Geoffrey Palmer's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) As Time Goes By (UK) Lionel Lionel Hard… The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (UK) Jimmy Ander… Butterflies (UK) Ben Parkinson Grumpy Old Men (UK) Geoffrey Pa… Grumpy Old Holidays (UK) Geoffrey Pa… Doomwatch (UK) Major Sims Grumpy Old Men at Christmas Geoffrey Pa… Stig of the Dump (2002) (UK) Robert Toll… The Play's the Thing (UK) Narrator Best Of Enemies (UK) Johnson Executive Stress (UK) Donald Fair… Fairly Secret Army (UK) Major Harry… Hot Metal (UK) Harold Stri… The Baron (UK) (1966) Anstruther The Last Song (UK) Leo Bannister The Legacy of Reginald Perrin (UK) Jimmy Ander… The Savages (UK) Donald Whoops Apocalypse (UK) Foreign Sec…

Main Movie Roles 2009 - The Pink Panther 2 2004 - Piccadilly Jim 2003 - Peter Pan 1999 - Anna and the King 1997 - Tomorrow Never Dies 1997 - Mrs Brown 1994 - The Madness of King George 1988 - A Fish Called Wanda 1986 - Clockwise 1985 - A Zed & Two Noughts 1973 - O Lucky Man! 1966 - Cast a Giant Shadow

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in London on June 4th, 1927, Geoffrey Palmer worked in an imports office and then as an accountant before his girlfriend persuaded him to join the local amateur dramatics society. Eventually he became assistant stage manager at Croydon's Grand Theatre, and then spent several years touring with rep. His first roles on TV came in comedy series such as those of Harry Worth and Arthur Askey. He is now a familiar face on British television.


TRIVIA:

• He is a frequent co-star of his close friend Dame 'Judi Dench' (qv).
• He is the father-in-law of 'Claire Skinner (I)' (qv).
• 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.
• Played 'Frank Middlemass' (qv)'s son in _"As Time Goes By" (1992)_ (qv) even though he is actually only eight years younger than him.
• He is the only actor to appear in all of the first three of the British Film Institute's 100 Greatest British Television Programmes: _"Fawlty Towers" (1975)_ (qv), _"The Wednesday Play" (1964) {Cathy Come Home (#1.71)}_ (qv) and _"Doctor Who" (1963)_ (qv).
• He is the father of 'Charles Palmer (VI)' (qv).
• He served as a corporal in the Royal Marines.