
Geoffrey Palmer
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....
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....
Known For
Cast Credits
Paddington
as Head Geographer
Bert & Dickie
as Charles Burnell
Run For Your Wife
as Man on Toilet
Lost Christmas
as Dr. Clarence
W.E.
as Stanley Baldwin
The Pink Panther 2
as Joubert
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
as Sir John Crowder
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
as Captain Hardaker
The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag
as Corbett's Ghost
Piccadilly Jim
as Bayliss
The Young Visiters
as Minnit
Peter Pan
as Sir Edward Quiller Couch
Rat
as The Doctor
Anna and the King
as Lord John Bradley
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as White King
Mr. Men & Little Miss: The Christmas Letter
as Narrator / Santa
Reckless: The Sequel
as Robert Crane
Stiff Upper Lips
as His Butler's Voice
Tomorrow Never Dies
as Admiral Roebuck
Mrs Brown
as Henry Ponsonby
The Madness of King George
as Warren
Stalag Luft
as The Kommandant
A Question of Attribution
as Donleavy
Smack and Thistle
as Sir Horace Wimbol
Hawks
as SAAB Salesman
A Fish Called Wanda
as Judge
Season's Greetings
as Bernard
Clockwise
as Headmaster
The Insurance Man
as The Angry Doctor