"What was the name of the character played by Geoffrey Palmer in ""Butterflies""?"
Geoffrey Palmer (actor) Geoffrey Palmer (actor) Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, (born 4 June 1927) is an English actor known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin" (1976–79), Ben Parkinson in "Butterflies" (1978–83) 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), and "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997). Palmer's early television appearances included a variety of roles in Granada Television's "The Army Game", two episodes of "The Baron" and as a property agent in "Cathy Come Home".
Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer (, 8 October 1882 – 29 November 1957) was an Irish composer, mainly of operas and vocal music, among them the first musical settings of poems by James Joyce. Palmer was born of Irish parents in Staines, Middlesex (England). He studied at Oxford where, in 1901, he was the youngest Bachelor of Music in college history. Between 1904 and 1907 he studied composition with Charles V. Stanford at the Royal College of Music, London. He moved to Ireland in 1910 where he was initially active as a church organist in Dublin suburbs. Almost all