
The Angry Doctor
N/A
1985 Ronald Brewster-Wright
Fallast
Narrator
1984 Fred
Major Harry Truscott
1983 Narrator
British Ambassador
Field Marshal Haig
Edwin Lorrimer
1982 N/A
Self
Various
1981 Quince
N/A
Nigel Carter
1980 Col. Wyndham
1978 N/A
Ben Parkinson
Self
1977 Avery
Simon Sinclair
1976 N/A
Malcolm Frear
Det. Chief Insp. Harris
First Policeman
1975 Dr. Price
Himself / Dr. Price
N/A
Sir Edward Clarke
Jack
Commander Watson
1973 Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes
Richard Nicholls
1972 Doc
Kenneth Eden
Head of Faculty
Administrator
1971 Chief Superintendent
1970 N/A
School Headmaster
Detetective Chief Inspector Harris
N/A
Masters
Major Sims
1968 Asst. Chief Constable Rogers
1967 Bill Mitchell
1966 Property Agent
N/A
N/A
1965 Chief Officer
N/A
Jeff Grant
1964 Police Officer
1963 Masters
Administrator
Williams
1962 Cpl. Myers
Pete Ferguson
N/A
1961 N/A
Paul Manning
1959 N/A
1957 N/A
N/A
N/A
Narrator (voice)
Psychiastrist
Year Character Movie/Tv

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