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	\| birth_date = {{Birth date \|df=y\|1927\|6\|4}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date \|df=y\|1927\|6\|4}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~w:London\|~~London]], England		\| birth_place = [[London]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=y\|2020\|11\|5\|1927\|6\|4}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=y\|2020\|11\|5\|1927\|6\|4}}
	\| death_place = [[~~w:Lee Common\|~~Lee Common]], [[~~w:Buckinghamshire\|~~Buckinghamshire]], England		\| death_place = [[Lee Common]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| years_active = 1958–2020		\| years_active = 1958–2020
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|Sally Green\|1963}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Sally Green\|1963}}
	\| children = 2, including [[w:Charles Palmer (director)\|Charles Palmer]]		\| children = 2, including [[Charles Palmer (director)\|Charles Palmer]]
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	'''Geoffrey Dyson Palmer'''<ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/11/06/geoffrey-palmer-veteran-actor-best-known-sitcoms-butterflies/\|title=Geoffrey Palmer, veteran actor best known for the sitcoms Butterflies and As Time Goes By – obituary\|work=The Telegraph\|date=6 November 2020\|access-date=6 November 2020}}</ref> {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}} (4 June 1927 – 5 November 2020) was an English actor. He was best 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 (TV series)\|Butterflies]]'' (1978–1983) and Lionel Hardcastle in ''[[As Time Goes By (TV series)\|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'''<ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/11/06/geoffrey-palmer-veteran-actor-best-known-sitcoms-butterflies/\|title=Geoffrey Palmer, veteran actor best known for the sitcoms Butterflies and As Time Goes By – obituary\|work=The Telegraph\|date=6 November 2020\|access-date=6 November 2020}}</ref> {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}} (4 June 1927 – 5 November 2020) was an English actor. He was best 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 (TV series)\|Butterflies]]'' (1978–1983) and Lionel Hardcastle in ''[[As Time Goes By (TV series)\|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).

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	*{{British Comedy Guide\|people\|geoffrey_palmer}}		*{{British Comedy Guide\|people\|geoffrey_palmer}}
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{IMDb name\|~~id=~~0658244\|~~name=~~Geoffrey Palmer}}		*{{IMDb name\|0658244\|Geoffrey Palmer}}
	*{{Screenonline name\|570467\|Geoffrey Palmer}}		*{{Screenonline name\|570467\|Geoffrey Palmer}}
	* {{Discogs artist\|Geoffrey Palmer}}		* {Discogs artist\|Geoffrey Palmer}}
	*[http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays?forename=Geoffrey&surname=PALMER&job=Actor&pid=3629&image_view=Yes&x=19&y=17 Selected performances in Theatre Archive University of Bristol]
	*{{British Comedy Guide\|people\|geoffrey_palmer}}		*{{British Comedy Guide\|people\|geoffrey_palmer}}
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	\| image = Geoffrey Palmer ~~Breath of Fresh Air~~.~~JPG~~		\| image = Geoffrey Palmer (actor).jpg
	\| caption = ~~Palmer performing at ''A Breath of Fresh Air'' in 2008~~		\| caption =
	\| name = Geoffrey Palmer		\| name = Geoffrey Palmer
	\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}}		\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}}
	\| birth_name = Geoffrey Dyson Palmer		\| birth_name = Geoffrey Dyson Palmer
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date \|df=y\|1927\|6\|4}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date \|df=y\|1927\|6\|4}}
	\| birth_place = [[London]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:London\|London]], England
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=y\|2020\|11\|5\|1927\|6\|4}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=y\|2020\|11\|5\|1927\|6\|4}}
	\| death_place = [[Lee Common]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Lee Common\|Lee Common]], [[w:Buckinghamshire\|Buckinghamshire]], England
	\| occupation = Actor		\| occupation = Actor
	\| years_active = 1958–2020		\| years_active = 1958–2020
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|Sally Green\|1963}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Sally Green\|1963}}
	\| children = 2, including [[Charles Palmer (director)\|Charles Palmer]]		\| children = 2, including [[w:Charles Palmer (director)\|Charles Palmer]]
	}}		}}
	'''Geoffrey Dyson Palmer'''<ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/11/06/geoffrey-palmer-veteran-actor-best-known-sitcoms-butterflies/\|title=Geoffrey Palmer, veteran actor best known for the sitcoms Butterflies and As Time Goes By – obituary\|work=The Telegraph\|date=6 November 2020\|access-date=6 November 2020}}</ref> {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}} (4 June 1927 – 5 November 2020) was an English actor. He was best 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 (TV series)\|Butterflies]]'' (1978–1983) and Lionel Hardcastle in ''[[As Time Goes By (TV series)\|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'''<ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/11/06/geoffrey-palmer-veteran-actor-best-known-sitcoms-butterflies/\|title=Geoffrey Palmer, veteran actor best known for the sitcoms Butterflies and As Time Goes By – obituary\|work=The Telegraph\|date=6 November 2020\|access-date=6 November 2020}}</ref> {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|OBE}} (4 June 1927 – 5 November 2020) was an English actor. He was best 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 (TV series)\|Butterflies]]'' (1978–1983) and Lionel Hardcastle in ''[[As Time Goes By (TV series)\|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).

