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Acting

Geoffrey Palmer

Career: Active from 1961 to 2013, busiest in 1985 and 1986 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 33
top three billing

Average score: 72/100

Highest rated: The Madness of King George
82/100

Characters

3

The characters Geoffrey Palmer played, best-known titles first.

Geoffrey Palmer as Sir Edward Quiller Couch

Geoffrey Palmer as Lionel Hardcastle

Geoffrey Palmer as British Foreign Secrety

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Geoffrey Palmer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.3, average 4.7
Scare
1.2, average 2.6
Coming of Age
1.8, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven Comedy 5
Historical Drama 4
Social Commentary 4
British Sitcom 3
Sharp Dialogue 3
Educational 3
Character-Driven 3
Character Study 2
Heartwarming 2
Workplace Comedy 2
Nostalgic 2
Eccentric Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

153

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Best Of Enemies

TV show

2010s

8 titles · average score 60

Paddington

75

as Head Geographer

Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker

as Narrator

Bert & Dickie

71

as Charles Burnell

Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim

as Narrator

The Hollow Crown

84

TV show · as Lord Chief Justice

Run For Your Wife

18

as Man on Toilet

Lost Christmas

73

as Dr. Clarence

W.E.

42

as Stanley Baldwin

2000s

21 titles · average score 66

The Pink Panther 2

39

as Joubert

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

66

as Sir John Crowder

Ashes to Ashes

75

TV show · as Lord Scarman

Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned

74

as Captain Hardaker

Absolute Power

78

TV show

Looking for Victoria

TV show · as Narrator

Peter Pan

70

as Sir Edward Quiller Couch

The Young Visiters

59

as Minnit

Stig of the Dump

70

TV show · as Robert

Dickens

TV show · as Thackeray

The Savages

TV show · as Donald

The 1940s House

81

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

1990s

15 titles · average score 66

Anna and the King

59

as Lord John Bradley

Alice Through the Looking Glass

54

as White King

Stiff Upper Lips

46

as His Butler's Voice

Reckless: The Sequel

72

as Robert Crane

Mrs Brown

76

as Henry Ponsonby

Tomorrow Never Dies

58

as Admiral Roebuck

The Legacy of Reginald Perrin

TV show · as Jimmy Anderson

Mr. Men and Little Miss

TV show

The Madness of King George

82

as Warren

Stalag Luft

64

as The Kommandant

As Time Goes By

79

TV show · as Lionel Hardcastle

A Question of Attribution

72

as Donleavy

1980s

35 titles · average score 72

Agatha Christie's Poirot

83

TV show · as Vice Admiral Hamling

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Matthew Copley-Barnes

Executive Stress

TV show

Hot Metal

TV show · as Harold Stringer

Clockwise

73

as Headmaster

A Zed & Two Noughts

77

as Fallast

Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire

67

as Narrator

Fairly Secret Army

TV show · as Major Harry Kitchener Wellington Truscott

Blackadder

80

TV show · as Field Marshal Haig

Natural World

80

TV show · as Narrator

The Last Song

TV show

Bergerac

69

TV show · as Nigel Carter

1970s

34 titles · average score 74

Butterflies

70

TV show · as Ben Parkinson

The Professionals

78

TV show · as Avery / Simon Sinclair

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

77

TV show · as Jimmy Anderson

A Story to Frighten the Children

as Det. Chief Insp. Harris

Fawlty Towers

85

TV show · as Dr. Price

The Sweeney

81

TV show · as Commander Watson

Angels

TV show

Crown Court

65

TV show · as Kenneth Eden

Van der Valk

66

TV show · as Head of Faculty

Colditz

80

TV show · as Doc

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Jack Buckett / Detetective Chief Inspector Harris

The Goodies

77

TV show · as School Headmaster

1960s

37 titles · average score 74

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Mac

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Bradley Fawcett / Harper

Softly, Softly

TV show

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Monteith

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Professor Wybrow

Gideon's Way

75

TV show · as Jeff Grant

The Troubleshooters

TV show · as Jeremy Martin

Out of the Unknown

73

TV show · as Chief Officer / Gosford / Jack Mervyn / Jack Mervyn

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Property Agent

Doctor Who

85

TV show · as Administrator / Masters

The Saint

74

TV show · as Pete Ferguson

The Avengers

80

TV show · as Paul Manning / Martin Smythe

1950s

2 titles · average score 68

No Hiding Place

TV show · as Det. Sgt. Walsh

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Rankin