Basic Information About Geoffrey Palmer
| Category | Celebrities › Actors |
|---|---|
| Professions | Actor, Presenter |
| Net worth | $10,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1927-06-04 (97 years old) |
| Place of birth | London |
| Nationality | England |
| Spouse | Sally Green - (23 March 1963 - 5 November 2020) (his death) (2 children) |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.8 m) |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Geoffrey Palmer win?
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Geoffrey Palmer roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Peter Pan | Sir Edward Quiller Couch |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | Admiral Roebuck |
| Paddington | Head Geographer |
| A Fish Called Wanda | Judge |
| W.E. | Stanley Baldwin |
| To Olivia | Geoffrey Fisher |
| Clockwise | Headmaster |
| Anna and the King | Lord John Bradley |
| The Madness of King George | Warren |
| The Pink Panther 2 | Joubert |
| Mrs Brown | Henry Ponsonby |
| The Goodies | School Headmaster 1 episode, 1980 |
| Doctor Who | Captain Hardaker 1 episode, 2007 |
| Fawlty Towers | Dr. Price 1 episode, 1979 |
| The Avengers | Dr. Terence / ... 4 episodes, 1961-1965 |
| Alleyn Mysteries | Harold Cartell 1 episode, 1994 |
| The Professionals | Avery / ... 2 episodes, 1978-1983 |
| Poirot | Vice Admiral Hamling 1 episode, 2009 |
| Bergerac | Nigel Carter 1 episode, 1990 |
| As Time Goes By | Lionel Hardcastle 67 episodes, 1992-2005 |
| Inspector Morse | Matthew Copley-Barnes 1 episode, 1990 |
| Whodunnit? | Major Culbertson 1 episode, 1975 |
| The Baron | Anstruther 2 episodes, 1966 |
| Doctor Who | Masters / ... 4 episodes, 1970-1972 |
| Z Cars | Barney French 1 episode, 1969 |
| Crown Court | Kenneth Eden 2 episodes, 1978 |
| Out of the Unknown | Chief Officer / ... 3 episodes, 1965-1971 |
| Ashes to Ashes | Lord Scarman 1 episode, 2008 |
| The Sweeney | Commander Watson 1 episode, 1978 |
| Loose Women | Self 1 episode, 2011 |
| The Liver Birds | Doctor 1 episode, 1974 |
| Coronation Street | Superintendent Registrar 1 episode, 1968 |
| The Saint | Pete Ferguson 1 episode, 1963 |
| Screen Two | The Angry Doctor 1 episode, 1986 |
| Angels | Lawrence Rutherford 3 episodes, 1975-1976 |
| The One Show | Self 1 episode, 2009 |
Geoffrey Palmer's Quotes
- [commenting on his well-known hangdog facial expression] I am not grumpy. I just look this way.
- David Tennant's a pretty good reason for watching anything. Amazing actor.
- [on Jon Pertwee] He was a bit of a song and dance man, wasn't he, Jon? He was a sort of straight Bruce Forsyth.
- Bob Larbey, I think, is a totally brilliant writer.
- [on Leonard Rossiter] He was extraordinary. What he set his mind to, he did, better than anybody. Wonderful actor.
Interesting Facts about Geoffrey Palmer
- He served as a corporal instructor in small arms and field training 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.
- He played Frank Middlemass's son in As Time Goes By (1992) even though he is actually only eight years younger than him.
- Frequent co-star of close friend, Dame Judi Dench.
- Father of director Charlie Palmer (they worked together on Poirot: The Clocks (2009)) and ex-father-in-law of Claire Skinner.
- He is the only actor to appear in all of the top three of the British Film Institute's 100 Greatest British Television Programmes: Fawlty Towers (1975), The Wednesday Play: Cathy Come Home (1966) and Doctor Who (1963).
- He is one of 33 performers who have acted in both the 20th Century and 21st Century Doctor Who TV Series.
- His elder brother is a dentist.
- He was educated as a public school day boy in London.
- He has acted in both the Eon James Bond franchise and Doctor Who franchise (three roles).
- He was considered for the roles of Dr. Armstrong and Sir Percy Heseltine in Lifeforce (1985).
- Alan Bennett, who worked with Palmer on Screen Two: The Insurance Man (1986), calls him in his diary, "A splendid actor with an absolutely deadpan face... an English Walter Matthau". John Cleese also spoke highly of Palmer's abilities on his DVD commentary for Fawlty Towers: The Kipper and the Corpse (1979).
- Has two children, one son Charles, and one daughter, Harriett.
