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Biography

Geoffrey Palmer is a British actor born June 4, 1927 in London, England. Palmer is well-known to British television audiences for the many television…more

Born

6/4/1927, London, England, UK

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (13)

Role
- Grumpy Old Men
  Narrator
  - S 3: Ep 6 Being John Grumpy
    5/19/06
  - S 3: Ep 5 All you need is love
    5/12/06
  - S 3: Ep 4 This Is The Price We Pay
    5/5/06
  - S 3: Ep 3 Terminally Confused
    4/28/06
  - S 3: Ep 2 Everywhere You Look
    4/21/06
  - + 10 More Credits
- As Time Goes By
  Lionel Hardcastle
  - S 9: Ep 6 As Time Goes By: Reunion
    12/3/05
  - S 9: Ep 5 You Must Remember This
    8/11/02
  - S 9: Ep 4 What Now?
    8/4/02
  - S 9: Ep 3 The World Will Always Welcome Lovers . . a.k.a The Wedding
    7/21/02
  - S 9: Ep 2 Another Proposal
    7/14/02
  - + 61 More Credits
- Stig of the Dump
  Robert
  - S 1: Ep 6 Going Home
    2/17/02
  - S 1: Ep 5 Man of the Match
    2/10/02
  - S 1: Ep 4 Undercover
    2/3/02
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Clean Boot
    1/27/02
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Snargets
    1/20/02
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Savages
  Donald
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Ex-Files
    5/29/01
  - S 1: Ep 5 Finding Dad a Girlfriend
    5/22/01
  - S 1: Ep 4 Scary Drawings
    5/15/01
  - S 1: Ep 3 Learning to Cook
    5/8/01
  - S 1: Ep 2 Books
    5/1/01
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
  Jimmy
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode Seven
    11/3/96
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode Two
    9/29/96
- The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
  Jimmy Anderson
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode Six
    10/27/96
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode Five
    10/20/96
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode Four
    10/13/96
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode Three
    10/6/96
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode One
    9/22/96
- Hot Metal
  Harold Stringer (1986)
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Rat Sat on the Cat
    3/10/89
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Twilight Zone
    3/27/88
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Hydra's Head
    3/20/88
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Joker to the Thief
    3/13/88
  - S 2: Ep 1 Religion of the People
    3/6/88
  - + 6 More Credits
- Fairly Secret Army
  Maj. Harry Truscott
  - S 2: Ep 7 Treacherous Chaps, Causes
    10/13/86
  - S 2: Ep 6 You're Going To Be A Hero, Harry
    10/6/86
  - S 2: Ep 5 Ever Tried Making Love To A Marxist?
    9/29/86
  - S 2: Ep 4 One Mistake, Whole Caboosh Plughole
    9/22/86
  - S 2: Ep 3 This Could Be Extremely Dangerous, Sir
    9/15/86
  - + 8 More Credits
- Executive Stress
  Donald Fairchild
- Whoops Apocalypse
  Foreign secretary
  - S 1: Ep 6 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
    4/18/82
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Violet Hour
    4/11/82
  - S 1: Ep 4 Lucifer and the Lord
    4/4/82
  - S 1: Ep 3 How to Get Rid of It
    3/28/82
  - S 1: Ep 2 Autumn Cannibalism
    3/21/82
  - + 1 More Credits
- Butterflies
  Ben Parkinson
  - S 1: Ep 6 He'll Have To Go
    12/15/78
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Lovers
    12/8/78
  - S 1: Ep 4 How About Lunch?
    12/1/78
  - S 1: Ep 3 Thinking About A Job
    11/24/78
  - S 1: Ep 2 Breaking The Silence
    11/17/78
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
  Major James (Jimmy) Gordonstoun Anderson
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Great Project
    11/29/78
  - S 2: Ep 7 Extreme Solution
    11/2/77
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Four Untrustworthy Men
    10/26/77
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Unusual Shop
    10/12/77
- The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
  Jimmy Anderson
  - S 2: Ep 3 Jimmy's Offer
    10/5/77
  - S 1: Ep 1 Hippopotamus
    9/8/76
Guest Star (67)

