Geoffrey Palmer (actor)

Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, OBE 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.

Palmer was born in London, the son of Norah Gwendolen and Frederick Charles Palmer, who was a chartered surveyor. He attended Highgate School, London. In 1963 he married Sally Green in Wilmslow. The couple have a daughter, Harriet, and a son, Charles, who is married to actress Claire Skinner.

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