ACTOR

Geoffrey Palmer

1927 - 2020

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Geoffrey Dyson Palmer (4 June 1927 – 5 November 2020) was an English actor. His roles in British television sitcoms include 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). His film appearances include A Fish Called Wanda (1988), The Madness of King George (1994), Mrs Brown (1997), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and Paddington (2014). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey Palmer has received more than 29,438 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Geoffrey Palmer is the 8,849th most popular actor (down from 8,105th in 2019), the 5,972nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,462nd in 2019) and the 980th most popular British Actor.

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  • 29k

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  • 39.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 8,849 out of 13,578. Before him are Catherine Burns, Diedrich Bader, D. B. Sweeney, Adrienne Shelly, Lyle Waggoner, and Mary Pat Gleason. After him are Bradley James, Jagdeep, Arnold Stang, Leo Rossi, Sandra Echeverría, and Thomas Sadoski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 476. Before him are Dick Hyman, June Brown, Vin Scully, Leslie Claudius, Abdul Hamid, and Varkey Vithayathil. After him are John Dankworth, Babatunde Olatunji, Red Kelly, Connie Kay, Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, and Peggy McCay. Among people deceased in 2020, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 767. Before him are Bill Hobbs, Tamás Wichmann, Nadhim Shaker, Derek Fowlds, Lyle Waggoner, and Mary Pat Gleason. After him are Jagdeep, Kapila Vatsyayan, Nasser Shabani, Zoe Caldwell, Karel Neffe, and Shirley Ann Grau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 5,972 out of 8,785. Before him are Derek Fowlds (1937), Amelia Warner (1982), Martin Keown (1966), Joss Stone (1987), William Hague (1961), and Nick Pope (1992). After him are Bradley James (1983), Philippe Sands (1960), Andrew Howard (1969), Philip Glenister (1963), Nick Leeson (1967), and Mary Russell Mitford (1787).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Palmer ranks 980. Before him are Ben Hardy (1991), DeObia Oparei (1971), Douglas Henshall (1965), Beatie Edney (1962), Derek Fowlds (1937), and Amelia Warner (1982). After him are Bradley James (1983), Andrew Howard (1969), Philip Glenister (1963), Andrew Tiernan (1965), Michelle Gomez (1966), and Connor Swindells (1996).

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Television and Movie Roles

Peter Pan
Sir Edward Quiller Couch
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.
Dec 18o 20037.2 / 10
A Fish Called Wanda
Judge
While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.
Jul 15o 19887.2 / 10
Tomorrow Never Dies
Admiral Roebuck
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium.
Dec 11o 19976.4 / 10