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{{Infobox person
| image = Geoffrey Palmer Breath of Fresh Air.JPG
| caption = Palmer performing at ''A Breath of Fresh Air'' in 2008
| name = Geoffrey Palmer
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}}
| birth_name = Geoffrey Dyson Palmer
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=y|1927|6|4}}
| birth_place = [[London]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|11|5|1927|6|4}}
| death_place = [[Lee Common]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1958–2020
| spouse = {{marriage|Sally Green|1963}}
| children = 2, including [[Charles Palmer (director)|Charles Palmer]]
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'''Geoffrey Dyson Palmer'''<ref name="Telegraph">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/11/06/geoffrey-palmer-veteran-actor-best-known-sitcoms-butterflies/|title=Geoffrey Palmer, veteran actor best known for the sitcoms Butterflies and As Time Goes By – obituary|work=The Telegraph|date=6 November 2020|access-date=6 November 2020}}</ref> {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (4 June 1927 – 5 November 2020) was an English actor. He was best 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 (TV series)|Butterflies]]'' (1978–1983) and Lionel Hardcastle in ''[[As Time Goes By (TV series)|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).

==Early life and education==
Palmer was born on 4 June 1927 in [[London]], the son of Frederick Charles Palmer, who was a [[chartered surveyor]], and Norah Gwendolen (née Robins).<ref>Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, vol. 2, ed. Joshua Kondek, Cengage Gale, 1985, p. 232</ref> He attended [[Highgate School]] from September 1939 to December 1945.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Rodney C. |title=Highgate School Register 1838-1950 |page=408 |edition=5th}}</ref> He served as a corporal instructor in small arms and field training in the [[Royal Marines]] during his [[Conscription in the United Kingdom #After 1945|national service]] from 1946 to 1948, following which he briefly worked as an unpaid trainee assistant stage manager.<ref name="Telegraph"/>

==Career==
Palmer's early television appearances included multiple roles in episodes of ''[[The Army Game]]'' ([[Granada Television]]), two episodes of ''[[The Baron (TV series)|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 Theatre|Royal Court]] with [[Ralph Richardson]], he acted in major productions at the Royal Court and for the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre Company]] and was directed by [[Laurence Olivier]] in [[J. B. Priestley]]'s ''[[Eden End]]''. Palmer found the play so boring, however, that it put him off a stage career for good.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browse/5/2/8943/3/40 |title=The Spectator (11 June 2011) |publisher=Exacteditions.com |date=11 June 2011 |access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref>

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 (TV series)|Butterflies]]'' (1978–1983). He also 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 (TV series)|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]], and ''[[Mrs Brown]]'', playing Sir [[Henry Ponsonby]] to Dench's [[Queen Victoria]].