Role
- Agatha Christie's Poirot
  Vice Admiral Hamling
  - S 12: Ep 4 The Clocks
    12/26/11
- Comic Relief
  Army Sergeant [Armstrong & Miller meet Mitchell & Webb]
  - S 8: Ep 12 RND 2009 - Funny For Money
    3/13/09
- Ashes to Ashes
  Lord Scarman
  - S 1: Ep 8 Episode 8
    3/27/08
- Doctor Who (2005)
  Captain Hardaker
  - — Voyage of the Damned
    12/25/07
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Sir Marmaduke Rowley
  - S 34: Ep 7 He Knew He Was Right
    12/5/04
- Comedy Connections
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
    7/19/04
- Absolute Power
  Lord Harcourt
  - S 1: Ep 5 Country Life
    12/8/03
- Children in Need
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 5 2000 [2 Parts]
    11/17/00
  - S 2: Ep 1 1980 [6 Parts]
    11/23/80
- James Bond, Jr.
  Admiral Roebuck
  - — Tomorrow Never Dies
    12/19/97
- Look at the State We're In!
  The Ruler
  - S 1: Ep 5 Nanny Knows Best
    6/3/95
- Heroes and Villains
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 2 Full Throttle
    2/2/95
- Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
  Harold Cartell
  - S 2: Ep 1 Hand in Glove
    1/10/94
- Bergerac
  Nigel Carter
  - S 8: Ep 4 Roots of Evil
    2/4/90
- Inspector Morse
  Matthew Copley-Barnes
  - S 4: Ep 1 The Infernal Serpent
    1/3/90
- Blackadder
  Field Marshal Haig
  - S 4: Ep 6 Plan F: Goodbyeee
    11/2/89
- Oxbridge Blues
  Fred
  - S 1: Ep 6 Cheap Day
    12/12/84
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
  Geoffrey Palmer
  - S 2: Ep 9 Episode 2-9
    8/3/84
- Dalgliesh
  Edwin Lorrimer
  - S 1: Ep 3 Death Of An Expert Witness (3)
    4/22/83
  - S 1: Ep 2 Death Of An Expert Witness (2)
    4/15/83
  - S 1: Ep 1 Death Of An Expert Witness (1)
    4/8/83
- The Professionals
  Avery
  - S 5: Ep 9 The Ojuka Situation
    1/23/83
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Quince
  - S 1: Ep 21 A Midsummer Night's Dream
    12/13/81
- The Goodies
  Headmaster
  - S 8: Ep 6 War Babies
    2/18/80
- Bless Me, Father
  Freddie Williams
  - S 2: Ep 5 All at Sea
    12/16/79
- Fawlty Towers
  Dr Price
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Kipper and the Corpse
    3/12/79
- The Sweeney
  Commander Watson
  - S 4: Ep 9 Feet of Clay
    11/2/78
- Crown Court
  Kenneth Eden
  - S 7: Ep 72 A Man With Everything : Part 3
    11/2/78
- The Professionals
  Simon Sinclair
  - S 1: Ep 6 Where the Jungle Ends
    2/3/78
- Van der Valk
  Head of Faculty
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Professor
    10/31/77
- Angels
  Lawrence Rutherford
  - S 3: Ep 4 Decision
    9/27/77
  - S 2: Ep 10 Home Sweet Home
    6/8/76
  - S 1: Ep 1 Arrival
    9/1/75
- Sutherland's Law
  Athol Fairfax Q.C.
  - S 4: Ep 7 The Hot Water Boat
    8/24/76
- Play for Today
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 15 A Story to Frighten the Children
    2/3/76
- Edward the King
  Sir Edward Clarke
  - S 1: Ep 9 Scandal
    5/27/75
- The Liver Birds
  Doctor
  - S 4: Ep 10 Follow That Ring
    3/6/74
- Play for Today
  Richard Nicholls
  - S 3: Ep 16 Only Make Believe
    2/12/73
- Doomwatch
  Chief Supt. Mallory
  - S 3: Ep 3 Say Knife, Fat Man
    6/19/72
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Administrator
  - S 9: Ep 15 The Mutants, Episode One
    4/8/72
- Out of the Unknown
  Jack Mervyn
  - S 4: Ep 10 The Uninvited
    6/23/71
- The Expert
  Carter
  - S 3: Ep 5 Whose Child?, Part 1
    1/31/71
- Softly Softly
  Professor Brett
  - S 6: Ep 16 The Lie Direct
    12/30/70
- Doomwatch
