Geoffrey Palmer: movies and TV shows
Geoffrey Palmer has 169 credits in the archive: 68 films and 101 TV series, from 1956 to 2021. Highest rated: The Expert (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2021 · busiest year: 1965 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | To Olivia | Film | 6.9 | 94 | |
| 2014 | Paddington | Head Geographer | Film | 7.1 | 87 |
| 2013 | Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker | Narrator | Film | — | 86 |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | Lord Chief Justice | TV | 7.4 | 85 |
| 2012 | Run For Your Wife | Man on Toilet | Film | 4.4 | 85 |
| 2012 | Bert & Dickie | Charles Burnell | Film | 6.2 | 85 |
| 2012 | Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 85 |
| 2011 | W.E. | Stanley Baldwin | Film | 6.3 | 84 |
| 2011 | Lost Christmas | Dr. Clarence | Film | 6.8 | 84 |
| 2009 | The Pink Panther 2 | Joubert | Film | 5.7 | 82 |
| 2009 | Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened | Self / Dr Price | Film | 8.4 | 82 |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes | Lord Scarman | TV | 7.7 | 81 |
| 2008 | Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley | Sir John Crowder | Film | 6.7 | 81 |
| 2008 | Chateau Monty | TV | — | 81 | |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | TV | 4.5 | 80 |
| 2007 | Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned | Captain Hardaker | Film | 7.6 | 80 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self | TV | 4.4 | 79 |
| 2006 | James Bond's Greatest Hits | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 79 |
| 2005 | The Funny Blokes of British Comedy | Self | Film | 6.5 | 78 |
| 2005 | The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag | Corbett's Ghost | Film | 8.7 | 78 |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II: 1920 - 2005 | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 78 |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Sir Marmaduke Rowley | TV | 7.6 | 77 |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Jim | Bayliss | Film | 6.6 | 77 |
| 2003 | Peter Pan | Sir Edward Quiller Couch | Film | 7.1 | 76 |
| 2003 | Absolute Power | TV | 7.6 | 76 | |
| 2003 | Grumpy Old Men | Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 76 |
| 2003 | The Young Visiters | Minnit | Film | 5.3 | 76 |
| 2003 | Looking for Victoria | Narrator | TV | — | 76 |
| 2002 | Dickens | Thackeray | TV | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2002 | Stig of the Dump | Robert | TV | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2001 | The Savages | Donald | TV | 5.7 | 74 |
| 2001 | The 1940s House | Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 74 |
| 2000 | Rat | The Doctor | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 1999 | Anna and the King | Lord John Bradley | Film | 6.8 | 72 |
| 1998 | Reckless: The Sequel | Robert Crane | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1998 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | White King | Film | 5.2 | 71 |
| 1998 | Stiff Upper Lips | His Butler's Voice | Film | 5.6 | 71 |
| 1998 | Mr. Men & Little Miss: The Christmas Letter | Narrator / Santa | Film | — | 71 |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | Admiral Roebuck | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 1997 | Mrs Brown | Henry Ponsonby | Film | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1996 | The Legacy of Reginald Perrin | TV | 8.0 | 69 | |
| 1995 | Mr. Men and Little Miss | TV | 7.0 | 68 | |
| 1995 | Look at the State We're In! | The Ruler | TV | — | 68 |
| 1994 | The Madness of King George | Warren | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1993 | Stalag Luft | The Kommandant | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 1992 | As Time Goes By | Lionel Hardcastle | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1991 | A Question of Attribution | Donleavy | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1991 | Smack and Thistle | Sir Horace Wimbol | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Vice Admiral Hamling | TV | 8.2 | 62 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Donleavy | TV | 7.2 | 62 |
| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | Judge | Film | 7.2 | 61 |
| 1988 | Christabel | Mr Burton | TV | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1988 | Hawks | SAAB Salesman | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Matthew Copley-Barnes | TV | 7.9 | 60 |
| 1986 | Hot Metal | Harold Stringer | TV | 5.4 | 59 |
| 1986 | Executive Stress | TV | 6.2 | 59 | |
| 1986 | Clockwise | Headmaster | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1986 | The Insurance Man | The Angry Doctor | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 1986 | Season's Greetings | Bernard | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1985 | A Zed & Two Noughts | Fallast | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1985 | Radio Pictures | Glyn Bryce | Film | — | 58 |
| 1985 | Inside Rooms: 26 Bathrooms, London & Oxfordshire | Narrator | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 1985 | Absurd Person Singular | Ronald Brewster-Wright | Film | 8.3 | 58 |
| 1984 | Oxbridge Blues | Fred | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1984 | Fairly Secret Army | Major Harry Truscott | TV | 5.8 | 57 |
| 1983 | Natural World | Narrator | TV | 7.4 | 56 |
| 1983 | Blackadder | Field Marshal Haig | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1983 | Dalgliesh | Edwin Lorrimer | TV | 6.9 | 56 |
| 1983 | The Honorary Consul | British Ambassador | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1983 | Death of an Expert Witness | Edwin Lorrimer | TV | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1983 | Waters of the Moon | Robert Lancaster | Film | — | 56 |
| 1983 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | Jimmy Anderson | Film | — | 56 |
| 1982 | The Kenny Everett Television Show | Various | TV | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1982 | Whoops Apocalypse | Foreign Secretary | TV | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1982 | Mr. Kershaw's Dream System | Psychiastrist | Film | — | 55 |
| 1982 | The Funny Side of Christmas | Jimmy Anderson, Ben Parkinson | Film | — | 55 |
| 1982 | The Houseboy | Eric | Film | — | 55 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Nigel Carter | TV | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1981 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Quince | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 1981 | The Last Song | TV | — | 54 | |