Palmer's voice-over skills led to frequent work in commercials. Campaigns he was involved with include the 'Slam in the Lamb' ads for the Meat & Livestock Commission and the [[Audi]] commercials in which he was heard using the phrase "[[Vorsprung durch Technik]]". As a narrator, he worked on the BBC series' ''[[Grumpy Old Men (TV series)|Grumpy Old Men]]'' and ''Grumpy Old Holidays'', as well as narrating the [[audiobook]] version of Dickens' ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'', released in 2005 as a [[podcast]] by [[The Penguin Podcast|Penguin Books]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thepenguinpodcast.blogs.com/podcast/2005/12/a_christmas_car.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217140021/http://thepenguinpodcast.blogs.com/podcast/2005/12/a_christmas_car.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 December 2005 |title=The Penguin Podcast: A Christmas Carol – Episode 1 |date=15 December 2005 |access-date=13 March 2015 }}</ref> He narrated the documentary series ''[[Little England (TV series)|Little England]]'', and he continued to appear in productions written by ''Reggie Perrin'' creator [[David Nobbs]], the last of these being the radio comedy ''[[The Maltby Collection]]'' broadcast from 2007.

In the 2006 DVD series ''The Compleat Angler'', Palmer partnered Rae Borras in a series of episodes based on [[Izaak Walton]]'s 1653 ''[[The Compleat Angler]]''. In 2007, he recorded ''[[The Diary of a Nobody]]'' by [[George Grossmith]] and [[Weedon Grossmith]] as an online audiobook. In December 2007, Palmer appeared in the role of the Captain in "[[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|Voyage of the Damned]]", the Christmas special episode of the BBC science-fiction series ''[[Doctor Who]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kylie Boards Titanic! |publisher=BBC |date=11 July 2007 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/07/11/47099.shtml |access-date=11 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125062039/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/07/11/47099.shtml |archive-date=25 November 2007 }}</ref> Palmer previously appeared in the classic era of the show in the [[Third Doctor]] serials ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' (1970) (as Masters) and ''[[The Mutants]]'' (1972) (as the Administrator). In March 2009, he joined in a sketch with the two double acts [[Armstrong and Miller (comedians)|Armstrong and Miller]] and [[Mitchell and Webb]] for [[Comic Relief]]. In 2011, he played the reactionary father-in-law of the eponymous clergyman of ''[[Rev. (TV series)|Rev.]]'' in its Christmas episode.

==Personal life==
Palmer married Sally Green in 1963.<ref name=BBC41311326>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41311326|title=Obituary: Geoffrey Palmer|work=BBC News|date=6 November 2020}}</ref> They had a daughter, Harriet, and a son, [[Charles Palmer (director)|Charles]], a television director.<ref>''[[Loose Women]]'', 12 December 2011</ref> Palmer lived at [[The Lee|Lee Common]] in the [[Chiltern Hills]], [[Buckinghamshire]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.berksandbuckslife.co.uk/people/news-from-across-buckinghamshire-this-march-2014-1-3461256|title = Great British Life}}</ref> and enjoyed [[fly fishing]] in his spare time.<ref name="Telegraph"/><ref name=BBC41311326/>

Palmer died at his home on 5 November 2020 following a short illness, aged 93.<ref name="Death place">{{Cite web|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/greatest-hits/beds-bucks-herts/news/geoffrey-palmer-actor-and-anti-hs2-campaigner-dies-aged-93/|title=Geoffrey Palmer, actor and anti-HS2 campaigner, dies aged 93|work=Planet Radio|last=Bawden-Gaul|first=Scarlett|date=6 November 2020|access-date=6 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54838209|title=Geoffrey Palmer, TV and film actor, dies at 93|work=BBC News|date=6 November 2020|access-date=6 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Coveney|first1=Michael|author-link1=Michael Coveney|title=Geoffrey Palmer obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/nov/06/geoffrey-palmer-obituary|work=The Guardian|date=6 November 2020}}</ref>