  Major Sims
  - S 2: Ep 2 Invasion
    12/21/70
- Doctor Who (1963)
  Masters
  - S 7: Ep 10 Doctor Who and the Silurians, Episode 6
    3/7/70
  - S 7: Ep 9 Doctor Who and the Silurians, Episode 5
    2/28/70
  - S 7: Ep 8 Doctor Who and the Silurians, Episode 4
    2/21/70
- Paul Temple
  Det. Insp. Dean
  - S 1: Ep 3 There Must Be a Mr. X
    12/7/69
- Detective
  Chief Superintendent Smeed
  - S 3: Ep 6 Hunt the Peacock
    10/12/69
- Fraud Squad
  Arthur New
  - S 1: Ep 12 Two Kinds of Crash
    8/5/69
- The Expert
  Asst. Chief Con. Rogers
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Visitor Part 2: Hard Facts
    4/11/69
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Visitor Part 1: Hypothesis
    4/4/69
- Z Cars
  Barney French
  - S 6: Ep 208 Special Duty, Part 2
    3/11/69
- Out of the Unknown
  Gosford
  - S 3: Ep 9 1 + 1 = 1.5
    3/4/69
- George and the Dragon
  PC Footer
  - S 4: Ep 2 The Football Match
    10/3/68
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
  Professor Peter Whybrow
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Chequers Manoeuvre
    9/30/68
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Jeremy Martin
  - S 4: Ep 26 The Minister Of The Crown… And The Very Compromising Photograph
    5/3/68
  - S 4: Ep 7 And The Walls Came Tumbling Down
    12/1/67
- The Revenue Men
  Bill Mitchell
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Present
    9/15/67
- The Wednesday Play
  Property Agent
  - S 6: Ep 3 Cathy Come Home
    11/16/66
- Mystery and Imagination
  Turner
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Beckoning Shadow
    10/29/66
- The Baron
  Anstruther
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Killing
    10/22/66
  - S 1: Ep 11 Masquerade
    10/15/66
- Public Eye
  Dr. Pringle
  - S 2: Ep 10 No, No, Nothing like That
    9/3/66
- The Man in Room 17
  Ian McWatt
  - S 2: Ep 9 Under Influence
    6/3/66
- The Avengers
  Martin Smythe
  - S 4: Ep 8 A Surfeit of H2O
    11/20/65
- Out of the Unknown
  Chief Officer
  - S 1: Ep 1 No Place Like Earth
    10/4/65
- Gideon's Way
  Jeff Grant
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Alibi Man
    4/24/65
- Public Eye
  Donald Halston
  - S 1: Ep 8 "And a Very Fine Fiddle Has He"
    3/13/65
- The Saint
  Pete Ferguson
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Rough Diamonds
    11/21/63
- The Avengers
  Dr. Terence
  - S 3: Ep 3 Man with Two Shadows
    10/12/63
- Suspense (1962)
  The Newspaper Reporter
  - S 2: Ep 20 The Edge of Discovery
    5/13/63
- The Human Jungle
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Vacant Chair
    3/30/63
- The Avengers
  Paul Manning
  - S 2: Ep 2 Propellant 23
    10/6/62
- No Hiding Place
  Det.-Sgt. Walsh
  - S 4: Ep 10 Epitaph for Johnnie
    7/10/62
- Top Secret
  Captain Felipe
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Eagle of San Gualo
    6/20/62
- Police Surgeon
  Peter Hughes
  - S 1: Ep 4 Smash But No Grab
    10/1/60
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The Kenny Everett Television Show
  Various
  - S 2: Ep 2 Episode 2-2
    3/3/83
  - S 1: Ep 11 1982 Xmas Special
    12/28/82

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- He served as a corporal in the Royal Marines. He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Drama.
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- Palmer appeared with "As Time Goes By" co-star Judi Dench in the films "Mrs. Brown," and "Tomorrow Never Dies."
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