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Geoffrey Palmer

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Actor

The Resume

    (June 4, 1927-November 5, 2020)
    Born in London, United Kingdom
    Portrayed Jimmy Anderson in ‘The Rise and the Fall of Reginald Perrin’ (1976-79), Ben Parkinson in ‘Butterflies’ (1978-83), and Lionel Hardcastle in ‘As Time Goes By’ (1992-2005)
    Appeared in the films ‘A Prize of Arms’ (1962), ‘O Lucky Man!’ (1973), ‘A Zed and Two Noughts’ (1985), ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ (1988), ‘The Madness of King George’ (1994), ‘Mrs. Brown’ (1997), ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ (1997), Peter Pan’ (2003), ‘W.E.’ (2011), and ‘Paddington’ (2014)
    Named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to drama (2004)

Why he might be annoying:

    He briefly worked as an accountant before going into acting.
    He found appearing in the National Theatre Company production of J.B. Priestley’s ‘Eden’s Exit’ (1972) so boring that he refused to return to the stage for over a decade.
    He provided the ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ narration for a series of Audi commercials.
    The British Film Institute described him as looking ‘like a depressed bloodhound.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was married to Sally Green for 57 years.
    Playwright Alan Bennett called him ‘A splendid actor with an absolutely deadpan face… an English Walter Matthau.’ (Although that does pose the awkward question: would that make Judi Dench, Palmer’s frequent partner on TV and in films, the English Jack Lemmon?)
    He is the only actor to have appeared in all of the top three shows from the British Film Institute’s list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes: Fawlty Towers, ‘The Wednesday Play: Cathy Come Home,’ and Doctor Who.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 66 Votes: 53.03% Annoying