==Awards and recognition==
In the New Year's Honours List published 31 December 2004 he was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) for services to drama.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/57509/supplements/12/ |title=The London Gazette|date=31 December 2004|page=12|access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref> A drawing of Palmer by [[Stuart Pearson Wright]] is in the collection of the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]], London.<ref name="NPG portrait">{{cite web |title=NPG 6755; Geoffrey Palmer - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery, London |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw115085 |website=National Portrait Gallery, London |access-date=6 November 2020}}</ref>

==Appearances==
===Stage===
*''[[Sabrina Fair]]'' by [[Samuel A. Taylor|Samuel Taylor]] at the [[Theatre Royal, Nottingham]] (1955).
*''[[Eden End]]'' by [[J. B. Priestley]] at the [[Royal National Theatre]] (1974).
*''[[Kafka's Dick]]'' by [[Alan Bennett]] at the [[Royal Court Theatre]] (1986).
*''West of Suez'' by [[John Osbourne]].<ref name=BBC41311326/>

===Radio===
* ''[[At Home with the Snails]]'' (2001–2002)
* ''[[Les Miserables#Radio|Les Misérables]]'' as [[Inspector Javert]] (2002)
* ''[[The Man Who Was Thursday]]'' (2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009sm39 |title=BBC Radio 4 Extra – G. K. Chesterton – The Man Who Was Thursday |publisher=BBC |date=21 August 2016 |access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref>
* ''[[High Table, Lower Orders]]'' (2005–2006)
* ''[[The Maltby Collection]]'' (2007–2009)
* ''[[A Murder of Quality]]'' (2009)
* ''[[The Screwtape Letters]]'' as [[C.S. Lewis]] (2009) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tyndale.com/p/the-screwtape-letters/9781589973244|title = The Screwtape Letters}}</ref>
* ''[[North by Northamptonshire]]'' (2011–2012)
* ''[[Marilyn Imrie#Two Pipe Problems: The Case of the Missing Meerschaum|Two Pipe Problems: The Case of the Missing Meerschaum]]'' as Mortimer Tregennis (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0132pk9 |title=BBC Radio 4 – Afternoon Drama, Two Pipe Problems, The Case of the Missing Meerschaum |publisher=BBC |date=25 December 2013 |access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref>

