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| image = Geoffrey Palmer.jpg | | image = Geoffrey Palmer.jpg | ||
| birth date = [[4 June (people)|4 June]] [[1927 (people)|1927]] | | birth date = [[4 June (people)|4 June]] [[1927 (people)|1927]] | ||
| death date = [[5 November (people)|5 November]] [[2020 (people)|2020]] | |||
| role = [[Edward Masters]] | | role = [[Edward Masters]] | ||
| time = 1970, 1972, 2007 | | time =1970, 1972, 2007 | ||
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| imdb = 0658244 | | imdb = 0658244 | ||
|job title = Actor | |||
|story = ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'', ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' & ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]'' | |||
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'''Geoffrey Palmer''', {{w|Order of the British Empire|OBE}} ( | '''Geoffrey Palmer''', {{w|Order of the British Empire|OBE}} ([[4 June (people)|4 June]] [[1927 (people)|1927]]-[[5 November (people)|5 November]] [[2020 (people)|2020]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/nov/06/geoffrey-palmer-obituary The Guardian]</ref>) appeared in three ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories: as [[Edward Masters]] in ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'', the [[Administrator of Solos|Administrator]] in ''[[The Mutants (TV story)|The Mutants]]'' and Captain [[Hardaker (Voyage of the Damned)|Hardaker]] in ''[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]''. | ||
He | He was one of a handful of actors to appear both in the classic and the revived series. | ||
== Career == | |||
Palmer was known especially for his comic roles on British television in his over fifty-year career, which include (to name but a few): Jimmy Anderson in ''{{w|The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin}}'' (1976-79); Ben Parkinson in ''{{w|Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies}}'' (1978-1983); and Lionel Hardcastle in ''{{w|As Time Goes By (TV series)|As Time Goes By}}'' (1992-2002, 2005). | |||
One of his best remembered guest roles was in the sitcom ''{{w|Fawlty Towers}}'' (1975, 1979), where he played hotel guest Dr. Price in "The Kipper and the Corpse" — in which he had the classic line, spoken to [[Andrew Sachs]] as the inept Spanish waiter Manuel, "Look, I'm a doctor. I'm a doctor and I want my sausages!" | |||
== Personal life == | |||
He was the father of [[Director (crew)|director]] [[Charles Palmer]] and the father-in-law of ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]''<nowiki/>'s [[Claire Skinner]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:44, 3 November 2024
Geoffrey Palmer, OBE (4 June 1927-5 November 2020[1]) appeared in three Doctor Who television stories: as Edward Masters in Doctor Who and the Silurians, the Administrator in The Mutants and Captain Hardaker in Voyage of the Damned.
He was one of a handful of actors to appear both in the classic and the revived series.
Career[[edit] | [edit source]]
Palmer was known especially for his comic roles on British television in his over fifty-year career, which include (to name but a few): 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 (1992-2002, 2005).
One of his best remembered guest roles was in the sitcom Fawlty Towers (1975, 1979), where he played hotel guest Dr. Price in "The Kipper and the Corpse" — in which he had the classic line, spoken to Andrew Sachs as the inept Spanish waiter Manuel, "Look, I'm a doctor. I'm a doctor and I want my sausages!"
Personal life[[edit] | [edit source]]
He was the father of director Charles Palmer and the father-in-law of The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe's Claire Skinner.
