More recently, residents come from the worlds of pop and fashion: Sting, Kate Moss and – as we see from a greensward decked in flowers, teddies and billets-doux saying ‘We love you, George’ – a shrine to the lately deceased resident George Michael. Famous Birthdays. ‘The brilliant’ John Hegarty of Bartle Bogle Hegarty re-cut the ad to fit Palmer’s voice. He has one child,
I just look this way.’. Geoffrey Palmer Fans Also Viewed . Wonderful Mr Bailey of The Oldie,’ he tells me, ‘is the one I turn to. By Will Wyatt, First-time Dad at 50? Tom Felton. © FamousBirthdays.com - use subject to the information collection practices disclosed in our Privacy Policy. He debuted on the TV series The Army Game, which aired from 1958 to 1960. Geoffrey Dyson Palmer OBE (4 June 1927 – 5 November 2020) was an English actor 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 (1978–1983) and Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By (1992–2005). Once I collapsed in the phonebox. He played the role of Lionel Hardcastle on the situational comedy series, As Time Goes By, opposite Judi Dench. He is survived by his wife Sally Green, daughter Harriet, and son Charlie Palmer, who is a director with credits that include Poldark, Doctor Who and "The Mallorca Files. He attributes the series’ success to its writer, Bob Larbey, just as he praises the late David Nobbs, creator of Reginald Perrin, in which Palmer played Leonard Rossiter’s Right-wing brother-in-law Jimmy. When our photographer, Dafydd Jones, arrived, Palmer praised his picture of racegoers at Cheltenham in the May Oldie. He was 93. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0. Charlie Palmer directed his father in Poirot: The Clocks. Dame Judi Dench dubbed her As Time Goes By co-star Geoffrey Palmer the “naughtiest man I have ever worked with” as she presented him with an Oldie of the Year award. Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, is an English actor known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Ben Parkinson in Butterflies and Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By. When people stop him on the Tube and say they admire him, he tells them they must have a long memory. Paddington. This seemed appropriate because Geoffrey Palmer has so often personified the stoical, old-school-tie, officer-class type. Birthplace England. In Cathy Come Home, he was a property developer (‘Oh yes – half-a-day’s work, three lines’); in Fawlty Towers, he was the unforgettable hotel guest Dr Price, insisting on his breakfast sausages while Basil tries to conceal a corpse; and in Dr Who, he can’t remember whom he played. | Nov 06, 2020, The late Geoffrey Palmer, 93, amused us for more than six decades, on TV, film and stage. Frederick Charles Palmer's information is not available now. Connect with friends faster than ever with the new Facebook app. In 2011, he played the reactionary father-in-law of the eponymous clergyman of Rev. Geoffrey is currently 87 years old. Moray House 23/31 Great Titchfield Street London W1W 7PA. In Fifties and Sixties sitcoms, such as Bootsie and Snudge and the Army Game, he already displayed his genius for comic timing. Over our pasta and Primitivo, I mention his pub quiz accolade: he is the only actor who was in each of the top three of the 100 best British TV programmes ever (in the BFI list). [6] He narrated the documentary 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. Search. [13], Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, vol. ‘All my school friends are dead. 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". 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Learn about Geoffrey Palmer: his birthday, what he did before fame, his family life, fun trivia facts, popularity rankings, and more. During this time, he also appeared with Dench in other productions, including 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.