===Television===
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*''[[The Army Game]]''<ref name=BBC41311326/> (1958–1960) as Various Characters
*''[[The Strange World of Gurney Slade]]'' (1960) as Television Studio Floor Manager in Episode 1
*''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'':
** "[[Propellant 23 (The Avengers)|Propellant 23]]"<ref name="BFI">{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9feaf28a|title=Geoffrey Palmer|publisher=BFI|access-date=6 April 2019}}</ref> (1962) as Paul Manning
** "[[Man with Two Shadows]]"<ref name="BFI"/> (1963) as Dr. Terence
** "A Surfeit of H<sub>2</sub>O"<ref name="BFI"/> (1965) as Martin Smythe
*''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'':
**"The Rough Diamonds"<ref name="BFI"/> (1963) as Pete Ferguson
*''[[Gideon's Way]]'' (TV Series)
**"The Alibi Man"<ref name="BFI"/> (1965) as Jeff Grant
*''[[The Baron (TV series)|The Baron]]'':<ref name=BBC41311326/>
**"Masquerade" (1966) as Anstruther
**"The Killing" (1966) as Anstruther
*''[[The Wednesday Play]]'':
**''[[Cathy Come Home]]''<ref name=BBC41311326/> (1966) as Property Agent
*''[[Mrs Thursday]]'' (1966) as Henry Baxter
* ''[[Best of Enemies (TV series)|Best of Enemies]]'' (1968) as Johnson
*''[[Doctor Who]]''
**"[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]"<ref name="BFI"/> (1970) as Masters
**"[[The Mutants]]"<ref name="BFI"/> (1972) as Administrator
**"[[Voyage of the Damned (Doctor Who)|Voyage of the Damned]]" (2007)<ref name=BBC41311326/> as Captain Hardaker
*''[[Colditz (1972 TV series)|Colditz – Gone Away Part 1]]''<ref name="BFI"/> (1972) as Doc
*''[[Whodunnit%3F_(British_game_show)|Whodunnit!]]'' (1975) as Suspect
*''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]''<ref name="BFI"/> (1976–1979) as Jimmy Anderson
*''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]''<ref name="BFI"/> (1978–1983) as Ben Parkinson
*''[[The Sweeney]]'' (1978) as Commander Watson in "Feet of Clay"
*''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]]'' (1978) as Sinclair in "Where The Jungle Ends"
*''[[Fawlty Towers]]''- "[[The Kipper and the Corpse]]"<ref name=BBC41311326/> (1979) as Dr. Price
*''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]'' (1980) as School Headmaster
*''[[The Last Song (TV series)|The Last Song]]'' (1981) as Leo Bannister
*''[[Whoops Apocalypse]]'' (1982) as Foreign Secretary
*''Death of an Expert Witness'' (1983) as Dr. Edwin Lorrimer
*''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]]'' (1983) as Avery in "The Ojuka Situation"
*''[[Fairly Secret Army]]'' (1984–1986) as Major Harry Kitchener Wellington Truscott
*''[[Executive Stress]]'' (1986 first series only) as Donald Fairchild No. 1
*''[[Season's Greetings (play)|Season's Greetings]]'' (1986) as Bernard
*''[[Hot Metal]]'' (1986) as Harold Stringer
*''[[Christabel (1988 TV drama)|Christabel]]'' (1988) as Mr. Burton
*''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]''
**"[[Goodbyeee]]"<ref name="BFI"/> (1989); as [[Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig|Field Marshal Douglas Haig]]
*''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]''
** "The Infernal Serpent"<ref name="BFI"/> (1990) as Matthew Copley-Barnes
*''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]''
** "Roots of Evil"<ref name="BFI"/> (1990)as Nigel Carter
*''[[As Time Goes By (TV series)|As Time Goes By]]'' (1992–2005) as Lionel Hardcastle
*''[[Mr. Men and Little Miss]]'' as the Narrator (in "The Christmas Letter"), Mr. Greedy, Mr. Happy, Mr. Snow, Mr. Messy, Mr. Silly, Mr. Small, Mr. Daydream, Mr. Jelly, Mr. Noisy, Mr. Lazy, Mr. Chatterbox, Mr. Bounce, Mr. Muddle, Mr. Impossible, Mr. Quiet, Mr. Rush, Mr. Wrong, Mr. Skinny, Mr. Clever, Mr. Perfect, Mr. Cheerful and Additional Voices
*''[[The Legacy of Reginald Perrin]]'' (1996) as Jimmy Anderson
*''[[Alice through the Looking Glass (1998 film)|Alice through the Looking Glass]]'' (1998) as White King
*''[[The Savages (TV series)|The Savages]]'' (2001) as Donald
*''[[The 1940s House]]'' (2001) as Narrator
*''[[Stig of the Dump]]'' (2002) as Robert
*''[[Absolute Power (series)|Absolute Power]]'' (2003) as Lord Harcourt
