Geoffrey Palmer (actor)

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Geoffrey Dyson Palmer , OBE (born June 4, 1927 in London - † November 5, 2020 in Buckinghamshire ) was a British actor in theater, film and television.

life and career

Palmer began his career in the theater , serving as assistant stage manager and actor. After a leading role in John James Osborne's West of Suez at the Royal Court Theater, he worked in other large productions at the Royal Court and the Royal National Theater .

Palmer was a regular in front of the camera from the mid-1950s to old age and played many high-profile roles in sitcoms such as The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin , especially on British television . He played his best-known television role alongside Judi Dench in the series As Time Goes By , which was made between 1992 and 2005. He and Dench star in a former couple who unexpectedly meet again after almost 40 years. In many of his comedy roles, he stands out for his emphatically subtle and unshakable facial expression in the strangest of situations. In the cinema he was in well-known films such as A Fish Named Wanda , King George - A Kingdom for More Minds and James Bond 007 - Tomorrow Never Dies , but was mainly focused on supporting roles.

Palmer was married to Sally Green from 1963; the couple has two children. In 2004 he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the British royal family . He died in November 2020 at the age of 93.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1955: St. Ives (TV series, an episode)
  • 1959–1960: The Army Game (TV series, 20 episodes)
  • 1959–1962: Garry Halliday (TV series, 20 episodes)
  • 1961–1965: With umbrella, charm and bowler hat ( The Avengers ; TV series, four episodes)
  • 1970–1972 / 2007: Doctor Who (TV series, seven episodes)
  • 1973: The Successful (O Lucky Man!)
  • 1976–1979: The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (TV series, 13 episodes)
  • 1978/1983: Die Profis ( The Professionals ; TV series, two episodes)
  • 1979: Fawlty Towers (TV series, episode The Kipper and the Corpse )
  • 1981–1983: The Last Song (TV series, 13 episodes)
  • 1983: Death of an Expert Whitness (Miniseries)
  • 1983: The Honorary Consul (The Honorary Consul)
  • 1984–1986: Fairly Secret Army (TV series, 13 episodes)
  • 1985: A Zed & Two Noughts
  • 1986: Clockwise Mr. Stimpson (Clockwise)
  • 1988: A Fish Called Wanda (A Fish Called Wanda)
  • 1988: Hawks - Die Falken (Hawks)
  • 1989: Blackadder (TV series, episode Goddbyeee )
  • 1990: Inspector Morse (TV series, episode The Eternal Serpent )
  • 1992–2005: As Time Goes By (TV series, 67 episodes)
  • 1994: King George - The Madness of King George
  • 1996: The Legacy of Reginald Perrid (TV series, seven episodes)
  • 1997: Her Majesty Mrs. Brown (Mrs. Brown)
  • 1997: James Bond 007 - Tomorrow Never Dies
  • 1999: Anna and the King (Anna and the King)
  • 2002: Dickens (TV miniseries)
  • 2003: Peter Pan
  • 2006: Flushed Away ( Flushed Away , Voice)
  • 2009: The Pink Panther 2 (The Pink Panther 2)
  • 2011: WE - The Romance of the Century (WE)
  • 2012: Bert & Dickie
  • 2014: Paddington

Web links

Commons : Geoffrey Palmer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Actor Geoffrey Palmer dies aged 93 . In: Evening Express . November 6, 2020 ( eveningexpress.co.uk [accessed November 6, 2020]).
  2. ^ Geoffrey Palmer | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved November 6, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ Obituary: Geoffrey Palmer . In: BBC News . November 6, 2020 ( bbc.com [accessed November 6, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Veteran British actor Geoffrey Palmer dies aged 93. Retrieved November 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Palmer, Geoffrey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Palmer, Geoffrey Dyson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British theater and television actor
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 5th November 2020