| 1981 | Plays for Pleasure | Alec Boot | TV | — | 54 |
| 1980 | Safe at Work? | Narrator | Film | — | 53 |
| 1979 | The Outsider | Col. Wyndham | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 51 |
| 1978 | Butterflies | Ben Parkinson | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1978 | Scorpion Tales | Arnold Sparrow | TV | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Avery | TV | 7.6 | 50 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Simon Sinclair | TV | 7.6 | 50 |
| 1977 | Maidens' Trip | Wilfred | TV | — | 50 |
| 1976 | Bill Brand | Malcolm Frear | TV | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1976 | The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin | Jimmy Anderson | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1976 | The Battle of Billy's Pond | First Policeman | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1976 | A Story to Frighten the Children | Det. Chief Insp. Harris | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1976 | Loyalties | Graviter | Film | — | 49 |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Commander Watson | TV | 8.1 | 48 |
| 1975 | Angels | TV | 4.5 | 48 | |
| 1975 | Fawlty Towers | Dr. Price | TV | 8.3 | 48 |
| 1975 | Goodbye | Jack | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1975 | Three Comedies of Marriage | Dennis | TV | — | 48 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Samuel Partridge | TV | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1974 | Happy Ever After | Mr Critchley | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1974 | Happy Ever After | Bob Holsgrove | TV | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1973 | O Lucky Man! | Examination Doctor/Basil Keyes | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1973 | Away from It All | Ashe | TV | — | 46 |
| 1973 | Only Make Believe | Richard Nicholls | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Kenneth Eden | TV | 5.7 | 45 |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Head of Faculty | TV | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1972 | Colditz | Doc | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1972 | Six Days of Justice | Mr. Nicholas | TV | 10.0 | 45 |
| 1972 | Doctor Who: The Mutants | Administrator | Film | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1971 | The Uninvited | Jack Mervyn | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1971 | Michael Regan | Chief Superintendent | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | TV | 6.6 | 43 | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Detetective Chief Inspector Harris | TV | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Jack Buckett | TV | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1970 | The Goodies | School Headmaster | TV | 7.6 | 43 |
| 1970 | Doomwatch | Major Sims | TV | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1970 | Menace | Major Ryder | TV | — | 43 |
| 1970 | Ben Travers Farces | Hugh Stafford | TV | — | 43 |
| 1970 | The High Game | Man at the Clinic | Film | — | 43 |
| 1970 | Doctor Who and the Silurians | Masters | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Mac | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1969 | 1+1=1.5 | Gosford | Film | — | 42 |
| 1968 | The Expert | Asst. Chief Constable Rogers | TV | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1968 | Frost on Sunday | Self – Guest | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1968 | The Chequers Manoeuvre | Professor Wybrow | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Harper | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Oscar | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Bradley Fawcett | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Man at the clinic | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Eric | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1967 | City '68 | Robins | TV | — | 40 |
| 1967 | The Further Adventures of the Musketeers | Oliver Cromwell | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1967 | The Revenue Men | Bill Mitchell | TV | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1967 | Trapped | Doctor Clay Morrow | TV | — | 40 |
| 1966 | Softly, Softly | TV | 7.5 | 39 | |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | Turner | TV | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1966 | Cathy Come Home | Property Agent | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Monteith | TV | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Professor Wybrow | TV | 4.2 | 38 |
| 1965 | Gideon's Way | Jeff Grant | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters | Jeremy Martin | TV | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown | Jack Mervyn | TV | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1965 | The Man in Room 17 | Ian McWatt | TV | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1965 | Londoners | Jack Poncey | TV | — | 38 |
| 1965 | The Joe Baker Show | TV | — | 38 | |
| 1965 | No Place Like Earth | Chief Officer | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Property Agent | TV | 5.2 | 37 |
| 1964 | Detective | Chief Superintendent Smeed | TV | 9.0 | 37 |
| 1964 | Ring of Spies | Police Officer (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Administrator | TV | 7.9 | 36 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Masters | TV | 7.9 | 36 |
| 1963 | The Human Jungle | Williams | TV | 8.2 | 36 |
| 1963 | Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man | Basil Mallard | Film | — | 36 |
| 1963 | Incident at Midnight | Dr. Tanfield | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Pete Ferguson | TV | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1962 | Suspense | Newspaper Reporter | TV | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1962 | Bulldog Breed | TV | — | 35 | |
| 1962 | A Prize of Arms | Cpl. Myers | Film | 6.7 | 35 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Dr. Terence | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Paul Manning | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Martin Smythe | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 | Basil Mallard | TV | — | 34 |
| 1961 | Family Solicitor | Hugh Cowley | TV | — | 34 |
| 1960 | The Odd Man | Const. Swift | TV | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1960 | The Strange World of Gurney Slade | Floor manager | TV | 8.3 | 33 |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | Det. Sgt. Walsh | TV | 4.8 | 32 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Rankin | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| Best Of Enemies | TV | 8.3 | — |