Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer
- Туған күні:
- 1927-06-04
- Қайтыс болған күні:
- 2020-11-05
- Туған жері:
- Finchley, Middlesex, England, UK
Өмірбаяны
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 Norah Gwendolen (née Robins). He attended Highgate School from September 1939 to December 1945. He served as a corporal instructor in small arms and field training in the Royal Marines during his national service from 1946 to 1948, following which he briefly worked as an unpaid trainee assistant stage manager. Palmer's early television appearances included multiple roles in episodes of The Army Game (Granada Television), two episodes of The Baron and as a property agent in Cathy Come Home (1966). After a major break in John Osborne's West of Suez at the Royal Court with Ralph Richardson, he acted in major productions at the Royal Court and for the National Theatre Company and was directed by Laurence Olivier in J. B. Priestley's Eden End. Palmer found the play so dull, however, that he was deterred from a stage career. Two BBC sitcom roles brought him attention in the 1970s: the hapless brother-in-law of Reggie Perrin in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), and the phlegmatic dentist Ben Parkinson in Butterflies (1978–1983). In 1978, Palmer appeared as organized crimelord Simon Sinclair in London Weekend Television's hard-hitting police drama The Professionals, the episode entitled "Where the Jungle Ends". Palmer played Doctor Price in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Kipper and the Corpse" (1979), determined to have breakfast amidst the confusion caused by the death of a guest and Fawlty's inept way of handling the emergency. In 1986, Palmer appeared as Donald Fairchild in the first series of an ITV sitcom, Executive Stress, alongside Penelope Keith. He later left, and was replaced by Peter Bowles. Palmer later starred opposite Judi Dench for over a decade in another BBC sitcom, As Time Goes By (1992–2005). In 1997, he also appeared with Dench in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, in which he portrayed Admiral Roebuck to Dench's M, and Mrs Brown, playing Sir Henry Ponsonby to Dench's Queen Victoria. Palmer married Sally Green in 1963. They had a daughter, Harriet, and a son, Charles, a television director. Palmer was a longtime resident of Lee Common in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, and enjoyed fly fishing in his spare time. At the time of his death, he resided in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Palmer died peacefully at his home on 5 November 2020, aged 93.
Фильмографиясы
Нетихая жизнь
2021
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Приключения Паддингтона
2014
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Head Geographer
Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker
2013
Narrator
Bert & Dickie
2012
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Charles Burnell
Муж двух жен
2012
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Man on Toilet
Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim
2012
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Narrator
Потерянное Рождество
2011
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Dr. Clarence
МЫ. Верим в любовь
2011
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Stanley Baldwin
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Self / Dr Price
Розовая пантера 2
2009
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Joubert
Маргарет Тэтчер: Долгий путь к Финчли
2008
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Sir John Crowder
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
2007
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Captain Hardaker
James Bond's Greatest Hits
2006
Narrator (voice)
BBC: Людоеды
2005
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Corbett's Ghost
Pope John Paul II: 1920 - 2005
2005
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Narrator
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Self
Джим с Пиккадилли
2004
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Bayliss
А вот и гости!
2003
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Minnit
Питер Пэн
2003
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Sir Edward Quiller Couch
Мистер крыс
2000
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Doctor
Анна и король
1999
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Lord John Bradley
Алиса в Зазеркалье
1998
TMDb 5.2 / 10
White King
Mr. Men & Little Miss: The Christmas Letter
1998
Narrator / Santa
Reckless: The Sequel
1998
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Robert Crane
Стиснув зубы
1998
TMDb 5.6 / 10
His Butler's Voice
007: Завтра не умрёт никогда
1997
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Admiral Roebuck
Миссис Браун
1997
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Henry Ponsonby
Безумие короля Георга
1994
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Warren
Stalag Luft
1993
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Kommandant
A Question of Attribution
1991
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Donleavy
Smack and Thistle
1991
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sir Horace Wimbol
Ястребы
1988
TMDb 5.8 / 10
SAAB Salesman
Рыбка по имени Ванда
1988
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Judge
Season's Greetings
1986
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Bernard
Пунктик
1986
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Headmaster
The Insurance Man
1986
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Angry Doctor
Зед и два нуля
1985
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Fallast
Radio Pictures
1985
Glyn Bryce
Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire
1985
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Narrator
Absurd Person Singular
1985
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Ronald Brewster-Wright
Waters of the Moon
1983
Robert Lancaster
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
1983
Jimmy Anderson
Почетный консул
1983
TMDb 5.8 / 10
British Ambassador
The Funny Side of Christmas
1982
Jimmy Anderson, Ben Parkinson
The Houseboy
1982
Eric
Mr. Kershaw's Dream System
1982
Psychiastrist
Сон в летнюю ночь
1981
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Quince
Safe at Work?
1980
Narrator
The Outsider
1979
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Col. Wyndham
Loyalties
1976
Graviter
A Story to Frighten the Children
1976
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Det. Chief Insp. Harris
The Battle of Billy's Pond
1976
TMDb 7.5 / 10
First Policeman
Goodbye
1975
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Jack
О, счастливчик
1973
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes
Only Make Believe
1973
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Richard Nicholls
Doctor Who: The Mutants
1972
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Administrator
Michael Regan
1971
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Chief Superintendent
The Uninvited
1971
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Jack Mervyn
The High Game
1970
Man at the Clinic
Doctor Who and the Silurians
1970
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Masters
1+1=1.5
1969
Gosford
The Chequers Manoeuvre
1968
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Professor Wybrow
Cathy Come Home
1966
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Property Agent
No Place Like Earth
1965
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Chief Officer
Ring of Spies
1964
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Police Officer (uncredited)
Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
1963
Basil Mallard
Incident at Midnight
1963
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dr. Tanfield
A Prize of Arms
1962
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Cpl. Myers