Acting • AGE 93
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 (1976–7...


To Olivia
2021

Paddington
Head Geographer
2014

Bert & Dickie
Charles Burnell
2012

The Hollow Crown
Lord Chief Justice
2012

Run For Your Wife
Man on Toilet
2012

Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim
Narrator
2012

Lost Christmas
Dr. Clarence
2011

W.E.
Stanley Baldwin
2011

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Self / Dr Price
2009

The Pink Panther 2
Joubert
2009

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
Sir John Crowder
2008

Ashes to Ashes
Lord Scarman
2008

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
Captain Hardaker
2007

James Bond's Greatest Hits
Narrator (voice)
2006

The One Show
Self
2006

Piccadilly Jim
Bayliss
2004

He Knew He Was Right
Sir Marmaduke Rowley
2004

The Young Visiters
Minnit
2003

Peter Pan
Sir Edward Quiller Couch
2003

Absolute Power
2003

Grumpy Old Men
Narrator
2003

Dickens
Thackeray
2002

Stig of the Dump
Robert
2002

The Savages
Donald
2001

The 1940s House
Narrator (voice)
2001

Rat
The Doctor
2000

Anna and the King
Lord John Bradley
1999

Alice Through the Looking Glass
White King
1998

Mr. Men & Little Miss: The Christmas Letter
Narrator / Santa
1998

Reckless: The Sequel
Robert Crane
1998

Stiff Upper Lips
His Butler's Voice
1998

Tomorrow Never Dies
Admiral Roebuck
1997

Mrs Brown
Henry Ponsonby
1997

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin
1996

Mr. Men and Little Miss
1995

The Madness of King George
Warren
1994

Stalag Luft
The Kommandant
1993

As Time Goes By
Lionel Hardcastle
1992

A Question of Attribution
Donleavy
1991

Smack and Thistle
Sir Horace Wimbol
1991

Screen One
Donleavy
1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Vice Admiral Hamling
1989

Hawks
SAAB Salesman
1988

A Fish Called Wanda
Judge
1988

Inspector Morse
Matthew Copley-Barnes
1987

Season's Greetings
Bernard
1986

Executive Stress
1986

Clockwise
Headmaster
1986

The Insurance Man
The Angry Doctor
1986

Hot Metal
Harold Stringer
1986

A Zed & Two Noughts
Fallast
1985

Radio Pictures
Glyn Bryce
1985

Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire
Narrator
1985

Absurd Person Singular
Ronald Brewster-Wright
1985

Oxbridge Blues
Fred
1984

Natural World
Narrator
1983

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Jimmy Anderson
1983

The Honorary Consul
British Ambassador
1983

Blackadder
Field Marshal Haig
1983

Dalgliesh
Edwin Lorrimer
1983

Death of an Expert Witness
Edwin Lorrimer
1983

The Funny Side of Christmas
Jimmy Anderson, Ben Parkinson
1982

Whoops Apocalypse
Foreign Secretary
1982

The Kenny Everett Television Show
Various
1982

Mr. Kershaw's Dream System
Psychiastrist
1982

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Quince
1981

The Last Song
1981

Bergerac
Nigel Carter
1981

Safe at Work?
Narrator
1980

The Outsider
Col. Wyndham
1979

Butterflies
Ben Parkinson
1978

Scorpion Tales
Arnold Sparrow
1978

An Audience with...
Self
1978

The Professionals
Avery
1977

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Jimmy Anderson
1976

Bill Brand
Malcolm Frear
1976

A Story to Frighten the Children
Det. Chief Insp. Harris
1976

The Battle of Billy's Pond
First Policeman
1976

Fawlty Towers
Dr. Price
1975

Angels
1975

Goodbye
Jack
1975

The Sweeney
Commander Watson
1975

Churchill's People
Samuel Partridge
1974

Happy Ever After
Mr Critchley
1974

O Lucky Man!
Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes
1973

Only Make Believe
Richard Nicholls
1973

Colditz
Doc
1972

Crown Court
Kenneth Eden
1972

Van der Valk
Head of Faculty
1972

Doctor Who: The Mutants
Administrator
1972

Six Days of Justice
Mr. Nicholas
1972

Michael Regan
Chief Superintendent
1971

The Uninvited
Jack Mervyn
1971

The Goodies
School Headmaster
1970

Play for Today
1970

Doctor Who and the Silurians
Masters
1970

Doomwatch
Major Sims
1970

1+1=1.5
Gosford
1969

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Mac
1969

The Chequers Manoeuvre
Professor Wybrow
1968

The Expert
Asst. Chief Constable Rogers
1968

ITV Playhouse
Harper
1967

The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
Oliver Cromwell
1967

Cathy Come Home
Property Agent
1966

Mystery and Imagination
Turner
1966

Softly, Softly
1966

BBC Play of the Month
Monteith
1965

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Professor Wybrow
1965

No Place Like Earth
Chief Officer
1965

Out of the Unknown
Jack Mervyn
1965

The Troubleshooters
Jeremy Martin
1965

The Man in Room 17
Ian McWatt
1965

Londoners
Jack Poncey
1965

Gideon's Way
Jeff Grant
1965

The Wednesday Play
Property Agent
1964

Detective
Chief Superintendent Smeed
1964

Ring of Spies
Police Officer (uncredited)
1964

Doctor Who
Administrator
1963

Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man
Basil Mallard
1963

The Human Jungle
Williams
1963

Incident at Midnight
Dr. Tanfield
1963

A Prize of Arms
Cpl. Myers
1962

The Saint
Pete Ferguson
1962

Suspense
Newspaper Reporter
1962

The Avengers
Dr. Terence
1961

The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Floor manager
1960

The Odd Man
Const. Swift
1960

No Hiding Place
Det. Sgt. Walsh
1959

Armchair Theatre
Rankin
1956

Best Of Enemies