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Geoffrey Dyson Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer
Acting
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 Nor…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
To Olivia
Paddington
as Head Geographer
Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker
as Narrator
Run For Your Wife
as Man on Toilet
Bert & Dickie
as Charles Burnell
Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim
as Narrator
W.E.
as Stanley Baldwin
Lost Christmas
as Dr. Clarence
The Pink Panther 2
as Joubert
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Self / Dr Price
TV Shows
The Hollow Crown
as Lord Chief Justice · 1 ep.
Ashes to Ashes
as Lord Scarman · 1 ep.
Chateau Monty
6 ep.
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self · 1 ep.
The One Show
as Self · 1 ep.
He Knew He Was Right
as Sir Marmaduke Rowley · 3 ep.
Absolute Power
12 ep.
Grumpy Old Men
as Narrator · 14 ep.
Dickens
as Thackeray · 3 ep.
Stig of the Dump
as Robert · 6 ep.