*''[[Grumpy Old Men (TV series)|Grumpy Old Men]]''<ref name=BBC41311326/> (2003–2004, 2006) as Narrator
*''[[He Knew He Was Right (TV serial)|He Knew He Was Right]]'' (2004) as Sir Marmaduke Rowley
*''Grumpy Old Holidays'' (2006) as Narrator
*''[[Ashes to Ashes (British TV series)|Ashes to Ashes]]'':
** "[[Episode 8 (Ashes to Ashes)|Episode 8]]" (2008); as [[Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman|Lord Scarman]]
*''[[The Long Walk to Finchley]]'' (2008); as [[John Crowder]]
*''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'':
** "[[The Clocks (novel)#Film, TV or theatrical adaptations|The Clocks]]" (2011) as Vice Admiral Hamling
*''[[Grandpa in My Pocket]]''
** "Captain Dumbletwit's Toughest Mission Yet!" (2010) as Grandad Gillbert
*''[[Rev (TV series)|Rev]]''
** "Christmas Special" Series 2, episode 7 (2011) as Martin
*''[[Henry IV, Part I and Part II (film series)|Henry IV, Part II]]'' (2012); as [[William Gascoigne|Lord Chief Justice]]
*''[[Royal Variety Performance]]'' (2014); as the announcer (voice-only)
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===Film===
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*''[[A Prize of Arms]]'' (1962) as Cpl. Myers
*''[[Incident at Midnight]]'' (1963) as Dr. Tanfield
*''[[Ring of Spies]]'' (1964) as Police Officer (uncredited)
*''[[Cast a Giant Shadow]]'' (1966) as David (uncredited)
*''[[O Lucky Man!]]'' (1973) as Examinator Doctor / Basil Keyes
*''The Battle of Billy's Pond'' (1976) – First Policeman
*''[[The Outsider (1980 film)|The Outsider]]'' (1979) as Colonel Wyndham
*''[[The Honorary Consul (film)|The Honorary Consul]]'' (1983) as Belfrage: British Ambassador
*''[[A Zed & Two Noughts]]'' (1985) as Fallast
*''[[Clockwise (film)|Clockwise]]'' (1986) as Headmaster
*''[[A Fish Called Wanda]]'' (1988) as Judge
*''[[Hawks (film)|Hawks]]'' (1988) as SAAB Salesman
*''[[The Madness of King George]]''<ref name=BBC41311326/> (1994) as Warren
*''[[Mrs. Brown (film)|Mrs. Brown]]'' (1997) as Henry Ponsonby<ref name=BBC41311326/>
*''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''<ref name=BBC41311326/> (1997) as Admiral Roebuck
*''[[Stiff Upper Lips]]'' (1998) as His Butler's Voice
*''[[Anna and the King]]'' (1999) as Lord John Bradley
*''Rat'' (2000) as The Doctor
*''[[Peter Pan (2003 film)|Peter Pan]]'' (2003) as Sir Edward Quiller Couch
*''[[Piccadilly Jim (2004 film)|Piccadilly Jim]]'' (2004) as Bayliss
*''[[The Pink Panther 2]]'' (2009) as Joubert
*''[[W.E.]]''<ref name=BBC54838209/> (2011) as [[Stanley Baldwin]]
*''[[Lost Christmas]]'' (2011) as Dr. Clarence
*''[[Run for Your Wife (2012 film)|Run for Your Wife]]'' (2012) as Man on Bus
*''[[Bert and Dickie]]'' (2012) as Charles Burnell
*''The Last Sparks of Sundown'' (2014) as Sir Buster Sparks (voice)
*''[[Paddington (2014 film)|Paddington]]''<ref name=BBC54838209>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54838209 |title=Geoffrey Palmer, TV and film actor, dies at 93 |work=BBC News |date=6 November 2020 |access-date=6 November 2020}}</ref> (2014) as The Boss Geographer
*''[[To Olivia]]'' (2021) as Geoffrey Fisher (final film role)

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===Recordings (spoken word)===
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*''[[Welcome to the Pleasuredome (song)|Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Fruitness Mix)]]'' (1985)
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*''[[Esio Trot]]'' (1990)
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*''[[The BFG]]'' (1989)
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*''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' (2005)

*''[[The Diary of a Nobody]]'' (2007)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0658244|name=Geoffrey Palmer}}
*{{Screenonline name|570467|Geoffrey Palmer}}
* {{Discogs artist|Geoffrey Palmer}}
*[http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays?forename=Geoffrey&surname=PALMER&job=Actor&pid=3629&image_view=Yes&x=19&y=17 Selected performances in Theatre Archive University of Bristol]
*{{British Comedy Guide|people|geoffrey_palmer}}
*{{NPG name|id=66969}}

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